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oijaf888 on Sept 6, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: 16 Major Firms May Have Received Early Data From T...

Isn't the University of Michigan a public entity?

theorique on Sept 6, 2013 [–]

True. Although this isn't really germane to the main point of whether they (via Thomson Reuters distribution channel) are doing a bad thing by charging high prices for early access.

Apparently UM gets a $1M/year or so through their distribution deal with Thomson Reuters in order to perform this research.

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