Dow Jones Indexes Component Change Made to Dow Jones Sector Titans 30.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2001 Dow Jones Indexes today announced a change in a stock component of the Dow Jones Sector Titans 30 Index. Pepsi Bottling Group Inc. (U.S.) will replace Ralston Purina Group (U.S.) in the Dow Jones Food and Beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. Sector Titans 30 Index. Ralston Purina Group is being deleted because of its acquisition by Nestle S.A. (Switzerland) which is also a component of this index. The change will be effective with the opening of trading Thursday, December 13, 2001. Further information as well as the complete component list of the Dow Jones Sector Titans can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes' web site http://www.djindexes.com. The Dow Jones Sector Titans Indexes are a family of 18 indexes that represent the leading global companies in each of the following stock market sectors: Basic Resources, Chemicals, Automobiles, Cyclical Goods & Services, Media, Retail, Food & Beverage, Non Cyclical Goods & Services, Energy, Banks, Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare, Construction, Industrial Goods & Services, Technology, Telecommunications and Utilities. Dow Jones Indexes is a premier global provider of investable indexes, including the Dow Jones Averages Dow Jones Averages A trademark used for three indexes of the relative price of selected industrial, transportation, and utility stocks based on a formula developed and periodically revised by Dow Jones & Company, Inc. , the Dow Jones Global Titans The Dow Jones Global Titans 50 Index was created to reflect the globalization of international blue chip securities in the wake of mergers and the creation of mega-corporations. 50, the Dow Jones Asian Titans 50, the Dow Jones Global Indexes The Dow Jones Global Indexes (DJGI) are a family of real time international equity indexes, including world, region, and country indexes and economic sector, market sector, industry-group, and subgroup indexes. , the Pan-European Dow Jones STOXX Indexes, the Dow Jones UK Titans 50 index, the Dow Jones Canada 40, the Dow Jones Japan 100, the Dow Jones Total Market Index Series, the Dow Jones REIT REIT See: Real Estate Investment Trust REIT See real estate investment trust (REIT). Indexes, the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index The Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index [DJ-AIGCI] is a broadly diversified index that allows investors to track commodity futures through a single, simple measure. The DJ-AIGCI is composed of futures contracts on physical commodities. , the Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes, the Dow Jones Internet Indexes and the Dow Jones Sustainability Group Indexes. Dow Jones Indexes is part of Dow Jones & Company, which publishes the world's most vital business and financial news and information. In addition to Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DJ; dj.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and SmartMoney magazines and other periodicals, Dow Jones Newswires Dow Jones Newswires is the real-time financial news organization owned by Dow Jones. Founded in 1882, its primary competitors are Bloomberg L.P. and Reuters. The company reports more than 420,000 subscribers -- including brokers, traders, analysts and fund managers -- as of July , and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group PLC of Factiva and with NBC of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S. Press contact: For further information or if you are interested in the full component list: Dow Jones Indexes Public Relations Sybille A. Reitz cell: +1-917-603-6987 Karishma Thakkar cell: +1-646-281-1583 e-mail: PR-Indexes@dowjones.com As our office in downtown Manhattan is still closed, please use the given mobile phone number or e-mail for questions regarding this press release. |
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