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LIM, a Morningstar Company, provides superior quality market data and analytical products for energy data management systems, financial and agricultural data management, historical analysis, trading, risk management and forecasting. Founded in 1988, and now a subsidiary of the investment research powerhouse, Morningstar, Inc., Logical Information Machines, Inc. (LIM) is the global leader in providing software to perform sophisticated historical equity, bond and commodity research.

LIM enables you to access, manage and analyze the energy data you need to make intelligent energy investment decisions. Nine of the top ten gas and power marketers in the U.S. use LIM for their data needs. The Market Information Machine (MIM) gathers and distributes data from over 350 different sources in the power, oil, gas and weather markets, including:

* All the major global energy exchanges such as CME, EEX, APX and ICE.
* Electricity system operators (ISOs)
* Price-providing services such as Platts, Argus and OPIS
* Major commodity brokers such as Amerex, ICAP and Prebon
* Key data from organizations such as the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

LIM provides unparalleled access to the breadth and volume of energy market data. Data is centrally organized and categorized in structured hierarchies with flexibility to add/remove vendor groups, making MIM's environment easy to operate in, while patented database technology ensures that you do not ever have to wait for MIM. Operators monitor the data warehouse 24/7/365 to address your immediate concerns.

LIM offers financial, agricultural and energy prices in an onsite or hosted data management solution. LIM's data management tools provide endless variations of data intelligence, from correction notifications to advanced data filtering and calculations, to clients on demand. The LIM data cleaning layer has the ability to send suspect data notifications to both clients and vendors the moment inconsistencies are located. We supply data from the most reliable, reputable sources