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NEW YORK, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P MidCap 400 constituent Kansas City Southern (NYSE: KSU) will replace Dean Foods Co. (NYSE: DF) in the S&P 500, the Dean Foods Co. stub (NYSE: DFwi) will replace Kansas City Southern in the S&P MidCap 400, and The WhiteWave Foods Co. (NYSE: WWAVwi) will replace Quicksilver Resources Inc. (NYSE: KWK) in the S&P MidCap 400 after the close of trading on Thursday, May 23. Dean Foods is spinning off a portion of its remaining equity...

NEW YORK, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Dow Jones Indices announced today the launch of the S&P 500(®) Buyback Index which is designed to measure the performance of the top 100 stocks with the highest buyback ratio in the S&P 500. "Buybacks can be seen as an important indicator of corporate health," says Vinit Srivastava, Senior Director of Strategy Indices at S&P Dow Jones Indices. "Much like dividends, corporate buybacks is another method that companies use to...

NEW YORK, May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P MidCap 400 constituent The Macerich Co. (NYSE: MAC) will replace Coventry Health Care Inc. (NYSE: CVH) in the S&P 500, S&P SmallCap 600 constituent 3D Systems Corp. (NYSE: DDD) will replace Macerich in the S&P MidCap 400, and CoreSite Realty Corp. (NYSE: COR) will replace 3D Systems in the S&P SmallCap 600 after the close of trading on Wednesday, May 8. S&P 500 constituent Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) is acquiring Coventry...

New Report from The Conference Board Examines CEO Succession in the S&P 500 NEW YORK, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2012, 27.1 percent of S&P 500 companies facing a CEO succession hired an outsider for the top job, according to CEO Succession Practices: 2013 Edition, a new report by The Conference Board released today. The rate confirms an upward trend recorded since the 1970s, when less than 10 percent of CEO hires were outsides; it is much higher than the 19 percent reported...

LONDON, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Stocks saw their biggest one-day drop in 2013 on Monday as investors pulled money out of risk assets. Market sentiment was weighed down by disappointing Chinese and U.S. economic data. The weak economic data from the world's two largest economies has once again raised concerns over the state of the global economy. All sectors in the S&P 500 saw a sharp pullback, with technology sector falling more than 2%. Among the major movers in...

LONDON, April 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Although the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 rose to a record high level on Thursday, the Basic Materials sector struggled. The sector closed 0.08% lower even as the broad market edged higher. This sector has been struggling thus far in 2013. Among the major movers in the Basic Materials sector on Thursday we are now following companies like LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (NYSE: LYB), Pacific Ethanol Inc. (NASDAQ: PEIX), Axiall Corp....

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., Jan. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a global biopharmaceutical company, has been named to the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrat Index for 2013. The Dividend Aristocrat Index measures the performance of dividend-paying companies within the S&P 500 Index that have followed a policy of increasing dividends each year for at least 25 consecutive years. In 2013, only 54 companies, approximately 11 percent of companies named to the S&P 500 Index,...

NEW YORK, Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P 500 constituent R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. (NASD: RRD) will replace Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. (NYSE: MRX) in the S&P MidCap 400, and Garmin Ltd. (NASD: GRMN) will replace R.R. Donnelley in the S&P 500 after the close of trading on Tuesday, December 11. Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. (NYSE: VRX) is acquiring Medicis in a deal expected to be completed on or about that date pending final approvals. R.R. Donnelley's...

CHICAGO, Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- "Zacks Director of Research Sheraz Mian says any way you look at it, it has been a fairly weak earnings season." (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101027/ZIRLOGO) Q3 Earnings Season Mostly Behind Us The bulk of the third quarter reporting season is now behind us, with results from 460 companies in the S&P 500 or 92% of the index's total membership, already known. The earnings season has ended for half of the 16 Zacks sectors,...

DENVER, Oct. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM) announced that it was recognized for transparent climate change disclosure practices by the Carbon Disclosure Project's (CDP) Leadership Index for the third consecutive year. The Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI) is a key component of CDP's annual S&P 500 report and highlights the companies within the S&P 500 Index that demonstrate a strong approach to information disclosure regarding their...