Western Union has taken of 451st position in the rating Fortune 500 in 2009, having moved from 473rd line in 2008. Most service points of Western Union work in the time convenient for customers throughout the week and throughout the year. Money transfer is a matter of minutes, at any distance. To obtain the Golden card can any client of Western Union, committing money transfers on this system more than 1 time per year. Getting the card is issued at the time of making of the next transfer. In 1991, Western Union has sold some low-profit division of the company AT & T, GM Hughes Electronics, and to some others. In the same year the company changed its name to New Valley Corp. In 1849, Selden and Sibley, the founders of the future Western Union, created the New York State Printing Telegraph Company.