Thomson Reuters sees bright 2009

Group revenues for the third quarter were $3.3 billion, a pro forma rise of 8% over Q3 last year, prior to the merger of Thomson and Reuters, when the vendors reported separate results, but a drop of $142,000 from the second quarter. The markets division contributed $2 billion of revenues, a rise of 7% over last year, with sales and trading revenues growing 5% to $964 million, driven by the treasury, commodities and energy markets, while the investment and advisory business grew 9% to $600