February 05, 2008 01:37 PM Eastern Time 

Warren Buffett to speak at Business Wire Canada’s Opening in Toronto on Wednesday, Feb. 6

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, Business Wire’s parent company, will be speaking to investor relations and corporate communications professionals on Wednesday, Feb. 6 in Toronto to mark the opening of Business Wire’s expansion into Canada.

“A Conversation with Warren Buffett” will be moderated by Business Wire President and CEO Cathy Baron Tamraz, and will offer Canadian corporate executives the opportunity to ask questions and converse with Buffett, whose company acquired Business Wire in 2006.

The event will be held at the Toronto Board of Trade, Downtown Centre on Wednesday, Feb. 6 from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm, immediately followed by a reception. Communications professionals wishing to attend may contact Business Wire’s Toronto bureau at 1.416.593.0208 or TorontoRSVP@BusinessWire.com to check on availability for this free event.

Business Wire recently announced its entry into the Canadian market with the opening of a full-service office in Toronto's financial district. The company has been serving the Canadian market indirectly since the early 1980s via reciprocal affiliations with other service providers.

In addition, Business Wire recently announced a broad-based distribution agreement with CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc., a part of Canada's largest and most diversified media company, that provides its members with extensive reach to Canada's most influential print, broadcast and online media properties.

About Business Wire

Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is utilized by thousands of member companies and organizations to transmit their full-text news releases, regulatory filings, photos and other multimedia content to journalists, news media, trade publications, institutional and individual investors, financial information services, regulatory authorities, Internet portals, information web sites, business-to-business decision-makers and consumers worldwide. With a news distribution network spanning 150 countries and 45 languages, Business Wire's multi-channel delivery network has access to dozens of international and national news agency networks throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

The Business Wire news network is powered by its patented NX high-speed data platform and supports XML, XHTML and XBRL code to deliver the most sophisticated news file to enhance news release interactivity, customization and search engine optimization. Business Wire has 31 bureaus in cities including New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Miami, Paris, Frankfurt, London, Brussels, Tokyo, Toronto and Sydney with reciprocal offices throughout the world. Business Wire was founded in 1961.