AlHijjah 24, 1434, Oct 29, 2013, SPA -- The newswire and information services provider Thomson Reuters will cut 3,000 jobs, or about 5 per cent of its worldwide workforce, the company announced Tuesday as it released its third-quarter earnings report, dpa reported. The cuts will be targeted mainly at the company's financial and risk division, which is Thomson Reuters' biggest unit. It is the second round of firings this year. In February the company announced layoffs that trimmed 4 per cent of its workforce. Third-quarter revenues from ongoing businesses grew 2 per cent to3.1 billion dollars from the same period in 2012. Net income attributable to common shareholders fell 39 per cent to 271 million dollars, or 33 cents a share, from 441 million dollars, or 53 cents ashore, a year earlier, the company said. Third-quarter adjusted earnings per share were 48 cents, unchanged from the prior-year period, the company said.
