D&B Corp.. formerly The Dun & Bradstreet Corp., is a worldwide provider of business information and related decision-support services that has been in business since 1841. D&B operates offices in 33 countries, conducts operations in six other countries through minority interests in joint-venture companies and operates through independent correspondents in more than 150 additional countries. At the core of D&B's business is a database that contains information on more than 62 million businesses from more than 200 countries. The database is also the platform from which D&B offers an array of products, services and applications to consumers of business information. D&B was formed as a result of the spin-off of Dun & Bradstreet Corporation's two former businesses, The Dun & Bradstreet operating company and Moody's Investors Service, into standalone public companies. The new D&B Corp. is comprised of the D&B operating company that was renamed The Dun & Bradstreet Corp. after the spin-off.