Ira Birns to present at transportation event

Fri 25 Apr 2014, 07:07 GMT

Ira Birns to present at transportation event

World Fuel Services CFO to give presentation at conference in Boston.

World Fuel Services Corporation has announced that Ira M. Birns [pictured], World Fuel’s executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), will present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Transportation Conference at The Four Seasons in Boston on May 7, 2014 at 3:05pm Eastern Time.

The presentation will be available via webcast. To access the live webcast, please visit http://ir.wfscorp.com, where additional investor information is also available.

The webcast will remain available for two weeks following the presentation date.

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