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The man lives for speed....
Consumers of news demand three things:
- Speed
- Accuracy
- Cheapness.
Suppliers of news, however, face a trilemma, as they usually have to sacrifice one in order to produce the other two....
That last category is occupied most prominently by the Bloomberg Speed Desk, a mindblowing operation that spits out real-time news headlines from all over the world, 24/7 to customers who rent their fabled terminals.
For those unfamiliar with operation, imagine looking at a scroll up-to-the-millisecond headlines covering everything from earnings releases to central bank interventions to Supreme Court decisions and political developments.
Here are some recent examples of its success...
[PR and investor relations people will enjoy this profile and look inside Bloomberg - JD]
