Thomson Financial Securities Data Joins First Call's Web Partnership Program.Business/Technology Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 2000 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 Securities Data's SDC SDC Silver Dollar City SDC Security Door Controls SDC Student Development Center SDC San Diego Chargers SDC Science Data Center SDC System Development Charges SDC Studebaker Drivers Club SDC San Diego, California (border patrol sector) Repurchase Information Now Available on First Call's Institutional Web Portal See portal. at www.firstcall.com First Call, a Thomson Financial company, today announced that Thomson Financial Securities Data (TFSD TFSD Thomson Financial Securities Data TFSD Total Force Structure Division (USMC) ) is the newest member of its Web Partnership Program. First Call's portal customers now have seamless access to SDC repurchase data from www.firstcall.com. The repurchase information displays information on companies that have announced a plan to repurchase their own company's stock. TFSD's SDC repurchase data allows users to identify which firms have the most active repurchase programs, monitor the effects of a repurchase on a particular firm's capitalization capitalization n. 1) the act of counting anticipated earnings and expenses as capital assets (property, equipment, fixtures) for accounting purposes. 2) the amount of anticipated net earnings which hypothetically can be used for conversion into capital assets. , and track the net capital changes of a company during the life of the buyback. The following repurchase information is now available to First Call's customers: - Company profiles - Transaction descriptions - Values and shares authorized Shares authorized The maximum number of shares of stock of a company allowed in the articles of incorporation, which may be changed only by a shareholder vote. See: Issued and outstanding. shares authorized See authorized capital stock. - indicated and actual - Purpose of buyback - Board authorization and completion dates - Financing information - After-market pricing and performance information - Related acquisitions - Adjustments for stock splits - Capital increases "We are very excited to add TFSD to First Call's Web Partnership Program," said Scott Tilley, senior vice president in charge of First Call's Quantitative Services division. "We now can provide our customers with access to in-depth stock repurchasing information." TFSD's SDC repurchase data is now available to customers of FIRST CALL Interactive as well. FIRST CALL Interactive develops customized, Internet-based solutions that help financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. firms manage and use strategic information to increase investment return, generate sales and build closer relationships with their customers. These solutions, which can be easily integrated into a company's existing Internet effort, increase the value of the Internet-based initiatives of buy- and sell-side firms worldwide through enhanced content, design, strategy, and technology. First Call Corp. is the global financial community's leading Internet provider Internet provider - Internet Service Provider of real-time broker-sourced research, earnings estimates, equity and fixed income ownership information, insider trading information, and corporate news releases. More than 5,800,000 research documents are available on the FIRST CALL Network. First Call's distribution capabilities, research services, competitive intelligence product, usage reports and customized business solutions provide value-added links between the institutional buy-side and the sell-side worldwide. For more information, visit First Call's Web site at www.firstcall.com. Thomson Financial is a US$1.2 billion provider of information services See Information Systems. and work solutions to the financial and corporate communities worldwide. Through the widest range of products and services in the industry, Thomson Financial helps clients in more than 70 countries make better decisions, be more productive and achieve superior results. Thomson Financial is part of The Thomson Corporation, a leading e-information and solutions business with annual revenues of more than US$6 billion. The Corporation's common shares are listed on the Toronto and London stock exchanges London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. . For more information on Thomson Financial, visit www.thomsonfinancial.com. |
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