The London Stock Exchange and British Airways have come together to provide business travellers the facility of accessing share prices before they take off. This is being done through terminals at London's Heathrow airport in British Airways' business lounges.The new service provides information on over 3,000 listed companies from more than 60 countries worldwide. It is available free of charge to British Airways business flyers - many of whom are executives of listed companies.The first computer terminals, provided by Reuters and Datastream/ICV, is being installed in the domestic and European lounges at Heathrow's Terminal One. Last year alone over one million passengers passed through the two business lounges. Later in the year the Exchange plans to extend the service to BA lounges in Terminal Four.
Business passengers will be able to access the latest news on all the companies quoted on the London Stock Exchange, view real-time prices for these stocks, check stock market indices and exchange rates,and catch up on other major news from around the world.
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