Wholesale Power Prices See Double-Digit Declines Against 2011 Levels

Former CEO of Freddie Mac Has Deep Experience in Financial Services

Together with Recent Acquisitions of Risk Analytics Leader R2 Financial Technologies and Low-Latency Data Provider QuantHouse, Purchase Solidifies S&P Capital IQ's Leadership Role Among Providers Of Financial Information Solutions

New Company has the Scale & Capital to Increase Product Innovation across All Asset Classes, Fueling Greater Liquidity in the Global Markets; Alexander Matturri Named Chief Executive Officer

Cash Ticks Down After 13 Consecutive Quarters of Record Holdings

Enhanced Model for Credit Health Panel Ensures Greater Peer Group Consistency and More Timely Credit Health Panel Coverage.

Sources Attribute Low Demand to China's Weak Economic Growth

All Five MSAs' Default Rates Decreased

Requests for New US Corporate Debt and Equity Identifiers Reaches Highest Level Since 2008; International Markets Show Effects of Eurozone Crisis

PGPI Records Largest Month-on-Month Percentage Decline Since November 2008

Addition of Standard & Poor's Credit Ratings offers an independent analytical view of creditworthiness and risk exposures for new and existing deals.