About Thomson Financial   Who We Are Ideas earn a return. Insight sparks a winning call. Effective tools make for seamless transactions. Information means money – as long as it’s the right information, delivered at the right time. Thomson Financial is a leading provider of information and technology solutions to the worldwide financial community, with 2005 revenues of US $1.9 billion. Through the widest range of investment and trading solutions, market trend analysis, advisory services and analytic insight in the industry, we help clients in more than 70 countries make better decisions, be more productive and achieve superior results. Our brand theme – Performance Matters – also serves as our operating model, and is based on the premise that every aspect of our business needs to help our clients measurably improve their performance.  We create content, tools and systems with a single goal in mind: our clients’ success. Thomson Financial is part of The Thomson Corporation, headquartered in Stamford, CT, a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to more than 20 million clients in law, tax, accounting, financial services, education and assessment, reference information, scientific research and healthcare.  With 2005 revenues of US $8.70 billion, The Thomson Corporation lists its common shares on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges. How We’re Organized Thomson Financial offers the stability and efficiency of a large, integrated organization while retaining the nimbleness, flexibility and responsiveness our customers require. Today, under the leadership of President and CEO Sharon Rowlands, Thomson Financial has approximately 9,000 employees working in 32 offices in 22 countries worldwide.  Internally, we’re structured to most effectively respond to our customers’ needs, with segment teams serving specific on- and off-trading floor markets; a sales, marketing and customer service organization; centralized technology, content, strategy and support functions; and an international structure that reflects our larger organization.