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Business consultation; conducting business conferences in the fields of finance, financial markets research, investing, company and stock research and ratings, stock prices, credit ratings, equity research, funds, financial indices, risk solutions, and investment data

Downloadable computer software featuring information concerning finance, financial information, financial markets research, investing, company and stock research and ratings, stock prices, credit ratings, equity research, funds, financial indices, risk solutions, and investment data; downloadable e-newsletters containing information concerning finance, financial information, financial markets research, investing, company and stock research and ratings, stock prices, credit ratings, equity research, funds, financial indices, risk solutions, and investment data

Providing a website containing non-downloadable publications in the nature of articles and reports in the subjects of finance, financial information, financial markets research, investing, company and stock research and ratings, stock prices, credit ratings, equity research, funds, financial indices, risk solutions, and investment data

Trade publications, pamphlets, brochures, and newsletters in the fields of finance, financial information, financial markets research, investing, company and stock research and ratings, stock prices, credit ratings, equity research, funds, financial indices, risk solutions, and investment data

Financial consultation; financial research; rating of securities, mutual funds, investments, institutions and governments; security brokerage services; providing on-line computer databases featuring financial and investment information; providing real-time information relating to the financial markets; news reporting services, namely, providing real-time information relating to the commodities industry, providing news and information in the fields of financial markets; financial and investment advisory and information services; financial analysis; financial data and stock research; providing information on financial indexes, stock indexes, securities indexes, commodities indexes, and investment concepts; private equity and venture capital financing, strategy, and management; investment services, namely, financial investment and investment consultation in the fields of funds, mutual funds, real estate, commodities, capital, securities, bonds and annuities; financial consulting in the nature of providing merger and acquisition support services in the field of finance; providing an on-line electronic database over a global network in the field of financial information; securities valuation services; providing real-time financial market data; risk management services; trading of securities index futures; financial products based on indexes, namely, mutual funds, exchange traded funds, listed futures and options contracts and otc futures, options and swaps; financial information