Bloomberg launches real-time Portuguese news service in Brazil

Bloomberg L.P. today announced the official launch of its real-time Bloomberg Portuguese Language News Service, which is offered through the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL® service. This offering provides users of the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL service with the ability to make quicker and more informed business decisions by delivering breaking local financial news in Portuguese, including global perspectives on the market. Over the past seven months, Bloomberg has expanded its news staff in Brazil by 80% to provide hundreds of headlines and stories in Portuguese daily, including coverage of the Central Bank, the National Treasury, the economy, corporate announcements and market movers. With this growth Bloomberg becomes the second largest news organization in Brazil.