canadian media conglomerate thomson reuters corp reported a swing to profit thursday missing analyst expectations while revenue benefited from growth at its three largest business units thomson reuters reported a profit of 282 million or 59 cents a share compared with a loss of 175 million or 36 cents a year ago when it incurred a large loss to its investment in london stock exchange group plc adjusted earnings were 50 cents a share according to factset analysts were expecting a larger increase to 65 cents a share revenue rose 3 to 177 billion from c171 billion just better than the 176 billion analysts had forecasted among its big 3 units thomson reuters saw a 2 revenue increase at its largest legal professionals to 704 million a 6 increase to its corporates segment and a 5 increase to its tax and accounting professionals unit