Kathleen Corbet, President of Standard & Poor's, presides over the Market Open

Tuesday, March 6, 2007
at NASDAQ's MarketSite
in New York City.

Standard & Poor's

Kathleen Corbet, President of Standard & Poor's, presides over the opening bell to celebrate S&P 500 50th anniversary.

Standard & Poor's, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE:MHP), is the world's foremost provider of financial market intelligence, including independent credit ratings, indices, risk evaluation, investment research and data. With approximately 8,500 employees, including wholly owned affiliates, located in 21 countries, Standard & Poor's is an essential part of the world's financial infrastructure and has played a leading role for more than 140 years in providing investors with the independent benchmarks they need to feel more confident about their investment and financial decisions. For more information, visit http://www.standardandpoors.com.

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