Standard & Poor's Announces Changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nTORONTO, May 9 /CNW/ - Standard & Poor's will make the following changes\nin the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of trading on Friday,\nMay 9, 2008:\n\n\n- The shares of Crosshair Exploration & Mining Corp. (TSXVN:CXX) will\n be removed from the index. The company will graduate to trade on the\n TSX under the same ticker symbol.\n\n- As part of an amalgamation agreement, the shares of Bell Resources\n Corporation (TSXVN:BL) will trade under the new name Bell Copper\n Corporation. The company will trade under the new ticker symbol\n "BCU" and the new CUSIP number 077884 10 4. The shares will be\n consolidated on a 1 new for 2 old basis.\n\n\nCompany additions to and deletions from an S&P equity index do not in any\nway reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.\n\n\nAbout Standard & Poor's Index Services\n\n\nStandard & Poor's Index Services, the world's leading index provider,\nmaintains a wide variety of investable and benchmark indices to meet an array\nof investor needs. Its family of indices includes the S&P 500, an index with\n$1.32 trillion invested and $4.91 trillion benchmarked, and the S&P Global\n1200, a composite index comprised of seven regional and country headline\nindices. For more information, please visit www.standardandpoors.com/indices.\n\n\nAbout Standard & Poor's\n\n\nStandard & Poor's, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP),\nis the world's foremost provider of financial market intelligence, including\nindependent credit ratings, indices, risk evaluation, investment research and\ndata. With approximately 8,500 employees, including wholly owned affiliates,\nlocated in 23 countries, Standard & Poor's is an essential part of the world's\nfinancial infrastructure and has played a leading role for more than 140 years\nin providing investors with the independent benchmarks they need to feel more\nconfident about their investment and financial decisions. For more\ninformation, visit: www.standardandpoors.com.\n\n\n","length":2168,"tagName":"div"}]

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