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Media Owners editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 9:26am on Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Thomson Reuters Buys Mastersaf

-- The acquisition of the Brazil-based provider of tax and accounting solutions for corporations is intended to expand Thomson Reuters global offerings, the company announced on May 17, 2011.

Mastersaf currently offers a variety of products and solutions including a tax and accounting compliance suite; E-invoicing software that streamlines digital registration and approval of invoices in accordance with Brazilian reporting regulations; and LegisCenter, an online information portal for tax rates and rules.

"The addition of Mastersaf is a key step in fulfilling our strategy to expand our professional services across Latin America," said Gonzalo Lissarrague, president, Latin America for Thomson Reuters Professional Division. "Mastersaf also brings a highly valued and successful distribution network."

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Media Owners editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 8:58am on Wednesday, April 20, 2011

-- April 19, 2011 -- Paul Ingrassia is now deputy editor in chief at Thomson Reuters. He was previously president at Dow Jones Newswires.

Media Owners editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 1:25pm on Wednesday, February 9, 2011

-- February 8, 2011 -- Stephen J. Adler is now editor-in-chief and executive vice president of Reuters News at Thomson Reuters. He was previously SVP and editorial director for the professional division there.

Media Owners editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 10:03am on Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Thomson Reuters Releases Report on the State of Global Innovation

-- January 12, 2011 -- Innovation levels, as measured by patent volume, shifted across 12 major technology areas from 2009 to 2010, according to the second annual analysis of world patent activity published by the IP Solutions business of Thomson Reuters. The 2010 Innovation Report: Twelve Key Technology Areas and Their States of Innovation tracks patent activity in key technology areas using the Thomson Reuters Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI(SM)) database, the world's most trusted source of patent information.

Key findings between 2009 and 2010 innovation data include:

* Aerospace technology area blasts into a new orbit: In addition to increasing overall activity by 25% year over year, the largest aerospace subsector increase from 2009 to 2010 occurred in the field of Space Vehicles and Satellite Technology, which jumped up 108%. The three companies in this area were Japanese manufacturer Sharp, followed by Korean manufacturers LG and Samsung.

* Semiconductor innovation short circuits: The Semiconductor technology area saw the largest drop in innovation activity across the 12 areas tracked, falling 9% last year. The drop was driven by subsector declines in Integrated Circuits; Discrete Devices; and Memories, Film & Hybrid Circuits. The one Semiconductor subsector showing growth in 2010 was Materials and Processes. The innovators with the most patent activity in this subsector were Korean manufacturers Samsung and Hynix Semiconductor, followed by Japan's Toshiba.

* Computers & Peripherals tops the list of the most innovative technology areas with the highest volume of patent activity for second consecutive year, despite an overall decline from 2009: The Computers & Peripherals technology area published 212,622 unique inventions in 2010, earning it the top slot among the 12 areas in the analysis. However, this is a 6% decline from the level seen in 2009.

Media Owners editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 9:51am on Monday, December 20, 2010

Healthcare Consumer Confidence Continues to Slide, According to Thomson Reuters Monthly Index

-- December 20, 2010 -- Americans' confidence in their ability to obtain and afford healthcare continued its decline in November, falling another point according to a consumer sentiment index produced by Thomson Reuters.

The Thomson Reuters Consumer Healthcare Sentiment Index was launched in December 2009 with its baseline measurement set at 100. It declined to 95 by July and then rebounded to 100 by September. It subsequently fell to 97 in October and 96 in November.

The index, which is based on the Thomson Reuters Pulse Healthcare Survey, has two parts:

* A retrospective component gauges respondents' experiences during the past three months. It tracks whether they postponed, delayed or cancelled healthcare services and whether they had difficulty paying for medical care or health insurance. Although fewer consumers reported the delay or cancellation of healthcare treatment, in November the overall retrospective sentiment composite fell to 96 —slightly below October levels and significantly below the December 2009 baseline.

* A prospective component gauges respondents' expectations for the next three months. It assesses whether respondents believe they will be more or less likely to delay, cancel, or be unable to pay for healthcare services or insurance in the next three months. In November, prospective consumer sentiment fell to 96, down from 98 in October and 100 in September.

The healthcare services composite (a subset of the prospective component) also ebbed to its lowest point this year as more consumers predicted they will likely cancel doctors visits, diagnostic tests and therapies, and postpone filling prescriptions in the next three months.

The Thomson Reuters Consumer Healthcare Sentiment Index is updated monthly.

Media Owners editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 11:42am on Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Thomson Reuters Starts Service for U.S. News Media

-- From an article posted December 13, 2010 on the web site of Reuters U.S.:

"Thomson Reuters Corp has launched a news service for U.S. publishers and broadcasters in a bid to win business from the Associated Press (AP) and CNN.

The new service, Reuters America, provides text stories, photos and video by Reuters journalists for newspapers, television stations and online publishers. Newspaper publisher and broadcaster Tribune Company is its first customer."

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Media Owners editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 8:38am on Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Thomson Reuters, Books For Africa Commit to $1.2 Million Venture

-- November 29, 2010 -- This afternoon Thomson Reuters announced a $1.2 million agreement with Books For Africa's Jack Mason Law & Democracy Initiative. The Minnesota-based organizations will provide up to 15 law libraries, along with teaching and international law texts, to law schools and governing institutions in Africa over the next several years. In addition, Thomson Reuters plans to donate funds to offset the shipping costs of the legal texts and will continue to provide advertising, logistical and printing support to Books For Africa and the Jack Mason Law & Democracy Initiative.

These contributions are intended to support the establishment of solid governing institutions and the Rule of Law in Africa's emerging democracies. The Jack Mason Law & Democracy Initiative is co-chaired by former Vice President Walter Mondale and former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan.

"The Rule of Law – including the right to vote in free and fair elections, or the right to establish a business without the threat of militia rule or extortion – is something that we often take for granted. But it's our faith in the Rule of Law that allows us to build strong businesses, establish smart schools and provide quality health care to people across Minnesota and the United States," said former Vice President Mondale. "This partnership will help Africa's emerging democracies strengthen their governments by giving the next generation of lawyers, civil servants and government leaders the tools necessary to create and sustain the stable democracies we take for granted."

Media Owners editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 9:02am on Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Thomson Reuters Launches Intellectual Property Research Functionality

-- November 22, 2010 -- The Intellectual Property (IP) Solutions business of Thomson Reuters announced today that it is redefining patent research and IP decision making with the launch of its one-of-a-kind Custom Fields functionality in Thomson Innovation, the world's most comprehensive intellectual property (IP) research and analysis platform. IP professionals, innovators, researchers, attorneys, and patent portfolio managers can now create custom fields in Thomson Innovation, tag patent records with their own internal data, then search, analyze and report on relationships between enterprise-specific and global patent information. The results and analyses can also be shared with others to enhance collaboration and streamline organizational workflow.

"Intellectual property information is becoming increasingly more critical in business decision making as intangible assets are recognized for the corporate value they provide," said David Brown, president of the IP Solutions business of Thomson Reuters. "With the highly flexible Custom Fields capability on Thomson Innovation, our customers now have the unique opportunity to make critical IP decisions with relevant organizational context for greater competitive advantage."

Custom Fields on Thomson Innovation enables professionals engaged in the IP lifecycle to add their own internal context to global patent information.

Media Owners editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 8:04am on Friday, November 19, 2010

Thomson Reuters Acquires Pangea3

-- November 18, 2010 -- Thomson Reuters today announced that it has acquired Pangea3, a fast-growing legal process outsourcing (LPO) provider serving corporate legal departments and law firms worldwide. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The acquisition extends the Thomson Reuters strategy to develop world-class information, software and workflow solutions for legal professionals around the world. Pangea3 is headquartered in New York and Mumbai, India, and has 650 employees at its major delivery centers in Mumbai and New Delhi. Pangea3's client base includes Am Law 250 law firms and some of the world's largest financial services, pharmaceutical, healthcare, food and beverage, technology and consumer goods companies. The firm offers a variety of services organized into four distinct lines of business including legal document review; corporate transactions; intellectual property; and risk management and compliance.

Peter Warwick, president and chief executive officer of Thomson Reuters, Legal, said legal process outsourcing adds a vital strategic complement to the Thomson Reuters portfolio of specialized information and workflow solutions, and will be key to helping law firms and corporate legal departments be more responsive and cost-effective. "Pangea3 is true to our mission to help the legal system perform better, every day, worldwide; we will now bring to the legal marketplace a responsive, high-quality, transformative resource for a broad range of legal support work. This is particularly important as law firms and general counsel adjust to the realities of the 'new normal,' where efficiency, quality and responsiveness are paramount," he noted.

Pangea3 is seen as the world standard in the LPO marketplace, which is growing at more than 20 percent annually and projected to exceed U.S. $1 billion this year.

Mondo Times editors    Boulder Colorado USA

Posted at 9:13am on Monday, November 15, 2010

Thomson Reuters Announces Top U.S. Hospitals for Heart Care

-- November 15, 2010 -- Thomson Reuters today released its annual study identifying the top U.S. hospitals for inpatient cardiovascular services.

The study, now in its twelfth year, for the first time singled out 50 hospitals rather than the traditional practice of naming 100 winners.

"We've chosen a more elite group of winners this year. These hospitals have raised the bar significantly," said Jean Chenoweth, senior vice president for performance improvement and 100 Top Hospitals program at Thomson Reuters. "They deliver higher survival rates, shorter hospital stays, fewer readmissions, and lower costs -- which adds up to enormous value for the communities they serve. As a result, everyone benefits: patients, families, employers, insurers and the hospital itself."

The study examined the performance of 1,022 hospitals by analyzing outcomes for patients with heart failure and heart attacks and for those who received coronary bypass surgery and percutaneous coronary interventions such as angioplasties.

For more information, go to www.thomsonreuters.com.