Thomson Reuters

Yes, yes and yes [Kim Waters on the gestation of product failure at TR]. I remember saying to my boss “Any more releases (of News2Web) like that and it’s only a question of time before we’re called ‘Bloomberg-Reuters’”. She answered “Even I wouldn’t risk saying that”!

So, three answers:

1. What do users swear by today and what do they swear at?

2. Where will the markets be in five years time?

2a. Will everyone still be working in “open-cry” offices?

2b. Can’t clever traders work from home?

2c. If markets are defined by quants who analyses the quants? (Quis Quantodiet Quantodies? Sorry, Julius).

3. How does TR get input? Social media? Is there space for a (better) social media analyser? Should TR have a closed Social Media feeding its staff? Closed to whom? ■