new_contents: from __future__ import division
  import numpy as np
  import pandas as pd
  import urllib2
  
  # __author__ = 'mattmcd'
  
  
  class LseReader:
  
      def __init__(self):
          dataLoc = '/home/mattmcd/Work/Data/'
          ftseFile =  dataLoc + 'FTSE100.csv'
  
          self.ftse100 = pd.read_csv( ftseFile )
          self.prefixURL = 'https://www.google.com/finance/getprices?'
  
      def read_history(self, ticker, interval=300, period=10):
          """Read intraday history for selected ticker on LSE"""
          txt = urllib2.urlopen(self.prefixURL +
                                'q={Ticker}&x=LON&i={Interval}&p={Period}d&f=d,o,h,l,c,v'.format(
              Ticker=ticker, Interval=interval, Period=period)).read()
          return txt
  
subject: Read prices from Google Finance