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• Thomson Shareholders Approve Acquisition of Reuters.

  - 2008-03-26

  STAMFORD, Connecticut, March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- - Reuters Shareholders Also Approve Acquisition; Transaction Expected to Close on April 17, 2008 The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC), a leading provider of information solutions to business and professional customers worldwide,...

  Tags: acquisition, FINANCE, Investment, SECURITY, shareholder, Thomson Corp., Thomson Reuters Corp.

• Thomson Files Information Circular for Approval of Reuters Acquisition.

  - 2008-02-29

  STAMFORD, Connecticut, February 29 /PRNewswire/ -- - Transaction Expected to Close on April 17; Interim Dividend to be Paid - (All amounts are in U.S. dollars) The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC), a leading provider ...

  Tags: acquisition, dividend, FINANCE, Investment, security, Thomson Corp., Thomson Reuters Corp.

• PowerShares to Expand Family of Fixed-Income Intelligent ETFs

  - 2007-11-05

  PowerShares Capital Management LLC, a leading provider of exchange-traded funds ETFs, today announced three new additions to its family of fixed-income ETFs. The listings include a tax-free variable rate demand obligations VRDO portfolio, as well as high-quality preferred and U.S. dollar denominated high-yield corporate bond portfolios. These new PowerShares ETF...

  Tags: advisor, bond, ETF, FINANCE, financial, Investment, investor, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., prospectus, SECURITY, Thomson Corp., Wachovia Corp.

• Thomson Corp. gains cash by selling properties

  - 2007-05-14

  HARTFORD, Conn. -- The Thomson Corp., which has proposed paying more than $17 billion for British financial news provider Reuters Group PLC, freed up cash Friday by announcing that it agreed to sell education and publishing-related properties for $7.75 billion. The agreement to sell Thomson Learning to two...

  Tags: antitrust, SECURITY, Thomson Corp., Thomson Reuters Corp.

• Reuters Group Plc Receives Take Over Approach.

  - 2007-05-07

  M2 PRESSWIRE-7 May 2007-investorIM: Reuters Group Plc Receives Take Over ApproachC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:04052007 InvestorIM has been created as a tool for the average investor. The idea is simple, a website where the world can communicate. Do you have a ...

  Tags: FINANCE, financial, security, Thomson Corp., Thomson Reuters Corp.

• The Banker & The Anchor

  - 2007-02-05

  The audience for business television skews heavily toward testosterone: traders, CEOs and other "Masters of the Universe," as author Tom Wolfe dubbed Wall Street's upper crust in "The Bonfire of the Vanities." How else to explain why the tabloid sobriquet "Money Honey" has stuck with CNBC's Maria Bartiromo, the most...

  Tags: Citigroup Inc., CNBC, FINANCE, SECURITY, Thomson Corp.

• Thomson Strengthens its Position in Content Security through Acquisition of MediaSec

  - 2005-03-31

  PARIS -- Thomson (NYSE:TMS)(Euronext:18453) has acquired MediaSec Technologies GmbH, a pioneer in digital watermarking and copy detection technologies. MediaSec, based in Essen, Germany, with a presence in the US, has a strong portfolio of patents and software products which Thomson will build on to meet the Media & Entertainment industries'...

  Tags: acquisition, security, Thomson Corp.

• Thomson Gale has loaded more than 500,000 backfile investment reports to its Investext Plus database and added J.P. Morgan Securities as its latest contributor.(Business & Finance)(Brief Article)

  - 2004-07-01

  Thomson Gale has loaded more than 500,000 backfile investment reports to its Investext Plus database and added J.P. Morgan Securities as its latest contributor. This addition expands the backfile to 1982 [248/699-8176; www.thomson.com].

  Tags: Databases, FINANCE, HARDWARE, Investment, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., security, SOFTWARE, Storage, Thomson Corp.

• Thomson Provides Studios Assistance with Security Services On VHS and DVD Screeners For 2003 ACADEMY AWARD Season

  - 2004-02-16

  DVD News 02-16-2004 Thomson Provides Studios Assistance with Security Services On VHS and DVD Screeners For 2003 ACADEMY AWARD Season DVD NEWS-16 February 2004-Thomson Provides Studios Assistance with Security Services On VHS and DVD Screeners DVD News ...

  Tags: DVD, security, Thomson Corp.

• Business Continuity For IT Managers

  BNET - 2004-01-01

  In the contemporary business world, Information Technology IT assets and business processes go hand-in-hand. However, special attention must be given to the associated networks that are vulnerable to technical risks. There is a need to devise continuity controls to check the risks accordingly. The paper deals with techniques required for...

  Tags: Risk, Continuity, IT Manager, Thomson Corp., Business Continuity, Strategy, Operational Planning, Productivity, Security, Management, Business Operations