| Business Summary | | Reuters
Group
PLC
is
a
global
information
news
provider
that
operates
in
three
business
areas:
Reuters
Financial,
Reuterspace
and
Instinet.
Reuters
reaches
over
558,000
subscribers
in
50,600
locations
and
makes
extensive
use
of
Internet
technologies
for
the
widest
distribution
of
information
and
news.
Around
73
million
visitors
per
month
access
Reuters
content
on
some
1,400
Internet
Websites.
Reuters
products
are
distributed
to
151
countries
in
three
principal
geographic
areas:
Europe,
Middle
East
and
Africa
(including
the
United
Kingdom
and
Ireland);
Asia/Pacific
(including
Japan);
and
The
Americas.
Instinet
is
an
electronic
agency
securities
broker
that
has
created
and
operates
an
e-financial
marketplace.
Upon
completion
of
Instinet's
IPO
in
May
2001,
Reuters
held
86.6%
of
Instinet's
share
capital. | More
from
Market Guide: Expanded
Business Description |
| Financial Summary | | Reuters
Group
PLC
supplies
the
global
business
community
and
news
media
with
a
range
of
products
including
real-time
financial
data,
transaction
systems,
access
to
numeric
and
textual
historical
databases,
news
and
news
pictures.
For
the
six
months
ended
6/30/01,
revenues
rose
14%
to
L1.94
billion.
Net
income
under
U.S.
GAAP
fell
20%
to
L270M.
Results
reflect
revenue
growth
in
all
major
divisions,
offset
by
increased
business
transformation
costs. | More
from
Market Guide: Significant
Developments |
| Officers | |
| Position | Christopher Hogg, 64 | Chairman | Thomas Glocer, 41 | CEO,
Director | David Grigson, 46 | Fin.
Director, Director | Philip Green, 47 | COO,
Director | Rosemary Martin | Sec. |
| More
from
Market Guide on Officers & Directors: Expanded
List, Bios,
Compensation,
Options
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