"We have added significant depth to our coverage of credit markets andfinancial institutions. Given the current ongoing market conditions, makingthis information available to our clients is very timely," said Randall Winn,Executive Managing Director of Capital IQ.

Capital IQ now includes income statement, balance sheet, and supplementaldata for all FDIC-insured companies. LCD data includes daily news and detailson leveraged loans as well as various analytics. Other release enhancementsinclude:

-- Screening on hundreds of new items such as credit default swaps, FDICfinancials, and S&P LCD data.

-- FDIC, D&B private company financials, and LCD securities and pricingdata are now all accessible via Capital IQ's Excel Plug-In.

-- Ability to "click-through" on brokerage estimates and trace the numberto the source research reports.

-- Earnings call transcripts alongside details on corporate events. -- Expanded coverage of news and blogs to over 10,000 sources. -- SEC and SEDAR filings now available through Capital IQ Web Services. About Capital IQ and Standard & Poor's

Capital IQ, a Standard & Poor's business, provides high-impact informationand workflow solutions to over 2,400 leading financial institutions, advisoryfirms, and corporations. Its solutions are based on the Capital IQ Platform, aunique combination of global private and public capital market data andtechnology that enables end-users to draw deep market insights, generatebetter ideas, leverage relationships, and simplify workflow. Clients candeploy the Capital IQ Platform either as a standalone solution or seamlesslyintegrate its components into existing business applications and portals viasystems integration and data feeds. For more information, please visit CapitalIQ's web site at www.capitaliq.com

Standard & Poor's, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), isthe world's foremost provider of financial market intelligence, includingindependent credit ratings, indices, risk evaluation, investment research anddata. With approximately 8,500 employees, including wholly owned affiliates,located in 23 countries and markets, Standard & Poor's is an essential part ofthe world's financial infrastructure and has played a leading role for morethan 140 years in providing investors with the independent benchmarks theyneed to feel more confident about their investment and financial decisions.

SOURCE Standard & Poor's