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Thomson Financial starts "Thomson Investor"; closes two mags.


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
), also a division of Thomson Corp., has launched Thomson Investor, a new information and technology tool that can be used with a firm's existing online offering or as an "end-to-end Web development service." The new product is being targeted to regional and national broker/ dealers, investment advisory firms, banks, package product providers, insurance companies and media and related Internet portal sites Noun 1. portal site - a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet; "a portal typically has search engines and free email and chat rooms etc. .

Some of the services available through the new product include: directional signals directional signal
n.
One of two lights on the front and rear of an automotive vehicle that flash to indicate the direction of a turn. Also called turn signal.
 (Insider Signals, Earnings Signals, Options Watch and I-Watch); investment research tools (Portfolio Manager, charts, and stock and fund screeners); a mutual fund center (fund profiles, quotes, news); an analyst center (First Call, earnings data); and markets (delayed quotes, indices, market moves and news).

The above tools can be integrated into a firm's Web and wireless services allowing clients acccess to more information, analysis and news. Thomson Financial vice president Steve Comer For the baseball player, see .
Steve Comer is leader of the Liberal Democrats on Bristol City Council in Bristol, England. He has been Councillor for Eastville ward since 2005, having previously served as Councillor for the adjacent Easton ward (1983-7).
 said the new service helps clients enhance their online presence "by bringing together all the content and data in one integrated platform."

In related news, Thomson Financial has ceased publication of Future Banker and Financial Services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
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 Marketing magazines. Future Banker was a monthly launched in 1997. It had a controlled circulation of 130,000 and was merged with Financial Service Online last year. Financial Services Marketing was published six times a year beginning in 1999. It was targeted to a variety of financial institutions, including commercial and community banks, insurance companies and brokerages.
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Date:Mar 31, 2002
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