Real time stock API

[Ozymandias]

You are welcome. I'm just glad my first post to TLUG could have possibly been 
of some help. If your client is down in the US, Bloomburg is just about the 
only game in town, these days. They own a HUGE chunk of the brokerage 
business down there.

On Saturday 08 May 2004 21:51, Sidney Shapiro wrote:
> Thanks for getting in touch. This is for a client in the US, I would
> like to find something that is delayed by 15 minutes because it is going
> to be a lot cheaper from what I gather.
>
> Sid
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org] On Behalf Of
>
> Ozymandias
>
> > Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 7:54 AM
> > To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> > Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Real time stock API
> >
> > I would talk to someone at Thompson Financial or CGI. Thompson
>
> recently
>
> > bought
> > the "StarQuote" product from CGI, and it provides real time feeds from
>
> all
>
> > the major North American exchanges. The software/data feeds were
>
> developed
>
> > by
> > the former Star Data, which CGI acquired two years back. I do not know
>
> for
>
> > certain, but I THINK they can provide feeds to clients with out the
>
> need
>
> > for
> > the StarQuote software package. If you are in Canada, they these are
>
> the
>
> > people to try dealing with. They have something like 85% of the
>
> Canadian
>
> > real-time quote market.
> >
> > Disclaimer: I am a current employee for CGI, but am not directly
>
> involved
>
> > in
> > the StarQuote operations, which as mentioned, have been sold to
>
> Thompson
>
> > Financial.
> >
> > Lance Nichols
> >
> > On Wednesday 05 May 2004 20:29, Sidney Shapiro wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I am working on a project which requires real time stock data,
>
> brought
>
> > > into our program/site via an API. This is for a client in the US,
>
> any
>
> > > ideas where to look for this? I have been googling all day and have
>
> not
>
> > > found much yet. Is there an open source solution to this? We are
>
> looking
>
> > > at using the Jabber platform for part of the project as well. Trying
>
> to
>
> > > push the open source approach :)
> > >
> > > Tia,
> > >
> > > Sid
>
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