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                                      <![CDATA[The $1.26 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, Series B of Capstead Mortgage Corporation (CMO PR B) have been fully called for redemption and will be deleted from the S&amp;P U.S. Preferred Stock Index after the close of trading on June 12, 2013.]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[New York, May 13, 2013 – S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices will make the following changes in the S&amp;P U.S. Preferred Stock Index]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices announced today that the United States Supreme Court has denied the International Securities Exchange’s (ISE) petition to review the Illinois Appellate Court’s decision that permanently restrained and enjoined ISE from listing or providing an exchange market for the trading of S&amp;P 500® and Dow Jones Industrial Average® options and enjoined OCC from issuing, clearing or settling the exercise of such ISE options.]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices announced today the launch of the S&amp;P Korea Low Volatility Index which seeks to measure the performance of the 50 least volatile stocks in the S&amp;P Korea Broad Market Index (BMI).]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices announced today the launch of the S&amp;P 500® Buyback Index which is designed to measure the performance of the top 100 stocks with the highest buyback ratio in the S&amp;P 500.]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[Macerich Set to Join the S&amp;P 500; 3D Systems to Join the S&amp;P MidCap 400; CoreSite Realty to Join the S&amp;P SmallCap 600]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices today announced that it has made changes to the methodology of the Dow Jones Canada Select Equal Weight REIT Index as well as the Dow Jones Canada Select Equal Weight Utilities Index.]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[BSE and S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices announced today the launch of the S&amp;P BSE 500 Shariah index, the first new index resulting from the strategic partnership formed between the two companies in February of this year.]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[Home Prices Rise in February 2013 According to the S&amp;P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[Taylor Capital Group Set to Join the S&amp;P SmallCap 600]]>          
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                <title>S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices Licenses Pan Asia Dividend Aristocrats Index to State Street Global Advisors</title>
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                                      <![CDATA[S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices announced today that it has licensed the S&amp;P Pan Asia Dividend Aristocrats® Index to State Street Global Advisors for the launch of an exchange traded fund (ETF) based upon the Index.]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices announced today the launch of the S&amp;P GSCI Risk Weight which measures the S&amp;P GSCI on a risk weighted basis.]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[Regeneron Set to Join the S&amp;P 500; Eagle Materials, CST Brands to Join the S&amp;P MidCap 400; Francesca’s, Northern Oil &amp; Gas to Join the S&amp;P SmallCap 600]]>          
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                <title>Constituent Changes Announced for the S&amp;P U.S. Preferred Stock Index</title>
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                                      <![CDATA[S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices will make the following changes in the S&amp;P U.S. Preferred Stock Index:]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[Annual Growth Rates Decelerate in February 2013 
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                                      <![CDATA[National Credit Default Rates Decreased in March 2013 
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                                      <![CDATA[S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices, the world’s largest provider of financial market indices, and Nomura, Asia’s global investment bank, today announced that they will create co-branded strategy indices based on the NOMURA Bond Performance Index (NOMURA-BPI).]]>          
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                <title>Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation Licensed by S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices to Clear OTC Options Based on S&amp;P/TSX Indices</title>
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                                      <![CDATA[S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices announced today that it has licensed the Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation (CDCC) to clear Over-The-Counter (OTC) options based on the S&amp;P/TSX suite of indices.]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes as a result of the quarterly S&amp;P/TSX Preferred Share Index and S&amp;P/TSX Venture Select Index Reviews. These changes will be effective at the open on Monday, April 22, 2013]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices announced today that dividend net increases (increases less decreases) were $14.5 billion during the first quarter of 2013 for U.S. domestic common stock.]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices announced today the launch of three new credit spread indices based upon the S&amp;P 500®.]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[New Index Licensed to SSgA for ETF Development]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[Share Repurchases Fall Slightly During the Year; Second Consecutive Quarterly Decline]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[Data released today by S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices for the S&amp;P Healthcare Economic Composite Index indicates that the average per capita cost of healthcare services covered by commercial insurance and Medicare programs increased by 3.83% over the 12-months ending January 2013.]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[Three of the Five Cities Saw Default Rates Descend in February 2013]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[Winning Research Offers a New Perspective in the Active Management versus Passive Investing Debate]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[A Deletion from the S&amp;P/TSX Composite and Global Mining Indices]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[Standard &amp; Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes as a result of the Quarterly S&amp;P/TSX Composite Index Review. These changes will be effective at the open on Monday, March 18, 2013:]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices today announces revisions to S&amp;P Global Indices, S&amp;P U.S. Indices and Dow Jones Global Indices to be effective with the March quarterly review after the close of trading on Friday, March 15]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[S&amp;P SmallCap 600 constituent Kilroy Realty Corp. (NYSE:KRC) will replace Jefferies Group, Inc. (NYSE:JEF) in the S&amp;P MidCap 400, and Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc. (NASD:AAWW) will replace Kilroy Realty in the S&amp;P SmallCap 600 after the close of trading on Thursday, February 28.]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices will make the following changes in the S&amp;P U.S. Preferred Stock Index:]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[Data released by S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices for the S&amp;P Healthcare Economic Composite Index indicates that the average per capita cost of healthcare services covered by commercial insurance and Medicare programs increased by 3.73% over the 12-months ending December 2012.]]>          
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                <title>National Credit Default Rates Decreased in January 2013 According to the S&amp;P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices</title>
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                                      <![CDATA[Miami Default Rates Rose in January 2013]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[BSE and S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices announced today a strategic partnership to calculate, disseminate, and license the widely followed suite of BSE indices.]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices will make the following changes to the the S&amp;P SmallCap 600 index after the close of trading on Tuesday, February 19.]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[S&amp;P Canadian Index Services will make the following changes in the S&amp;P/TSX Canadian Indices:]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices will make the following changes to the S&amp;P 500, S&amp;P MidCap 400 and the S&amp;P SmallCap 600 indices]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices today announced the launch of S&amp;P GIVI™ Shariah Indices, the first Shariah-compliant indices combining low volatility and an alternative weighting scheme that weight’s a stock by its calculated intrinsic value, rather than by market capitalization.]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices, the world’s largest provider of financial market indices, today announced it has been named “Best Index Provider” in the inaugural MENA Fund Manager Fund Services Awards.]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[Data through November 2012, released today by S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices for its S&amp;P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, showed home prices rose 4.5% for the 10-City Composite and 5.5% for the 20-City Composite in the 12 months ending in November 2012.]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices today announced that it has licensed the S&amp;P SMIT 40 Index to Commerzbank AG for the launch of an ETF based upon the Index.]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices, the world’s largest provider of financial market indices, announced today that it has designed the methodology for two new indices launched today by the Dhaka Stock Exchange.]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices, the world’s largest provider of financial market indices, announced today that it has been named Index Provider of the Year in Asia in Asia Asset Management magazine’s 2012 Best of the Best Awards.]]>          
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                <title>Extra Space Storage Set to Join the S&amp;P MidCap 400; Dorman Products &amp; Era Group to Join S&amp;P SmallCap 600</title>
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                                      <![CDATA[S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices will make the following changes to the S&amp;P MidCap 400 and the S&amp;P SmallCap 600 indices]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes as a result of the quarterly S&amp;P/TSX Preferred Share Index and S&amp;P/TSX Venture Select Index Reviews.]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices will make the following changes to the S&amp;P 100, 500, MidCap 400 and SmallCap 600 indices after the close of trading on Monday, December 31.]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[Data released today by S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices for the S&amp;P Healthcare Economic Composite Index indicates that the average per capita cost of healthcare services covered by commercial insurance and Medicare programs increased by 5.28% over the 12-months ending October 2012.]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[Delphi Automotive plc (NYSE:DLPH) will replace Titanium Metals Corp. (NYSE:TIE) in the S&amp;P 500 after the close of trading on Friday, December 21.]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[Four out of Five Cities Saw Default Rates Rise]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices will make the following changes to the S&amp;P MidCap 400 and the S&amp;P SmallCap 600 indices after the close of trading on Friday, December 21]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices today announced that it has licensed Mirae Asset Global Investments to create an ETF to be listed on the Korea Exchange based on the S&amp;P GSCI Cash Copper, a commodity-based index which tracks the value of copper.]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[Standard &amp; Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes as a result of the Quarterly S&amp;P/TSX Composite Index Review.]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[NIC Inc. (NASD:EGOV) will replace OPNET Technologies Inc. (NASD:OPNT) in the S&amp;P SmallCap 600 after the close of trading on Tuesday, December 18.]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[Due to technical difficulties, the Toronto Stock Exchange experienced an outage today from 10:37am EST to 12:15pm EST affecting Level 1 market data pricing for the tickers range A to L.]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[A Deletion from the S&amp;P/TSX Composite Index]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[Stillwater Mining Co. (NYSE:SWC) will replace JDA Software Group Inc. (NASD:JDAS) in the S&amp;P SmallCap 600 after the close of trading on Thursday, December 13.]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[A Deletion from the S&amp;P/TSX Composite Index]]>          
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