路透社(Reuters，LSE：RTR，NASDAQ: RTRSY)是世界上最早创办的通讯社之一，也是目前英国最大的通讯社和西方四大通讯社之一。路透社是世界前三大的多媒体新闻通讯社，提供各类新闻和金融数据，在128个国家运行。路透提供新闻报导给报刊、电视台等各式媒体，并向来以迅速、准确享誉国际。另一方面，路透提供工具和平台，例如股价和外币汇率，让交易员可以分析金融数据和管理交易风险;同时路透的系统让客户可以经由因特网完成买卖，取代电话或是纽约证券交易所的买卖大厅等人工交易方式，它的电子交易服务串连了金融社群。

路透社由英国人保罗·朱利叶斯·路透(Paul Julius Reuter)1850年在德国亚琛创办，次年迁往英国伦敦。1865年，路透把他的私人通讯社扩展成为一家大公司。1916年被改组为路透有限公司。它素以快速的新闻报道被世界各地报刊广为采用而闻名于世。路透社名义上是私人企业主所有，实际上受政府控制，是英国的官方喉舌。

Reuters is a United Kingdom-based news agency that provides reports to news media worldwide. It was founded in 1851 by Paul Julius Reuter, who used new submarine cables under the English Channel to wire stock prices from bourses on continental Europe back to his London office and then to the London Stock Exchange. The company built a reputation for high quality financial information and for being first to report on high-profile world events. It became a public company in 1984 and in 2007, it merged with Canada’s Thomson Corp. to become Thomson Reuters. The company employs several thousand journalists around the globe and generates annual revenues in excess of $4 billion. Its website says: “Reuters is the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals.”