The
New
York Stock Exchange will begin tests later this year to provide internet
users with real-time stock information.
Plans will be put before the US
Securities
and Exchange Commission today, outlining the NYSE's intention to charge
business websites $100,000 a month to run up-to-date stock prices.
Depending on the ruling by the SEC, the service could go live as early as May
2007.
The NYSE is thought to have held talks with
Google,
Yahoo and
financial news channel
CNBC.
Google and CNBC said that they plan to offer the information to their users
free of charge.
The
NetCoalition,
which numbers Google, Yahoo and
Bloomberg
as members, has previously complained about a lack of real-time stock quotes
from sources such as the NYSE and the
Nasdaq.
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