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Factiva President and CEO Clare Hart Honored With 2005 New York Ten AwardNEW YORK, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Factiva(R), a Dow Jones & Reuters Company, today announced that President and CEO Clare Hart has been named a winner of The New York Ten Awards(TM), an annual award recognizing ten leaders in the greater New York business community who have, through their innovation, significantly impacted their organizations and industries. Award winners were announced last evening at the "Ten Awards" Gala at Cipriani Wall Street. "This award marks another high point for me as well as Factiva employees," said Clare Hart. "An award recognizing innovation is truly an honor as innovation is inherent in Factiva's culture as we make business news and information available to our customers when and where they need it." Other 2005 "Ten Awards" Winners include: -- Randolph Altschuler, co-CEO, OfficeTiger -- Clayton Banks, Founder, President and Executive Producer, Ember Media -- Naftali Bennett, CEO, Cyota -- Ann Fudge, Chairman and CEO, Young & Rubicam -- Jeffrey Herzog, Chairman and CEO, iCrossing -- Rajiv Laroia, Founder and CTO, Flarion Technologies -- Tarek Sherif, CEO, Medidata Solutions -- Stephen Ward, CEO, Lenovo -- Josh Wolfe, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Lux Capital -- Janis Schodowski, Executive Director, Lollipop Theater Networks, recipient of special "Judge's Award" for civic/nonprofit leadership "Ten Awards" winners were chosen from among twenty finalists, drawn from over 130 nominations submitted to The Executive Council and evaluated by a panel of judges comprised of prominent journalists from New York-based local and national business media outlets. Nominations were evaluated based on the individual's contributions to his or her organization's objectives and leadership; the organization's impact on business innovation, both in New York and nationally; and the individual's industry leadership beyond his organization. To learn more about Factiva, please visit the Web site at http://www.factiva.com/. For more details on the "Ten Awards" and the Executive Council, visit http://www.execcouncil.org/. About Factiva(R) Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters Company, provides essential business news and information together with the content delivery tools and services that enable professionals to make better decisions faster. Factiva's unrivalled collection of more than 9,000 authoritative sources includes the exclusive combination of The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times(R), Dow Jones and Reuters newswires and the Associated Press, as well as Reuters Fundamentals, D&B(R), and Bureau van Dijk company profiles. Factiva's innovative, XML-based and Web services-enabled technology platform provides access to this rich content collection via Factiva's role- specific products or through customized enterprise, group or personal solutions. Executives, information professionals, marketers, salespeople, and other professionals can easily monitor and understand the latest news, market trends, and business challenges relevant to them - directly from the Microsoft(R) Office and job-specific applications they use every day. To learn more about Factiva, please visit the Web site at http://www.factiva.com/. About The Executive Council The Executive Council is a non-profit organization that brings together New York's business community for the purposes of fostering knowledge-sharing and business networking in a professional environment. The Executive Council programs focus on critical business and leadership issues at the intersection of technology and business, with unique industry programs focusing on venture capital, security, and corporate governance, among others. Its initiatives and corporate members contribute to the economic prosperity of the region while fostering knowledge and information sharing, professional development and partnership opportunities for our members. The Executive Council Corporate Members range from AT&T, IBM and Microsoft to TimeWarner, Citibank, and Merrill Lynch as well as many other large and emerging growth technology and financial services companies and major law and accounting firms. Factiva(R) CONTACT: Shannon Sullivan, Factiva, a Dow Jones and Reuters Company,Public Relations Manager, Americas, +1-609-627-2312,[email protected] Web site: http://www.execcouncil.org/ Web site: http://www.factiva.com/ |