LexisNexis Negative News Search Helps Identify People Or Organizations With Negative Affiliations Such As Criminal Acts, Bankruptcies Or Illicit Behavior; Searches Over 13,000 News Sources For Negative News Content

Business Wire, Oct 13, 2005

BOCA RATON, Fla. -- LexisNexis, a leading provider of legal, news, business information and risk management services, announces the addition of a powerful new search capability for its Anti-Money Laundering, Risk Management, and RiskWise(R) applications. Called Negative News, the new feature searches over 13,000 news sources for negative news content relating to a specific subject person or business entity.

The Negative News search enables users to find out important information about an individual or organization that might not be readily available through regular public records searches. Users only need to input the name of a person or business, and Negative News automatically builds a powerful search that identifies articles in which the name of the person or business appears in close proximity to mentions of criminal acts, bankruptcies or illicit behavior. Examples of terms that Negative News looks for in the text of articles include: "bribe," "drug," "felony," "misconduct," "negligence," and "theft."

"It is sometimes difficult to truly know your business partners, vendors and customers, especially when there is limited public information available on a particular person or company," said Thomas C. Brown, vice president, market planning - financial services at LexisNexis. "LexisNexis has worked with its customers to identify possible behavior that might suggest an individual warrants additional consideration and investigation. By using Negative News, users can leverage the full power of the current and archived LexisNexis news sources to provide critical background information they need, when they need it."

The LexisNexis(R) Negative News search automatically performs a search of news articles that contain mentions of the subject, be it a person or business, in close proximity to a derogatory term. For a limited time, from October 13 through October 31, the LexisNexis Negative News search will be available to LexisNexis customers for FREE. After such time the Negative News search will be available for a fee.

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