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Thomson-Reuters £8.7bn merger deal gets green light

By Press Gazette

The £8.7bn merger deal between Canadian financial media giant Thomson and global news agency Reuters has been given the go-ahead by two separate investigations on either side of the Atlantic.

The US Department of Justice and the European Commission ruled today that Thomson would be allowed to acquire Reuters ending a ten-month wait.

When the new Thomson Reuters company is formed in April it will be one of the largest employers of journalists in the world.

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