Handelsblatt is the biggest circulation business & financial newspaper in German-speaking Europe. Some 150 journalists/correspondents worldwide guarantee exclusive, up-to-date critical/analytical reporting on national & international subjects & events. It has one of the most extensive global networks of all German dailies with more than 30 correspondents, 20 of which are exclusive. Handelsblatt readers are decision-makers & opinion leaders of the German economy & society as a whole. According to the authoritative decision-maker readership survey, LAE 2009,  298,000 decision-makers read Handelsblatt regularly. A tribute to its up-to-date, high-quality reporting is the fact that Handelsblatt is the most quoted quality newspaper in Germany, ie not just ahead of all business and financial media but also the supra-regional daily newspapers.  Handelsblatt is published Monday to Friday, ie on stock exchange trading days. Daily sections include "Politics", "Companies" and "Finance". Since November 2, 2009 Handelsblatt has been published in a new business (tabloid) format.