As I wrote in yesterday’s NewsBreaks Dialog has split its business units between Thomson Legal & Regulatory and Thomson Scientific & HealthCare. Think of it as the “de-MAIDification” of the company formerly known as The Dialog Corporation when it was a freestanding company that traded on two stock exchanges. It’s my fervent hope that the Dialog Divide benefits the serious researchers who are the bread and butter of the Dialog/DataStar customer base, but shoving it further down the Thomson hierarchy isn’t as good a sign as I’d like to see.