In Eikon, the search and answer function brings together the legacy platforms and all the content including estimates, fundamentals, holdings, prospecting databases, search content, exchange content and a slew of other information that in the past was on disparate products, each with a different look and feel.

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"A valid alternative would be to create a single library or repository able to search databases around the world - just like an internet search engine, rather than having one vast library or pass data between each other, " a Home Office spokesman said.

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The software is designed to search deeper into corporate databases and includes "social Web" features previously found in consumer Internet search products.

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