Though previous years of data on existing home sales in the U.S. were revised down, the latest increase in November suggests the residential housing market is in recovery.

Williams F1, one of the world’s legendary Formula One(TM) teams, has selected Thomson Reuters Governance, Risk & Compliance to provide BoardLink, a secure portal for the online exchange and execution of board business and information, to its board of directors.

Successfully managing a highly mobile board of directors is one of the biggest challenges facing a modern company, and ensuring that sensitive data and information is kept secure is a vital component of good corporate governance. BoardLink, which is available as part of the Thomson Reuters Accelus(TM) suite of products, helps organizations streamline the flow of information between companies and directors by offering an intuitive, secure work environment available via Web portal or iPad® app.

See the results of the 2011 Thomson Reuters Board Governance Survey.

Learn more about Williams F1 choosing Boardlink.

Today’s graphic is a timeline of key events in the euro zone debt crisis.

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This week we announced the winners of the International Financing Review (IFR) Awards 2011.

IFR is the authoritative source of capital markets intelligence and the IFR Awards represent the key industry benchmark of global capital markets excellence. Winners are selected by IFR’s independent, global team of expert reporters and analysts.

Key winners are below and a full list of winners can be found here:

Bank of the Year - Barclays Capital
Bond House - Deutsche Bank
Equity House - Morgan Stanley
Loan House - Barclays Capital
Securitisation House - Royal Bank of Scotland
Derivatives House - Barclays Capital
Restructuring Adviser - Houlihan Lokey
Emerging Markets Bond House - Deutsche Bank
Issuer of the Year - UK DMO

For more information, check out the full press release.

Japan picks the stealthy F35 as its next mainstay fighter, as it keeps a wary eye on China and regional uncertainty. Arnold Gay reports.

Energy efficiency labels alphabetically rating TVs from ‘A’ (most efficient) to ‘G’ (least efficient) must be displayed on all new TV sets from the end of 2011. The graphic below defines 11 different efficiency labels.

In another double dose of graphics, today we look at the comparison between North and South Korea. This first graphic looks at a number of key metrics like life expectancy, exports, and more. Notice just how far South Korea is ahead in some of the most basic functions of a country. The second graphic focuses solely on the military of each country and how they differ in size and strength. Although North Korea severely lacks in things like mobile phone subscribers, budget and roads, it’s military is nearly double the size of South Korea’s military.

Software developed for closed-circuit television systems can identify individuals and track them across entire networks of cameras. Joel Flynn reports.

The Risk, Fraud and Investigations (RFI) business of Thomson Reuters recently presented three $10,000 donations to charities on behalf of customers whose compelling success stories using RFI public records search products made them the recipients of the first-ever Hero Award. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and the Veterans Village of San Diego were the charities chosen by the winning customers.

Here are photos from the award presentation events:

To the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (on behalf of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, and the Vermont Department of Corrections):

From left to right: Shelly Bouchard, federal client manager, Public Records; Ernie Allen, president and CEO, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children; Steve Rubley, vice president and general manager, Risk, Fraud & Investigations; and Heather McDade, senior director, Field Management. 

To the Veterans Village of San Diego (on behalf of global law firm DLA Piper):

From left to right: Mary Sullivan, branch account manager; Dean Powell, director, Branch Account Management; Phil Landis, President and CEO, Veterans Village of San Diego; and Adam Garson, associate, DLA Piper.

This post originally ran our Legal Current Blog

Thomson Reuters ProView, the new professional eReader platform, is now available as an app for the iPad with Rules of Court for New York, Texas, Florida, Ohio and Illinois as initial titles, as well as a selection of professional development titles. Additional titles will be available in coming months.

ProView, provides a first-of-its-kind professional-grade platform for the delivery and use of specialized Thomson Reuters content and tools anywhere, anytime. The ProView iPad app can be downloaded free at the Apple® App Store, letting users take full advantage of the power, flexibility and portability of Thomson Reuters ProView. Rules of Court for New York, Texas, Florida, Ohio and Illinois, as well as other titles, can be purchased online at the Westlaw Store or through Westlaw sales representatives.

Learn more about some of ProView’s useful features here.