>>>Hi all! -- I've got a project in the gestation stage that will need to get current stock prices and to look up stock symbols. Is there a web service out there that hosts this information? If not, is there some non-proprietary method for getting the information other than going to some place like E*Trade?
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>>>TIA
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>>You should grab them from
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http://screen.yahoo.com/stocks.html>>
http://dynamic.nasdaq.com/dynamic/premarketma.stm>>and after that input in your database
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>Hi Jordan. Is this legal? Surely one cannot redistribute this info?
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>Hope you are well.
Yeah, that was my thought exactly. Using a service like MorningStar means you're above board and won't have the SEC breathing down your neck.