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• The Week: June 25 - July 1.(The Insider)

  - 2007-07-02

  The big story: Demag Plastics Group will stop producing injection molding machines in Strongsville this summer. The decision ends more than 60 years of press making in the Cleveland area by the company and its predecessor, Van Dorn Plastics Machinery The big story: Demag Plastics Group...

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• TAKING STOCK: THE BOTTOM LINE ON THE SHOE BIZ.

  - 2007-03-26

  Byline: Linsdsay E. Sammon ECONOMIC & STOCK MARKET WRAPUP: Stocks rallied last Wednesday after the Federal Reserve kept its benchmark federal funds interest rate at 5.25 percent. The Standard & Poor's Retail Index shot up 1.8 percent to close at 517.65, while the Dow...

  Tags: acquisition, Branding, EARNINGS, Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, Investment, MARKETING, S&P, stock

• Acquisition has international flair; Morningstar purchase of S&P fund data business to aid expansion.(Research)

  - 2007-03-05

  Byline: Barry B. Burr CHICAGO - Morningstar Inc.'s international expansion effort will get a boost from the firm's acquisition of Standard & Poor's fund data business. The acquisition will expand the depth and breadth of Morningstar's cover Byline: Barry B....

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• S&P downgrades AGL after Southern Hydro acquisition.

  - 2005-12-05

  Dec 05, 2005 (The Australian Financial Markets Newsletter - Dec 05, 2005 (The Australian Financial Markets Newsletter -

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• Stock Watch: McGraw-Hill trips on acquisitions; New regulations also threaten to damp earnings.(Stocks)

  - 2005-03-14

  Byline: tom fredrickson It was a textbook example of how quickly and brutally things can go wrong for a high-flying stock. Last week, not one but two news events on the same day battered media and financial services conglomerate McGraw-Hill Cos. ...

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• McGraw-Hill acquisitions through M-H Education & Standard & Poor's

  - 2005-02-28

  Standard & Poor's New York, a provider of investment research, indices, and ratings and a division of The McGraw-Hill Cos. New York, has signed an agreement to acquire the managed fund data and research business of ASSIRT from St.George Bank Melbourne, Australia's fifth largest bank. Terms were not disclosed. ...

  Tags: acquisition, FINANCE, McGraw-Hill Companies, S&P

• IDT future with S&P in doubt following Assirt acquisition.(Investment Data Technologies, Standard & Poor's Corp.)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-02-10

  Feb 10, 2005 (Investor Weekly - ABIX via COMTEX) Feb 10, 2005 (Investor Weekly - ABIX via COMTEX)

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• S&P: priceline.com tops in Web travel: analyst hints company may be bought.

  - 2005-01-17

  Standard & Poor's Equity Research recently predicted Norwalk-based priceline.com will gain market share in the Internet travel space this year and hinted that its improved performance could make it an acquisition target. Scott Kessler, an equi Standard & Poor's Equity Research recently predicted...

  Tags: acquisition, company, Priceline.com Inc., S&P, Sabre Holdings, Web

• S&P Positive on Extendicare's Acquisition of ALC; Extendicare Responds to Incorrect Assertion by Globe and Mail Regarding Strategies to Monetize its 34.8% Stake in Crown Life Insurance Company.

  - 2004-11-11

  MARKHAM, ONTARIO, Nov 10, 2004 CCNMatthews via COMTEX MARKHAM, ONTARIO, Nov 10, 2004 CCNMatthews via COMTEX

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• S&P Positive on Extendicare's Acquisition of ALC; Extendicare Responds to Incorrect Assertion by Globe and Mail Regarding Strategies to Monetize its 34.8% Stake in Crown Life Insurance Company

  - 2004-11-10

  MARKHAM, Ontario -- Extendicare Inc. (NYSE:EXE.A) (TSX:EXE) (TSX:EXE.A) - Extendicare would like to announce that earlier today Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (S&P) affirmed the debt ratings of its U.S. wholly owned subsidiary, Extendicare Health Services, Inc. EHSI given its recent announcement to acquire Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. ALC. EHSI's...

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