Comparison of revenue and net income for selected trade and business information companies, first half 2006-2007.

COMPARISON OF REVENUE AND NET INCOME FOR SELECTED TRADE AND BUSINESS
INFORMATION COMPANIES, FIRST HALF 2006-2007

                          Revenue (000)

Company                2007          2006     % Chg.

Rogers Comm.        4,586,520     3,957,080   +15.9
Thomson Corp.       3,477,000     3,134,000   +10.9
Pearson             3,467,230     3,370,580    +2.9
Reed Elsevier       3,055,780     3,058,510      --
McGraw-Hill         3,014,597     2,668,222   +13.0
Reuters             2,552,530     2,570,650    -0.7
Wolters Kluwer      2,292,070     2,248,340    +1.9
Scholastic (1)      2,179,100     2,283,800    -4.6
Moody's             1,229,100       951,600   +29.2
John Wiley (2)      1,129,175     1,044,185    +8.1
Dow Jones           1,036,860       866,090   +19.7
Equifax               859,700       761,700   +12.9
United Business       812,865       772,584    +5.2
Dun & Brad.           789,100       734,600    +7.4
Gartner               567,688       515,022   +10.2
IHS (3)               252,115       217,065   +16.1
CNET                  189,288       176,027    +7.5
Primedia              133,300       134,400    -0.8
Global Sources         87,492        74,857   +16.9
Jupitermedia           69,440        68,967    +0.1
Ziff Davis             33,294        46,672   -28.7

Totals:           $31,814,244   $29,654,951    +7.3%

                        Net Income (000)

Company                2007         2006    % Chg.

Rogers Comm.         108,361      277,556   -61.0
Thomson Corp.        601,000      310,000   +93.9
Pearson              108,728       62,411   +74.2
Reed Elsevier        724,631      701,388    +3.3%
McGraw-Hill          420,916      295,181   +42.6
Reuters              229,504      193,266   +18.7
Wolters Kluwer       330,755      267,885   +23.5
Scholastic (1)        60,900       68,600   -11.2
Moody's              437,300      318,300   +37.4
John Wiley (2)        95,398       96,076    -0.7
Dow Jones             43,653       90,279   -51.6
Equifax              139,100      132,500    +5.0
United Business      101,910      112,987    -9.8
Dun & Brad.          140,300      103,700   +35.3
Gartner               22,240       26,014    -1.5
IHS (3)               36,959       26,398   +40.0
CNET                 (9,194)        3,858
Primedia             112,200          300
Global Sources        10,718        8,435   +27.1
Jupitermedia           (422)       11,612
Ziff Davis          (77,533)     (66,466)

Totals:           $3,637,454   $3,040,280   +19.6%

(1.)-Full year ending May 31, 2007. (2)-Full year ending April 30,
2007. (3)-Six months ending May 31, 2007.