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Reuters is a United Kingdom-based news agency that provides reports to news media worldwide. It was founded in 1851 by Paul Julius Reuter, who used new submarine cables under the English Channel to wire stock prices from bourses on continental Europe back to his London office and then to the London Stock Exchange. The company built a reputation for high quality financial information and for being first to report on high-profile world events. It became a public company in 1984 and in 2007, it merged with Canada’s Thomson Corp. to become Thomson Reuters. The company employs several thousand journalists around the globe and generates annual revenues in excess of $4 billion. Its website says: “Reuters is the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals.”
路透社是一家提供全球新闻报道的英国通讯社
。1851年,保罗·朱利斯·路透创办了路透社,他利用英吉利海峡下面的海底电缆提供欧洲大陆的股市行情,并传回伦敦的办公室,以及伦敦证券交易所 。路透社最为知名的是提供高质量的财经新闻,它也是首个报道全球要闻的通讯社 。1984年,路透社变为国有,2007年与加拿大的汤姆森公司合并,并更名汤姆森路透社 。全球拥有上千名记者,年收入超过了40亿美元 。该官网称:“对于商人和专业人士来说,路透社是提供信息来源的主要渠道 。”译文属可可英语原创,未经允许,不得转载 。