In 1961, Reuters scooped news of the erection of the Berlin Wall.[10] Reuters was one of the first news agencies to transmit financial data over oceans via computers in the 1960s.[2] In 1973, Reuters "began making computer-terminal displays of foreign-exchange rates available to clients."[5] In 1981, Reuters began supporting electronic transactions on its computer network and afterwards developed a number of electronic brokerage and trading services.[5] Reuters was floated as a public company in 1984,[10] when Reuters Trust was listed on the stock exchanges[3] such as the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and NASDAQ.[5] Reuters later published the first story of the Berlin Wall being breached in 1989.[10]