Founded in 1888, The McGraw-Hill Companies is a leading global information services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial services, education and business information markets through leading brands such as Standard & Poor's, McGraw-Hill Education and BusinessWeek. The Corporation has more than 280 offices in 40 countries. Sales in 2008 were $6.4 billion.
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Standard & Poor's is the world's foremost provider of independent credit ratings, indexes, risk evaluation, investment research and valuations. An essential part of the global financial infrastructure, Standard & Poor's provides investors with the independent benchmarks they need to feel more confident about their investment and financial decisions.
With the world's largest network of credit ratings professionals, Standard & Poor's provides ratings services for a wide array of obligations, including corporate and municipal bonds, asset- and mortgage-backed securities, sovereign governments and bank loans. Standard & Poor's is also a leading provider of independent equity and funds research, delivering the largest U.S. stock coverage among equity research firms.
Standard & Poor's expanding area of services and tools includes risk management, portfolio advisory, valuation, modeling, customized indexes, school evaluation services and investor education. Standard & Poor's develops and manages benchmark indexes known throughout the world, including the S&P 500 Index, the S&P Global 1200 Index and many others. Standard & Poor's is a leader in the U.S. in providing valuation and value analysis for financial reporting, tax, business combinations, corporate restructuring, capital allocation and capital structure purposes.
Standard & Poor's investment data platforms provide breadth, depth and vital information required by institutions and individuals alike. Combining company and securities data with its new Capital IQ platform, Standard & Poor's empowers clients with workflow solutions and idea-generation tools.
McGraw-Hill Education is a global leader in education and professional information. The Corporation has built an education business covering virtually every aspect of the market from pre-K to professional learning.
The School Education Group is a leader in the U.S. pre-K-to-12th-grade market. Providing educational and professional development materials in any format, the group's imprints include SRA/McGraw-Hill, Wright Group/ McGraw-Hill, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill and Glencoe/McGraw-Hill.
McGraw-Hill Education is also the nation's leading provider of assessment and reporting services through CTB/McGraw-Hill, The Grow Network/McGraw-Hill and McGraw-Hill Digital Learning, which coordinates their efforts.
The Higher Education, Professional and International Group is a leading technological innovator in the field, offering e-books, online tutoring, customized course Web sites and subscription services, as well as traditional materials, to the higher education market. Professional operations focus on professional, reference and trade publishing for medical, business, engineering and other professions. International operations cover markets worldwide with locally developed materials and English-language materials. McGraw-Hill Education is a leading American publisher of Spanish-language educational materials for the Latin American and European markets.
Information & Media includes market-leading brands that provide information, business intelligence and solutions that business, government and professionals worldwide use to remain competitive in their fields and in the global economy.
The Business-to-Business Group includes:
BusinessWeek is a market leader and has more than 4.7 million readers worldwide.
J.D. Power and Associates, a leading global marketing information firm that conducts independent and unbiased surveys of customer satisfaction, product quality and buyer behavior.
Platts, one of the world's largest and most authoritative source of energy-industry information and services.
McGraw-Hill Construction, connects people, projects and products across the design and construction industry.
AVIATION WEEK, a leading multimedia information provider to the aviation and aerospace industry.
The Broadcasting Group consists of ABC-affiliated television stations in Bakersfield, Calif. (KERO); Denver, Colo. (KMGH); Indianapolis, Ind. (WRTV); and San Diego, Calif. (KGTV).
