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Reuters is to acquire Gissing Group, the London-based data technology company with gross assets of £1.8m. 24-Dec-2007 Reuters is to acquire Feri Fund Market Information, the London-based fund research company, from Feri Rating & Research of Germany for £2m. 29-Jun-2007 Reuters, the financial information group, is to be acquired by Thomson Corporation of Canada for £8bn. 09-May-2007 Reuters is to acquire Application Networks, the risk management software company with offices in the US and London, for £22m. 12-Jun-2006 Reuters is said to be considering plans to relocate about 400 staff from two sites in Tiverton to a single location, possibly in Exeter. 26-May-2006 Reuters is to relocate its Nottingham-based software division to a 25,000 sq ft office in the city's Chapel Quarter. 14-Dec-2005 BT Group is to acquire Radianz, the US network services provider, from Reuters for £91m. 14-Mar-2005 Reuters is to acquire Moneyline Telerate, the US financial data company, for up to £90m. 21-Dec-2004 Reuters is to transfer up to 50 editorial jobs from the UK and US to Bangalore, Singapore and Canada. 08-Nov-2004 Reuters is to shed up to 70 jobs in Tiverton by next year, and the remaining 270 staff will focus on European languages work. 21-Jun-2004 Reuters has raised £58m from the sale of its 34% stake in GL Trade, the French supplier of electronic trading software. 21-Jun-2004 Reuters is to consolidate its global software development operations at four new hubs, which will result in hundreds of job losses and the transfer of work from sites in London and Nottingham to Paris. 23-Oct-2003 Reuters is planning to relocate its London headquarters from Fleet Street to a 281,000 sq ft office at Canary Wharf in spring 2005. 23-Sep-2003 Reuters is considering plans to transfer some back-office functions to India, which is likely to affect its Content Creation Services division. 06-Aug-2003 Reuters is said to be preparing plans to shed a further 1,000 jobs in its news and information business. 13-Jan-2003 Reuters has announced plans to shed a further 210 jobs in its worldwide electronic information business. 18-Nov-2002 Reuters is considering plans to rationalise its London offices, which could lead to a sale and leaseback deal, and NM Rothschild has been appointed to investigate the various options. 19-Aug-2002 Reuters has announced plans to shed a further 650 management jobs in its electronic information business. 21-Jun-2002 Reuters has announced plans for a further 500 job cuts over the next two years, as part of an ongoing cost-cutting campaign. 17-Oct-2001 Reuters has announced plans to shed 1,340 of the 16,500 jobs in its global news and information business over the next two years. 25-Jul-2001 Reuters is planning to shed a further 500 jobs in its electronic information business, as part of a strategy to make annual cost savings of £150m by 2003. 07-Jun-2001 Reuters is to acquire five businesses from Bridge Information Systems of the US for £190m, including North American Information Systems, EJV, eBridge, CRB Index and Bridge Trading Technologies. 01-May-2001 Reuters is said to be considering plans to move from its Fleet Street headquarters in order to combine its various London offices under one roof. 19-Mar-2001 Reuters has acquired Diagram, the French financial software company with 230 staff, for £43m. 05-Mar-2001 Reuters has acquired a 25% stake in Citywire, the online financial publisher, for undisclosed terms. 02-Feb-2001 Reuters has confirmed plans to float its Instinet electronic brokerage business in the US, although a date has yet to be fixed. 23-Oct-2000 Reuters is forming a personal finance joint venture with Handelsblatt to offer services to German private investors. 14-Jul-2000 Reuters has announced a £23m equity investment and strategic alliance with Pedestal, the US-based secondary mortgage marketplace operator. 14-Jun-2000 Reuters is to acquire The Yankee Group, the US e-business research company, for £47m. 10-May-2000 Reuters is forming a joint venture with Aether Systems of the US, in order to provide wireless data systems and mobile dealing facilities in Europe under the name of Sila Communications. 08-May-2000 Reuters is planning to invest £500m in its internet operations over the next four years, and has announced a joint venture with Aether of the US to distribute its services to mobile handsets. 09-Feb-2000 Reuters is forming a joint venture with Equant to create a new internet-based network for the financial services industry, providing telecoms and business-to-business services and employing 600 staff. 04-Feb-2000 Reuters is planning to float a 25% stake in its Greenhouse Fund of new media investments, as part of a revamp of its internet activities. 19-Jan-2000 Reuters is acquiring an 84% stake in TowerGroup, the US-based supplier of research for the financial services sector, in a £12m deal. 20-Nov-1999 Reuters has set up a new division called Reuters Ventures, in order to invest in electronic commerce opportunities. 07-Jul-1999 Reuters has acquired a £12m stake in WR Hambrecht, the US investment bank that arranges stockmarket flotations by auctioning shares on the Internet. 12-May-1999 Reuters is to cut 100 jobs among its 2,100-strong UK and Ireland workforce, with technical support, sales and finance being hardest hit. 04-Feb-1999 Reuters has acquired Agence de Presse Medicale, the French medical news service, for undisclosed terms. 27-Oct-1998 Reuters has bought the Liberty order-routing system from Cedel of Luxembourg, in order to become a leading supplier of order-handling capabilities for the securities markets. 01-Oct-1998 Reuters is acquiring a 33.5% stake in GL Trade, the software subsidiary of the French stock exchange, for undisclosed terms, which will enable it to provide more order handling services to its clients. 30-Jul-1998 Reuters has announced a reorganisation that will create two divisions for information and trading room systems, and a third for marketing and distribution, thereby doing away with its regional structure. 25-Jul-1998 Reuters has bought the fund information service of Lipper Analytical Services of the US for undisclosed terms, as part of a strategy to move into the funds data business. 24-Jul-1998 Reuters has acquired an investment trust data service from BT AlexBrown for undisclosed terms. 01-Jul-1998 Reuters has acquired a 67% stake in Marvin, the French specialist in software for analysing risk markets, for a price thought to be under £10m. 02-Jan-1998 Reuters has acquired Hardwick Stafford Wright, the supplier of information to the mutual fund industry, for undisclosed terms. 15-May-1997 Primark of the US has bought ICV, the UK supplier of share price data, for £67m, and the company is expected to provide direct competition with Reuters. 25-Oct-1996 Reuters has acquired Micro Solutions Group, the provider of computer-based healthcare services to doctors. 25-Oct-1996 London Radio's management is trying to launch a buy-out from its owner, Reuters. 04-Oct-1995
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