Thomson buys Global Securities Information and BroadcastOne.

Thomson Corp. (Stamford, CT), through its West (Eagan, MN) subsidiary, has acquired all the assets of Global Securities Information, Inc. (GSI; Washington, D.C.), a provider of online securities and securities-related research and information services for legal and financial firms. No terms of the deal were given.

GSI's flagship product, LIVEDGAR, combines proprietary content, search technology and domain expertise to enable legal and financial professionals to conduct online securities research and obtain source documents. GSI clients include all of the Am Law 100; 80 percent of the top investment banking firms; and all of the top U.S. accounting firms. GSI also includes 100 of the Fortune 500 companies as customers.

West said the deal will enable it to satisfy the currently unmet needs of transactional attorneys; those involved in work such as mergers and acquisitions, real estate and securities transactions. Also, the acquisition will further strengthen and deepen West's relationships with large law firms, the company's largest customer segment. "Thomson and GSI share a common goal to help legal professionals access and use information in ways that help them serve their clients more effectively," said Mike Wilens, President and CEO of Thomson Legal & Regulatory's North American Legal unit. "The combined assets of GSI and Thomson bring legal professionals the world's largest collection of securities-related data and material documents."

Also, Thomson Financial (New York) has acquired the assets of BroadcastOne (Hong Kong), a provider of video and audio webcast services. No terms were given. BroadcastOne owns and operates the largest private streaming network in the region. Thomson said the deal iss in line with its strategy of providing a global webcasting platform. The deal follows the recent acquisitions of CCBN, StreamX and RAW Communications in the U.S., Australia and Europe, respectively.