General Electric could leverage its CNBC network with Bloomberg's business news and market data.

FORBES: Bloomberg For Sale?

NBC's business news service, competes with Dow Jones's European Business News and with Bloomberg Television.

ECONOMIST: Unsnoozing the continental news

Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal compete with Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters on business and financial news.

WSJ: J.P. Morgan Asks Bloomberg for Data on What Information Reporters Had Access to

"I'm not in the business of giving investment advice, " Friedland recently told Bloomberg News.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Boston Properties ( BXP - news - people ) joins Bloomberg LP in vying for the weekly business publication's brand value and Web site, which attracts about 5 million viewers a month.

FORBES: Faces In The News

Bloomberg executives rushed to reassure them, when it came out last week that Bloomberg reporters had been using data gleaned from subscriber terminals to get an edge in the competitive news-gathering business.

FORBES: Bloomberg Isn't The Only Company Able To Spy On Users