The Thomson Corporation
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The Thomson Corporation Template:NYSETemplate:TSX is a publishing company founded by Roy Herbert Thomson. The company assumed its current name in 1989 with the merger of Thomson Newspapers and the International Thomson Organization.
Its stock is listed on the New York (since June 2002) and Toronto Stock Exchanges (ticker symbol TOC). Revenue for 2004 was $8.1 billion.
With brands such as Brookers, Carswell, CCBN, Course Technology, Derwent World Patent Index, Dialog Corporation, FindLaw, Gale, Gardiner-Caldwell, IHI, Lawbook Co, Peterson's, Sweet & Maxwell, Thomson Financial, TradeWeb, and Westlaw, Thomson employs about 38,000 people in 46 countries and claims 20 million customers in 130 countries.
Its largest market group, Thomson Legal & Regulatory, is based in Eagan, Minnesota. The others are Thomson Learning, Thomson Financial, and Thomson Scientific & Healthcare.
In late 2004, the company sold its Thomson Media group to a Middle Eastern investment firm. The B2B publishing group, which features such titles as American Banker and The Bond Buyer, is now known as SourceMedia.
External links
- The Thomson Corp Home Page (http://www.thomson.com)
- 2002 Annual Report (http://www.thomson.com/corp/investor_relations/ir_annquarterly_reports.jsp)
- Yahoo! - The Thomson Corporation Company Profile (http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/41/41609.html)