Now wash your hands.

A little-known information vendor, ICV, already supplies news and information to two-thirds of British stockmarket traders, despite the close presence of Reuters, the biggest vendor in the world. By the time London plugs in its new electronic trading system in the fall of 1997, ICV hopes to have in...

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Publicado en:Economist Vol. 343; pp. 80 - 81
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Economist Newspaper Limited June 14 1997
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Sumario:A little-known information vendor, ICV, already supplies news and information to two-thirds of British stockmarket traders, despite the close presence of Reuters, the biggest vendor in the world. By the time London plugs in its new electronic trading system in the fall of 1997, ICV hopes to have increased this share to 75 percent. Details of how the London Stock Exchange has helped ICV evolve from its humble roots as a distributor of data supplied by Standard & Poor's, a U.S. credit-rating agency, are provided.