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Trade magazines, pamphlets, brochures, and newsletters concerning general news, business and financial information, financial indices, financial and credit ratings, interest rates, market research, demographic and unemployment data, data analytics, stock prices, capital structure, corporate structure, officer data and executive compensation, equity research, investment funds, portfolio and risk solutions, country risk data, investment data, thrift data, mergers and acquisitions, and data, news, research, and analysis concerning energy, commodities, REITs, media, utilities, entertainment communications, and the banking and financial services, real estate, insurance, media and communications, metals and mining, and energy industries; Newsletters covering ratings of debt securities

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Providing information on the production of energy, the treatment of metals, and custom manufacturing of commodities

Providing on-line publications in the nature of electronic books, magazines, and newsletters concerning the financial markets, financial indices, and financial ratings; Educational services, namely, providing training on quantitative research platforms; Providing an online electronic newsletter containing articles of importance concerning credit markets; Providing on-line publications in the nature of reports featuring credit adjusted financial statement data and commentaries; Arranging and conducting educational conferences and workshops relating to banking, insurance, real estate, energy, media, communications, metals, and mining; providing recognition and incentives by the way of awards to demonstrate excellence in the field of customer product satisfaction rankings

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