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Thomson Reuters Plc. (TRI) is in talks to acquire the commentary site Breakingviews.com for about £10 million ($16.2 million), according to the U.K.'s Sunday Times. The acquisition would bolster Reuters's growing footprint in financial commentary. The company has created a team based...

URL address shortening Website tr.im will no longer be providing the service to the public because there's no money to be made. Makes you wonder how other URL shortening companies can survive. "There is no way for us to monetize URL shortening -- users won't pay for it -- and we just can't justify...