Thomson Reuters to offer company events data in real time

Advisers using the Thomson Reuters’ Quantitative and Event Driven Trading solution set will soon have one more morsel of data coming their way to help them gain an edge in their trading strategies.
Thomson Reuters today announced that it has expanded its machine-readable news offering to include real-time analysis of company events.
Within the company’s wide array of market data offerings, users will find these particular new points of information in the feeds from NewsScope Direct, which is delivered in XML format.
The company events data are being culled from U.S. company press releases. The info is then scanned by computer.
Initial focus will be on US newswires. Thomson Reuters plans to expand its coverage to Canadian and European company news in coming weeks and months.
Pricing and availability specifics were unavailable at press time.
For additional information, visit the Thomson Reuters Quantitative and Event Driven Trading page.