Dow Jones Brings News to Messaging Tool Symphony

Financial Times: Symphony, the messaging tool backed by some of Wall Street’s biggest banks, has struck a deal with Dow Jones to offer news content in its service, a move that raises the stakes in its battle with Bloomberg, the market leader. The content deal — likely to be unveiled this week — pits Dow Jones, part of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., against Michael Bloomberg’s eponymous company, the world’s largest financial information group.