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Thursday 21 February 2013

JIM BRUMM

This is not a first [Thomson Reuters comes out for UK same sex marriage bill]. The company made a similar statement in Minnesota last year [Thomson Reuters comes out against gay marriage ban]. ■

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May

Baron de Reuter retires due to ill health

Baron de Reuter, founder of Reuters, retired as managing director “in consequence of failing health” at the age of 61 in May 1878. He was succeeded by his son, Herbert, 26, born in London in 1852.

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Wednesday 14 May 2025 2:30 PM – 7:30 PM

The next meeting of the Short Lunch Club will be from 2.30pm on Wednesday May 14 in the snug at The Harrow in Whitefriars St, EC4 8JJ.

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