Reuters technology enables its 427,000-strong client base to access real-time data on 5.5 million financial records including equities, bonds and derivatives from 258 exchanges and over-the-counter markets. Market prices, news and data are updated as much as 8,000 times a second and distributed instantaneously. The company provides historical information on over 40,000 companies. In addition, more than 30,000 headlines, including third party contributions, and over eight million words are published daily in 19 languages. Reuters provides technology which helps its financial customers serve their clients better and to achieve greater efficiencies and cost-savings in the processing of information within their organisations.