Dun and Bradstreet - D&B Worldwide Network history

November 2005	D&B established a strategic partnership with D&B North Africa, as sister company of D&B Same (South Asia & Middle East)
June 2005	Launch of D&B Worldwide Network, and the D&B Worldwide Network brand at the Annual Partner Summit in Barcelona, Spain
March 2005	South Africa: Trans Union becomes a full strategic partner in South Africa with the sale of D&B's 5% share in Trans Union ITC
October 2004	Strategic Partnership established with Informa S.A. through the sale of D&B operations in Spain and Portugal
September 2004	Philippines: PhilBizinfo became a full strategic partner, changing names to D&B Philippines Inc.
May 2004	Strategic Partnership with Bonnier Business Information extended with the sale of D&B operations in Central European markets
February 2004	Management Buyout in India established strategic partnership in the South Asia & Middle East region, and the new entity D&B SAME
December 2003	Strategic Partnership established in the Nordic Region with the sale of D&B operations to Bonnier Business Information
May 2003	A new joint venture was established in Indonesia with Indobizinfo Ptd Ltd
March 2003	Strategic Partnership formed with the sale of D&B's operations in Israel to Focus Holdings International
October 2002	D&B Korea was formed with our Korean partner National Information & Credit Evaluation Inc (NICE)
August 2001	Management Buyout in Australia and New Zealand formed D&B Australasia Pty Ltd
January 2001	Malaysia: Joint venture with Mbizinfo Sdn Bhd created InfoCredit D&B (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
December 2000	Japan: a strategic alliance was formed with Tokyo Shoko Research (TSR) to distribute BIR in the domestic market
June 2000	Singapore: Joint Venture with SingBizInfo Pte Ltd creating InfoCredit D&B (Singapore) Pte Ltd
October 1998	Joint Venture Partnership formed in Thailand with Business Online (BOL)
October 1997	Joint Venture established with Alpha Mi in Greece
September 1997	Joint Venture established with Trans Union in Mexico to form credit bureau Dun & Bradstreet, S.A. Sociedad de Información Crediticia
June 1993	Joint venture with EKONOMIKA I ZHIZN in Russia for commercial credit reporting

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