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A new strategic partnership for Financial & Risk
Reflecting the strength of our Financial & Risk business and its future potential, 51���� announced a new strategic partnership with Blackstone. As part of the transaction, 51���� sold a 55% majority stake in the F&R business to private equity funds managed by Blackstone, valuing the business at $20 billion.

Accelerating our path toward gender parity
Building on our leadership in diversity and inclusion, CEO Jim Smith����to reaching a minimum of 40 percent female representation in senior leadership roles, globally, by 2020.��

A content marketplace for modern publishing
Driven by the needs of modern day publishing,��Reuters launches Reuters Connect, a content marketplace featuring all of Reuters multimedia content, as well as a diverse array of content from other leading media organizations around the world.��

Compliant, industry-wide instant messaging for financial professionals
In collaboration with many of the financial industry’s largest firms, 51���� launches the Open Messaging Network with��Eikon Messenger, creating the world’s largest community of financial professionals and changing the way our customers communicate with their peers.

Expanding legal content and workflow solutions
51���� expands its����with the acquisition of Practical Law Company. A new product strategy is launched, designed to support the evolving needs and workflows of legal professionals through a new class of solutions including��Firm Central,��and��Hosted Practice Technology.

Powering decision making in Islamic finance
51���� makes strides to better serve the needs of the��Islamic finance��community through the launch of Zawya Islamic and by organizing and hosting the first Global Islamic Economy Summit in collaboration with the Dubai Chamber of Commerce.

Jim Smith is appointed Chief Executive Officer of 51����

Business transparency solutions become a reality
51���� launches Accelus – now��Risk Management Solutions��– a revolutionary suite of governance, risk, and compliance solutions that combines trusted regulatory, customer and pricing data, intuitive software, and expert insight and services.

51���� completes the unification of its dual listed company structure
The company’s common shares are now listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol: TRI).

Kenneth R. Thomson, former chairman of the Board of The Thomson Corporation, dies at the age of 82

The first automated news insight for the financial industry
Reuters launches two products that allow its news output to be “read” by machines for the purposes of automated trading for the first time.

Thomson sells its last newspaper
Thomson sells its 20% interest in Bell Globemedia Inc. for $279 million to The Woodbridge��Company Limited.��

The sale of Bell Globemedia, including the Corporation's interest in The Globe and Mail.

The Globe and Mail becomes part of Bell Globemedia
The Thomson Corporation holds a 20% ownership position in the Canadian multimedia company.

Reuters continues to innovate in the foreign exchange space
Reuters launches Dealing 2000, acting as a broker for the first international computerized matching service for foreign exchange rates.

Thomson divests interests in UK newspapers

Thomson acquires West Publishing
The Minnesota based company is a leading U.S. provider of legal information.

Richard J. Harrington is named President and Chief Executive Officer

Reuters and Dow Jones partner to deliver business news services
The joint venture, called Factiva, combines Reuters and Dow Jones interactive business services for corporate and professional markets.

Thomson sells the The Times of London to News International, Ltd. (UK)

Reuters innovates with video terminals
Reuters Monitor Dealing Service goes live – foreign currency dealers are able to conclude trades over video terminals, a world first.

Reuters becomes a publicly-quoted company
It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and NASDAQ as Reuters Holdings PLC.

Reuters Founders Share Company Limited is formed to hold a “Founders Share” in Reuters and protect the��Reuters Trust Principles. The directors are��trustees of the Principles��who exercise their powers to uphold them.

The Thomson Corporation is formed
Thomson Newspapers merges with International Thomson to form The Thomson Corporation.

Reuter Monitor Money Rates Service launches
The electronic marketplace for Foreign Exchange is a world-changing innovation. Major western industrialized countries abandon fixed exchange rates.

Roy Thomson passes away
He is succeeded as Chairman by his son, Kenneth Thomson, the second Lord Thomson of Fleet.

International Thomson Organisation Limited is formed
The company restructures UK activities financially and establishes headquarters in Toronto and two main operating subsidiaries in the UK and U.S.

Roy Thomson is given a hereditary barony and becomes Lord Thomson of Fleet

Reuters leads the industry in international financial data transfer
Reuters helps to lead the way in transmitting market quotations by computer. In that year, Reuters made a loss of £53,000 on a turnover of £3.5 million.

Thomson Newspaper, Ltd is formed as a public company in Canada

Times Newspaper is published for the first time
The Times of London is acquired and, with The Sunday Times, forms Times Newspapers.

Thomson newspapers expand foothold to the UK
Thomson acquires the Kemsley Group – a UK publicly listed company comprising national and regional newspapers, including The Sunday Times – and merges them with Scottish Television and The Scotsman newspaper. By this time Roy Thomson owns the largest number of newspapers of any Canadian group.

Thomson newspapers begin in Canada
Roy Thomson acquires his first newspaper in Canada: The Timmins Press, Ontario.

Roy Thomson, grandfather of the present chairman, is born on July 6