Subscribers Fear Bloomberg Is Becoming Their Rival - NYTimes.com

A week of data dilemmas for Bloomberg and its customers

"Long thought of as a company that serves the needs of Wall Street firms, Bloomberg L.P. is quietly becoming more like them, moving recently into businesses that have been the domain of the largest banks.
This relatively unheralded expansion by Bloomberg helps explain Wall Street’s consternation at recent disclosures that some customer data was freely available to reporters and others inside the company. The fear inside banks is that Bloomberg could use that data not only to write negative news articles but also to compete directly."

Subscribers Fear Bloomberg Is Becoming Their Rival - NYTimes.com