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Will Reuters' next venture into social software receive a warmer reception than the opening of an office in Second Life, which some saw as buzzworthy but pointless? We'll find out soon, because Reuters has stated its intention to build a financial social network for fund managers, traders and analysts.
They'll start by targeting the 70,000 subscribers to Reuters' (financial?) feeds, says the Guardian in a fact-free article, and presumably expand to the wider financial community.