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• US, Canadian-British firms dominate financial news market

  - 2008-03-03

  NEW YORK AFP — Financial information services, the subject of WTO trade complaints against China by the US and European Union, are dominated by US firm Bloomberg and Canadian-British Thomson-Reuters in the process of merging. The two heavyweights, each with a third share of the global market, are trailed...

  Tags: Bloomberg L.P., FINANCE, financial, Thomson Corp., Thomson Reuters Corp.

• Murdoch waits for Wall St Journal news as his financial rivals

  - 2007-07-29

  WHEN Jane Cox MacElree made a tearful plea to a room full of her Bancroft relatives last week to vote against Rupert Murdoch's dollars-5 billion offer to buy Dow Jones and its venerable title The Wall Street Journal, there is little doubt that her efforts would have been applauded by...

  Tags: analyst, Bloomberg L.P., Dow Jones & Company Inc., FINANCE, financial, Financial Times, Thomson Corp., Wall Street Journal

• Megamergers: coming soon to a data screen near you FINANCIAL

  - 2007-05-13

  'I have been in the industry for 23 years, " says one City broker "Back then screens would update in seconds, nowadays it is a matter of milliseconds." As the City caught up with the announcements that News Corporation was courting Dow Jones and that Thomson Financial was in talks...

  Tags: Bloomberg L.P., Dow Jones & Company Inc., FINANCE, financial, News Corp., Thomson Corp., Thomson Reuters Corp.

• Down to the wire; Media deals.

  - 2007-05-12

  Dow Jones and Reuters are both on the block. Is Bloomberg next? TWO big deals in the offing promise vastly different levels of entertainment. Rupert Murdoch's $5 billion bid for Dow Jones, a media group with assets including the Wall Street Journal and a ...

  Tags: Bloomberg L.P., Dow Jones & Company Inc., FINANCE, Investment, MARKETING, Thomson Corp., Thomson Reuters Corp.

• Third contender joins information market.

  - 2004-01-04

  Byline: Phillipa Leighton-Jones There may be hope this year for Tom Glocer, chief executive of Reuters, who has weathered a storm of criticism since taking over at the troubled UK media and information group in 2001.Subscription cancellations may have run their course and this...

  Tags: Bloomberg L.P., FINANCE, IM, INTERNET, Thomson Corp., Thomson Reuters Corp.

• Thomson revenues down 5% in third quarter.

  - 2003-10-30

  Byline: Phillipa Leighton-Jones Thomson Financial, the financial news and information business owned by Thomson Corporation, has posted a 5% decline in revenues for the third quarter to $375m ([euro]320.7m), although profits were up 8% to $107m.Thomson, whose systems are billed as cheaper alternatives to...

  Tags: Bloomberg L.P., FINANCE, financial, revenue, Thomson Corp., Thomson Reuters Corp.

• Big three providers under attack from smaller rivals.

  - 2003-03-23

  Byline: Melanie Wold Most sectors go in cycles and the market data vendor business is no exception, following as it does the fortunes of the financial services industry. In a bull market, financial service companies are making money and hiring staff. The cost of...

  Tags: attack, Bloomberg L.P., FINANCE, London Stock Exchange Plc., Thomson Corp., Thomson Reuters Corp.

• LSE buys front-end trading and data system.

  - 2003-01-28

  Byline: Melanie Wold The London Stock Exchange LSE will be able to offer customers direct access to trading and market data through its purchase of ProQuote, a UK supplier of online transaction and market data services.Until now the stock exchange has been dependent upon...

  Tags: Bloomberg L.P., FINANCE, Investment, London Stock Exchange Plc., MARKETING, SALES, Thomson Corp., Thomson Reuters Corp.

• Thomson's Rowlands takes on the big boys at Reuters and Bloomberg.

  - 2002-11-10

  Byline: Margareta Pagano Byline: Margareta Pagano

  Tags: Bloomberg L.P., Thomson Corp., Thomson Reuters Corp.

• Thomson Financial restructuring.

  - 2002-10-21

  The pricing squeeze on Reuters and other market data providers is set to intensify as Thomson Financial today announces a drive to promote its cheaper range of products. Thomson Financial, part of the US-listed Thomson Corporation, has unified all its brands in a bid to grab market...

  Tags: Bloomberg L.P., Branding, FINANCE, Investment, MARKETING, Pricing, Thomson Corp., Thomson Reuters Corp.