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Shouldn't this article be just 'Thomson Corporation' according to normal Wikipedia naming conventions? Would anyone object if I submitted it for an exchange with the redirect page? Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 16:02, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

The legally branded name of the company is The Thomson Corporation. The company should always be referred to as The Thomson Corporation or Thomson. There are no acceptable alternatives to either of these naming conventions. This is how copyright reads, etc. Again, there are absolutely, positively no other accepted variations on this name.

I took the liberty of moving it as it is against the naming conventions to start with "The". Hansamurai 04:12, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

The conventions state that official names can include "The". The Thomson Corporation, including the definite article, is the official legal name of the entity in question, as stated in corporate filings on EDGAR ([1]) and SEDAR ([2]) (note that for EDGAR you do have to search for "Thomson Corp"), whereas those for, say, Microsoft Corporation do not include a "The". Therefore I propose to move it back. Stickguy 03:41, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

The word "the" is never a mandatory part of a corporation's name; no law office on the planet would tell you that "The Thomson Corporation" isn't legally the same thing as "Thomson Corporation". I really fail to see how the word "the" actually makes a meaningful enough difference to merit an exemption from normal naming conventions, but I'll put it to an RfC. The proviso being that no move takes place until the RfC has completed. Bearcat 03:56, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

I work for a division of Thomson. Whenever the word "Corporation" pops up, so does "The". (If you want an example, check out the 2004 Annual Report.) I'd strongly support a move back to "The Thomson Corporation". MrBula 10 Oct 2005

"The" is sometimes preferable (see:The New York Times, The Nature Conservancy, and The Sports Network) but I don't see it as so here. Even the Thomson website prefers just using "Thomson" for itself and its subsidiaries. Use "Thomson Corporation" for article name and The Thomson Corporation for first reference. DoubleBlue (Talk) 04:43, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

I'd agree with DoubleBlue here, a good rule of thumb would be asking if this was in the newspaper or put on tv how would its name be printed, I double many people would put "the" in front of Thomson Corp anymore then they would put International Business Machines in place of IBM IMHO Mbisanz 00:34, August 30, 2005 (UTC)

The Thomson Corporation or Thomson - NO OTHER ACCEPTABLE VARIATIONS

The legally branded name of the company is The Thomson Corporation. The company should always be referred to as The Thomson Corporation or Thomson. There are no acceptable alternatives to either of these naming conventions. From copyright to branding, these are the only acceptable variations. 64.252.117.90 01:51, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

TOEFL

Isn't it The Thomson Corporation that offers the world-famous TOEFL-Test? In the brands section plenty of other things can be found, but nothing about the TOEFL or the similar tests offered by Thomson Prometric. Due to the fact that TOEFL is the thing Thomson is probably most known for internationally, I suggest to add that to this artuicle in some way. In the present version one can only guess, that the TOEFL is a part of The Thomson Corporation.

Notes for future reference

From the Thomson Reuters web site:

Thomson Reuters has two parent companies, both of which are publicly listed.

Thomson Reuters Corporation is a Canadian company that has common shares listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Thomson Reuters Corporation is a reporting issuer (or has equivalent status) in each of the Canadian provinces. Given its common shares are also listed on the NYSE, Thomson Reuters Corporation files reports and other information with the SEC as a “foreign private issuer”.

Thomson Reuters PLC is a UK company that has its primary listing of ordinary shares on the Official List of the UKLA and it has American Depositary Shares (ADSs) listed on Nasdaq. Thomson Reuters PLC is subject to the Listing Rules and the Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules applicable to companies with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Given its ADSs are listed on Nasdaq, Thomson Reuters PLC also files reports and other information with the SEC as a “foreign private issuer”.

--from [3].

Yahoo Finance lists the New York Stock Exchange symbol for a "Thomson Reuters Corp" as being "TRI". See [4].

Also from Yahoo Finance:

"Thomson Reuters Corporation

3 Times Square

New York, NY 10036

United States

[ . . . ]

It was formerly known as The Thomson Corporation and changed its name to Thomson Reuters Corporation in April 2008. The company is headquartered in New York, New York."

--from [5].

It looks like both this article and the article Thomson Reuters need a thorough going-over for accuracy, due to the name change(s), etc. I don't have the time to get to this now, so someone else may beat me to it. Famspear (talk) 18:50, 18 June 2008 (UTC)