It’s the biggest story in the market data business. So why doesn’t it feel like it?

The answer probably lies somewhere in the surprise factor in Thomson Corp.’s £8 billion offer to acquire Reuters, in the ‘reverse’ nature of the proposed deal itself, and in the fact that most people in the industry – though they may not acknowledge it – are held in a kind of awe at the cleverness of the proposed arrangement.

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