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Thomson Corp. acquires webcaster & software company.


Thomson Financial Thomson Financial

A major provider of information, analytical tools, and consulting services to the financial community. The firm, a division of Thomson Corporation, is best known to investors for its First Call segment, which publishes consensus earnings
 (New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
), a unit of Thomson Corp., has acquired RAW Communications (London), Europe's largest provider of webcasting services. No terms were given.

For corporations, RAW Communications webcasts events such as results presentations and related communications with the investment community, and for institutional brokers, RAW covers daily morning meetings. The company serves approximately half of the FTSE FTSE

A company that specializes in index calculation. Although not part of a stock exchange, co-owners include the London Stock Exchange and the Financial Times.

Notes:
The FTSE is similar to Standard & Poor's in the United States.
 i00 companies. Thomson Financial Europe ceo Donald Smith Donald Smith may refer to:
  • Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, a Canadian railway financier and diplomat
  • Donald Smith, pianist
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  • Donald Smith, Canadian swimmer
 said the deal "is consistent with our strategic focus to provide premium content and analysis to the worldwide financial community, and premium services to corporations seeking to access that community."

Another Thomson Corp. unit, Thomson Elite (Los Angeles, CA), a provider of practice and financial management systems for professional service firms, has acquired Expert Ease (New York), a provider of software and technologies for law firms. The acquired company's products, including "Deal Proof" and "QuickSift," provide research and due diligence Research; analysis; your homework. This term has caught on in all industries, because it sounds so "wired." Who would want to do analysis or research when they can do due diligence. See wired. , retrieval of documents and clauses, and drafting, review and distribution of documents.
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Date:May 30, 2004
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