You know the scene: You are at the opera when someone's beeper goes off. Everyone is appalled! How selfish! Then the word goes around - he's a heart surgeon. He had to interrupt the beautiful aria to save a human life. Oh, isn't he wonderful, the smug, self-important, attention-grabbing swine! If only you could have a pager, and a valid excuse to use it.

Well now you can say goodbye to those I'm-Not-A-Doctor blues, with your very own Futures Pager. Produced by Reuters, it even trumps those doctor types by giving you a motivation far loftier than merely preserving life - making money! You simply have to leave the concert, otherwise a million euro deal goes west.

The Futures Pager zips all manner of market-moving information to you just as soon as Reuters gets it. The base price gives you the unit, plus instant info on Irish bonds and gilts, forex, forward rates, world indices, eurobonds, money market and headlines. Just for the crack, they throw in the sports news. For an extra £20 (€25.39) a month you get Irish shares, and extra £10 gives you finex, and so on.

The Futures Pager, starting at £99 a month, is available from Reuters on (01) 230-3938.