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                                      <![CDATA[RobecoSAM and S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices would like to give advance notice of several important changes to the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) component selection methodology as a result of the alignment of the DJSI with S&amp;P Dow Jones Indices classifications.]]>          
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                                      <![CDATA[The S&amp;P 500® and the Dow Jones Industrial Average, like all of S&amp;P Dow Jones indices, are overseen by committees. Some indices offered by other index providers are described as rules-based without the benefit of an oversight committee, suggesting that rules are somehow better because their indices are untouched by human hands.]]>          
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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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                                      <![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[New Company has the Scale &amp; Capital to Increase Product Innovation across All Asset Classes, Fueling Greater Liquidity in the Global Markets; Alexander Matturri Named Chief Executive Officer]]>          
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