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NEW YORK, May 30 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ –

Compustat’s company data grows to 17,500 firms, adding 500 businesses
in India and 900 in Taiwan, helping clients who need Indian and
Taiwanese company information for their financial analysis

In response to growing customer demand for more fundamental information on
Asian companies, Standard & Poor’s, the leading provider of financial market
intelligence, announced that Compustat(R) has expanded significantly its
company coverage in Taiwan and India.

Compustat has added approximately 500 active Indian companies, including
between five and 10 years of company history. Compustat has also entered an
agreement with TX Investment Consulting Company (TX), a data provider in
Beijing, to receive extensive fundamental data for an additional 900 companies
in Taiwan. The initial set of Taiwanese data will provide two-to-three years of
annual history, including one year of semiannual history, and is expected to
grow to five years of history by this summer. The addition of Taiwan-based
companies brings Compustat’s overall market cap coverage for the Asian market
to over 90%.

"Institutional money managers and analysts around the world who use
Compustat’s vital company, index and industry information to support their
financial models and analysis, will appreciate the additional company coverage
in Taiwan and India," said Chandra Muliadikara, Compustat Product Manager. "Our
partnerships with the data providers of the Indian and Taiwanese company data
enable us to capitalize on their expertise and deliver a more robust database
to our clients."

For more information, visit www.standardandpoors.com or call 800-523-4534.

About Compustat Data
Standard & Poor’s Compustat(R) data is used by institutional money managers
and analysts around the world. With fundamental and market data on 65,000
global securities, Compustat provides vital company, index and industry
information that supports financial models and proprietary company and industry
analysis.

About Standard & Poor’s
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 www.standardandpoors.com

SOURCE: Standard & Poor’s

CONTACT: Media Information:

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KNB Communications
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Product Information:

Cristy Oberg
Standard & Poor’s
303-721-4340
cristy_oberg@standardandpoors.com

Web site: http://www.standardandpoors.com

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