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Thomson says Reuters takeover to close April 17

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Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:37am EST
The Reuters' logo is seen in this file photo in the Reuters headquarters in London's Canary Wharf financial district May 15, 2007. Electronic publisher Thomson said on Friday its takeover of financial data and news provider Reuters Group has now received all required antitrust and regulatory clearances and is expected to close on April 17. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

TORONTO (Reuters) - Electronic publisher Thomson TOC.TOTOC.N said on Friday its takeover of financial data and news provider Reuters Group RTR.L has now received all required antitrust and regulatory clearances and is expected to close on April 17.

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Shareholders of both companies will vote on the deal at meetings on March 26 in London and Toronto, Thomson said.

(Reporters and editors involved in writing and editing this report may own Reuters securities and are bound by the Reuters Code of Conduct, which restricts dealing in securities in companies on which a journalist is reporting)

(Reporting by Wojtek Dabrowski; editing by Renato Andrade)
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