What is this about>
Reuters
What is that?
an international news agency
Where is it located?
London
Who owns it?
the Thomson Corporation
When did they buy it?
2008
What was the name of the company before?
Reuters Group plc
What else did they do?
Provided financial market data
When was it first started?
in 1851
By who?
Paul Julius Reuter
Where?
at the London Royal Exchange
What was it called then?
Reuter's Telegram Company
What was the first paper called?
the London "Morning Advertiser"
When did that start?
1858
What languages do they offer?
English, French, and Chinese
Any others?
Arabic, Spanish, German, and Italian
Is that all?
Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, and Urdu
What is something they did first?
report Abraham Lincoln's assassination in Europe
What else?
using homing pigeons
Where?
in Aachen
To do what?
transmit messages between Brussels and Aachen