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(Thanks Mark)
Dear Jason Currently, on our test site, we have for Stock Quotes Current Change Time ENE 68.81 +0.059 21:35 28 JUN 2000 DIS 39 5/32 -23/32 21:35 28 JUN 2000 for Headlines UPDATE 1-US mulling best strategy in EU trade rows [Reuters (17:04)] U.S. states urged to fight United Airlines merger [Reuters (16:57)] What do you think? I know we add text to the headlines when we give Reuters credit for them (hence the '[Reuters . . .'). Do you think we can get by with adding the time for the headlines? About the stock quotes, what do you think? I think the way it's currently set out makes it looks like the price on the stock market at 21:35 is exactly 68.61 for ENE. This is okay only if (i) that actually is the case (i.e., it's a Reuters time stamp from NYSE and not our own) and (ii) we're allowed to do that in the contract. What's the verdict? Sorry to bother you both, but we are at the coding stage, and the sooner I know that what we've been doing is correct or incorrect we can proceed or modify what we're doing accordingly. Many thanks in advance Jay From: Mark Taylor on 28/06/2000 14:28 CDT To: James Bruce/LON/ECT@ECT cc: Jason Peters/Corp/Enron@Enron Subject: Re: Time Stamp on Stock Quotes We may have a problem with adding our own time stamp. First, I believe our agreement with Reuters limits our ability to modify their content and restricts what we can say about the current nature of the quotes (they are time delayed) and second, we don't want our time stamp to make people believe that the quote was even current as of that time - since it won't be. It might be ok to have the entire quotes section headed by a line indicating when it was last refreshed. Many sites providing quotes like this have a line (usually towards the bottom) indicating the delay period and most people using those sites know they have to refresh their screen to update them. Jason Peters is the expert on the terms of that agreement, so if you still feel like you need to add something you might check with him. James Bruce 06/28/2000 11:26 AM To: Mark Taylor/HOU/ECT@ECT cc: Subject: Re: Time Stamp on Stock Quotes Mark As I understand it, the answer is 'no'--we get a quote from Reuters but not the time stamp. The time stamp that would appear is the one that we place next to it, telling the user when the quote was placed on the site. So if you happen along at noon and you see 'ENE 70 9am', you know that you're most certainly not getting a recent price. Jay From: Mark Taylor on 28/06/2000 11:05 CDT To: James Bruce/LON/ECT@ECT cc: Subject: Re: Time Stamp on Stock Quotes Will the Reuters feed contain a time stamp? Some other sites let you know what time the trade was done that resulted in the quote. James Bruce 06/28/2000 08:03 AM To: Mark Taylor/HOU/ECT@ECT cc: Subject: Time Stamp on Stock Quotes Dear Mark Do you know of any legal issue that there could be about adding our own time stamp to a stock quote from Reuters (so that people viewing the site would know when the stock quotes were last updated by us)? Let me know if I should direct this question to someone else. Thanks Mark Jay
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