Thomson buys currency exchange specialist

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THOMSON REUTERS CORP. $29 (Toronto symbol TRI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 829.2 million; Market cap: $24.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.7; Dividend yield: 4.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.thomsonreuters.com) is buying FX Alliance Inc. (New York symbol FX), which sells foreign exchange data to banks, portfolio managers and corporations. When the deal closes in the next weeks, it will strengthen Thomson’s electronic-data products. The $625-million U.S. price is equal to 37% of the $1.7 billion U.S., or $1.98 U.S. a share, that Thomson earned in 2011. Thomson Reuters is a buy. buy…