Thomson Completes Acquisition of Reuters; Thomson Reuters Shares Begin Trading Today
17 Apr 2008 08:18 Africa/Lagos Thomson Completes Acquisition of Reuters; Thomson Reuters Shares Begin Trading Today World's Leading Source of Intelligent Information for Businesses and Professionals US$500 Million Share Repurchase Program Announced NEW YORK, April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Thomson Corporation today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Reuters Group PLC, forming Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI; TSX: TRI; LSE: TRIL: Nasdaq: TRIN), the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals in the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare, and media markets. Thomson Reuters has more than 50,000 employees with operations in 93 countries on six continents and 2007 pro forma revenues of approximately US$12.4 billion. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020227/NYW014LOGO ) Effective today, Thomson Reuters shares will begin trading on exchanges in Toronto, New York and London and are eligible...