Financial Sites > Bloomberg UK
About Bloomberg
Bloomberg L.P. is an information services, news and media company serving customers around the world. Headquartered in New York, they employ 8000 people in over 100 offices worldwide.
Bloomberg has forged a unique position within the financial services industry with the Bloomberg Professionalservice, which provides an unparalleled combination of data, analytics, electronic trading and straight-through processing tools in a single platform. By providing instantaneous access to real-time historical financial data and the ability to act on it Bloomberg transformed the securities business and leveled the playing field between buyers and sellers. Their clients include the world's central banks, investment institutions, commercial banks, government offices and agencies, corporations and news organizations.
In addition to the Bloomberg Professional service, Bloomberg has grown to include global news, television, radio, Internet, and magazine and book publishing operations. Bloomberg News was founded in 1990 as a financial news wire service and has grown to include 1200 reporters in 85 bureaus worldwide. Bloomberg Television, a 24-hour business and financial news network, is produced and distributed globally in seven different languages. Bloomberg Radio is syndicated through more than 700 affiliates worldwide and gives listeners up-to-the minute business, national and international news. Bloomberg's 24-hour flagship station is Bloomberg WBBR 1130 in New York.
The company publishes four magazines in the U.S. for consumers and professionals. Bloomberg Personal Finance is targeted to active individual investors; Bloomberg Wealth Manager is published for money managers and advisers; Bloomberg Markets is a business magazine for investment professionals and complements the Bloomberg Professional service. On Investing is a personal investment magazine produced exclusively for Charles Schwab's top-tier clients. Bloomberg also publishes, in conjunction with local partners, Bloomberg Money in the U.K. and Bloomberg Investimenti in Italy.
Bloomberg's Web site, Bloomberg.com, is among the top five most visited sites in the U.S. for financial news and information.
Features
Bloomsberg offers many services on their site, including:
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News
Share Prices
Graphs
Company Research
Online Bloomberg television
Online Bloomberg radio
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Financial Sites > Digital Look
About DigitalLook.com
Digital Look is a leading web company research and news alert service aggregating content from over 200 sources worldwide.
You can use them to access the latest information about your UK and international shares and they can send you customised news and data about your portfolio.
Digital Look also provides a range of services to corporates, including online press clipping and investor relation services, content provision and e-mail and SMS services.
Digital Look was founded by its Managing Director, Mark Pritchard, a former investment banker with Bank of America and JP Morgan. The company was set up in December 1998 and was profitable within a year.
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Features offered include:
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News and analysis from all the major UK and US newspapers
Share tips from the leading newspapers
Analysis
Bulletin Board Comments
Brokers' forecasts
UK director and institutional share dealings
Financial information
Share Prices
Graphs and Charts
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