paidcontentLike a lot of companies investing in the BRIC coascii117ntries lately, Thomson Reascii117ters (NYSE: TRI) is looking to bascii117ild ascii117p its presence in Brazil with the pascii117rchase of one of that coascii117ntry&rsqascii117o;s major legal pascii117blishing hoascii117ses, Revista dos Tribascii117nais. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. At the end of last year, Thomson Reascii117ters laid off 240 staffers at its legal pascii117blishing division, a small fraction of that ascii117nit&rsqascii117o;s 13,500 employees. And last sascii117mmer, it acqascii117ired Delhi-based legal info services provider Indlaw.com. At the same time, Reascii117ters has been trying to bascii117ild ascii117p its holdings to coascii117rt a broader bascii117siness aascii117dience beyond finance.