Index changes will reflect new investment rules in Taiwan

New York (Dec. 29, 2005) – Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced that the Dow Jones Emerging Markets Index, Dow Jones World Index and Dow Jones Asia/Pacific – South Asia Index will be adjusted to reflect the Taiwan government's restriction of 75% on foreign investment. This change in Taiwan's investment rules increases the country's weighting by free-float market capitalization in each of the three Dow Jones indexes.

Accordingly, Taiwan now represents 24.80% of the Dow Jones Emerging Markets Index, 1.28% of the Dow Jones World Index, and 56.55% of the Dow Jones Asia/Pacific - South Asia Index; the previous weights were 21.03%, 1.04% and 51.25% respectively. Based on the Dow Jones Taiwan Index, the country's total return performance is up 4.28% for the year.

As the indexes use free-float market capitalization - or shares available to the public - instead of full market capitalization, foreign restriction rules are applied to maintain the indexes. The rule states that if a government restricts foreign stock ownership by at least 5%, then the lesser amount of free-float shares is used in calculating the index.

The Dow Jones World Index is a comprehensive benchmark of markets in countries that are open to foreign investors. As the flagship index of the Dow Jones Global Index family, it serves as the selection pool for all other Dow Jones benchmark indexes, including country, region, size, style and industry indexes.

The Dow Jones Emerging Markets Index measures the performance of 21 countries defined as developing based on several economic factors, including gross domestic product.

The Dow Jones Asia/Pacific – South Asia Index is a benchmark for countries within the South Asia region, which includes Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.

The Dow Jones Global Indexes is an integrated, consistent and investable world index family designed to provide international investors with a complete range of portfolio management and benchmarking tools.

The Dow Jones Global Indexes is reviewed quarterly in March, June, September and December. History is available back to Dec. 31, 1991. Components, weightings and daily closing values of the Dow Jones Global Indexes are available on www.djindexes.com.

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In addition to Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; dowjones.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC Universal of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

NEW YORK, Dec. 29, 2005 – Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced component changes in the Dow Jones Media Titans 30 and the Dow Jones Financial Services Titans 30 indexes.

Viacom Inc. (New) (United States, symbol: VIA.B, Class B shares) will replace Viacom Inc. (United States, symbol: VIA.B, Class B shares) in the Dow Jones Media Titans 30 Index. Viacom Inc. is being deleted due to its spin-off of Viacom Inc. (New). Viacom Inc. will change its name to CBS Corporation (symbol: CBS) following the spin-off.

Orix Corporation (Japan, symbol: IX) will replace MBNA Corporation (United States, symbol: KRB) in the Dow Jones Financial Services Titans 30 Index. MBNA Corp. is being deleted due to its acquisition by Bank of America Corporation.

The changes in the Dow Jones Media Titans 30 and the Dow Jones Financial Services Titans 30 indexes will be effective as of the opening of trading on Tuesday, January 3, 2006.

Further information, as well as the complete list of the Dow Jones Sector Titans Indexes, can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site at http://www.djindexes.com.

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Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones Sector Titans Indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

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About Dow Jones Indexes

Dow Jones Indexes is part of Dow Jones & Company, which publishes the world's most vital business and financial news and information. Dow Jones Indexes is a premier global provider of investable indexes, including the Dow Jones Averages and the Dow Jones Global, Regional, Country and Sector Titans Indexes and is co-owner of the Pan-European Dow Jones STOXX Indexes. Together with Wilshire Associates, Dow Jones Indexes markets and licenses the Dow Jones Wilshire index family, which includes the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 and its size, style, and sector indexes. Dow Jones Indexes also offers a number of specialty indexes including hedge fund, commodity and credit derivative indexes.

In addition to Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; dowjones.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC Universal of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

New York (Dec. 28, 2005) – Although the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 59 points shy of closing at the 11000 mark in 2005, it would not have been the first time the most quoted and widely known blue-chip measure has crossed this milestone. Here is a brief overview of the Dow Jones Industrial Average at 11000.

• The Dow Jones Industrial Average first closed above the 11000 mark on May 3, 1999, with a closing value of 11014.69.
• The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at its all-time high of 11722.98 on January 14, 2000.
• The Dow Jones Industrial Average last closed above 11000 on June 7, 2001, with a closing value of 11090.74.
• Since June 7, 2001, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit its lowest point on October 9, 2002, with a closing value of 7286.27.
• For 2005 the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached the year’s high of 10940.55 on March 4. The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit its lowest point of the year on April 20, when it closed at 10012.36

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Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones China Indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

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About Dow Jones Indexes

Dow Jones Indexes is part of Dow Jones & Company, which publishes the world's most vital business and financial news and information. Dow Jones Indexes is a premier global provider of investable indexes, including the Dow Jones Averages and the Dow Jones Global, Regional, Country and Sector Titans Indexes and is co-owner of the Pan-European Dow Jones STOXX Indexes. Together with Wilshire Associates, Dow Jones Indexes markets and licenses the Dow Jones Wilshire index family, which includes the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 and its size, style, and sector indexes. Dow Jones Indexes also offers a number of specialty indexes including hedge fund, commodity and credit derivative indexes.

In addition to Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; dowjones.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC Universal of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

NEW YORK, December 22, 2005 – Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced a component change in the Dow Jones Personal & Household Goods Titans 30 Index.

Centex Corporation (United States) will replace Georgia-Pacific Corporation (United States) in the Dow Jones Personal & Household Goods Titans 30 Index. Georgia-Pacific Corp. is being deleted due to its acquisition by Koch Forest Products, Inc.

The changes in the Dow Jones Personal & Household Goods Titans 30 Index will be effective as of the opening of trading Friday, December 23, 2005.

Further information as well as the complete lists of the Dow Jones Sector Titans Indexes can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site at http://www.djindexes.com.

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Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones Sector Titans Indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

Note to Editors

The methodology, as well as a full list of components including weightings and values of the Dow Jones China Indexes, is available at http://chinaindex.dowjones.com.

Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones China Indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

Journalists may e-mail questions regarding this press release to PR-Indexes@dowjones.com or contact a member of the Dow Jones Indexes/STOXX public relations group:

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About Dow Jones Indexes

Dow Jones Indexes is part of Dow Jones & Company, which publishes the world's most vital business and financial news and information. Dow Jones Indexes is a premier global provider of investable indexes, including the Dow Jones Averages and the Dow Jones Global, Regional, Country and Sector Titans Indexes and is co-owner of the Pan-European Dow Jones STOXX Indexes. Together with Wilshire Associates, Dow Jones Indexes markets and licenses the Dow Jones Wilshire index family, which includes the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 and its size, style, and sector indexes. Dow Jones Indexes also offers a number of specialty indexes including hedge fund, commodity and credit derivative indexes.

In addition to Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; dowjones.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC Universal of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

Changes Are a Result of a Regular Review of the Indexes

BEIJING, December 22, 2005 – Dow Jones Indexes today announced changes in the composition of the Dow Jones China Index Series (Dow-China Indexes). The component changes in the Dow Jones China Total Market (Dow-China Total Market), Dow Jones Shanghai (Dow-Shanghai), Dow Jones Shenzhen (Dow-Shenzhen) Index, and Dow Jones CBN China 600 Index will be effective on January 4, 2006.

On January 4, 2006, with 17 additions and 17 deletions, the number of components in the Dow-China Total Market will remain unchanged with 1159 components, which include 1095 A-shares and 64 B-shares. The number of components in the Dow-Shanghai Index will increase to 710 from 708, with 10 additions and 8 deletions, and the number of components in the Dow-Shenzhen index will decrease to 449 from 451, with 7 additions and nine deletions. The Dow-Shanghai index represents roughly 95% of the free float market capitalization of Shanghai market, and the Dow-Shenzhen index represents roughly 95% of the free float market capitalization of Shenzhen market. The Dow-China Total Market Index reflects roughly 95% percent of the free float market capitalization for both the Shanghai and Shenzhen markets.

The composition of the Dow Jones China 88 Index, which tracks the largest and most liquid 88 stocks in China's Class-A market, will remain unchanged. The Dow Jones China 88 Index reflects roughly 36.40% of the total free float market capitalization of both the Shanghai and Shenzhen markets.

Effective on January 4, 2006, 20 components will be replaced in the Dow Jones CBN China 600 Index. The Dow Jones CBN China 600 Index has been launched on September 6, 2004 and reflects roughly 80% of China’s total free float market capitalization.

Changes are being announced today after the conclusion of a regular quarterly component review.

Dow Jones Indexes also completed the regular semiannually review for the Dow Jones CBN China 600 Sector Blue-Chip Indexes, which were launched on September 8, 2005 as subsets of the Dow Jones CBN China 600 Index. As a result of this regular review, the changes for the 14 sectors are as follows:

Add and Delete list of Dow Jones CBN China 600 Sector Blue-Chip Indexes

ICB To Complement Search Codes for Users of Dow Jones Newswires Products

NEW YORK (December 14, 2005) – Dow Jones Newswires, the leading provider of real-time news and information solutions for financial professionals, will adopt the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB) as its classification standard for identifying industry groups in its news content starting on February 18, 2006. Every company has a place in the ICB, which is a four-tier, hierarchical industry classification structure centered on a rules-based methodology for placing entities within sectors. ICB was launched in January 2005 by Dow Jones Indexes and FTSE Group.

Through ICB, Dow Jones Newswires’ clients and users will have the opportunity to access the market’s most innovative and flexible industry classification structure. ICB, a standard used by stock exchanges, index providers, and publishing and media organizations world-wide, will complement and upgrade the range of search codes available in Dow Jones Newswires' currently used classification system, which also includes codes for news topics, regions and other categories.

Since its launch, ICB quickly is establishing itself as the market's preferred classification system. It is designed to offer the financial industry a unified and comprehensive means of classifying 40,000 companies and 45,000 securities around the world. It allows users to monitor broad trends, focus on small market niches, and also perform qualitative and quantitative analysis.

"We have chosen to align our classification to the ICB standard as it represents a truly efficient modernization of the search tools we give our clients for finding the articles that matter to them about industries and the companies in them," said Robert Prinsky, senior editor and executive director at Dow Jones Newswires.

"ICB offers comprehensive global coverage and an innovative classification structure that appeals to clients across the investment community," said James Cemprola, managing director of ICB. "ICB serves as a versatile tool and will bring a tremendous amount of expertise and value to Dow Jones Newswires and its users."

More information about the Industry Classification Benchmark is available at www.icbenchmark.com.

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Sandra Steel, FTSE Group

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About Dow Jones Newswires

Dow Jones Newswires (djnewswires.com) offers real-time news and information solutions for financial professionals providing investment, advice and institutional services. The division also offers news for financial firms' Web sites and Dow Jones Financial Information Services' database, newsletter and event businesses. In addition to Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; www.dowjones.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Indexes, MarketWatch, and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC Universal of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

About Dow Jones Indexes

Dow Jones Indexes is part of Dow Jones & Company, which publishes the world's most vital business and financial news and information. Dow Jones Indexes is a premier global provider of investable indexes, including the Dow Jones Averages and the Dow Jones Global, Regional, Country and Sector Titans Indexes and is co-owner of the Pan-European Dow Jones STOXX Indexes. Together with Wilshire Associates, Dow Jones Indexes markets and licenses the Dow Jones Wilshire index family, which includes the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 and its size, style, and sector indexes. Dow Jones Indexes also offers a number of specialty indexes including hedge fund, commodity and credit derivative indexes.

In addition to Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; dowjones.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC Universal of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

About FTSE Group

FTSE Group is a world-leader in the creation and management of indexes. With offices in London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Madrid, Paris, New York, San Francisco, Boston, Shanghai, Beijing and Tokyo, FTSE Group services clients in 77 countries worldwide. It calculates and manages the FTSE Global Equity Index series, which includes world-recognised indexes ranging from the FTSE All-World Index, the FTSE4Good series and the FTSEurofirst Index series, as well as domestic indexes such as the prestigious FTSE 100. The company has collaborative arrangements with the Athens, AMEX, Cyprus, Euronext, Johannesburg, London, Madrid, NASDAQ and Taiwan exchanges, as well as Nomura Securities, Hang Seng and Xinhua Finance of China. FTSE has also developed a single sector classification system for global investors in conjunction with Dow Jones Indexes.

About the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB)

ICB is the new global solution for industry classification. A joint effort of FTSE Group (FTSE) and Dow Jones Indexes, ICB is a comprehensive system for sector and industry analysis, facilitating the comparison of companies across four levels of classification. The system is supported by the ICB global database which contains over 40,000 companies and 45,000 securities worldwide. For more information about ICB, visit www.icbenchmark.com. Fore more information about FTSE, visit www.ftse.com; for more information about Dow Jones Indexes, visit www.djindexes.com.

Changes Are The Result of The Regular Quarterly Review

NEW YORK, DECEMBER 13, 2005 –Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced component changes to the Dow Jones Netherlands Titans 30 Index.

The addition of CBOT Holdings Inc. and Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. raises the number to 12 exchanges represented in the Dow Jones Global Exchange Index. The current components of the index are Australian Stock Exchange Ltd., CBOT Holdings Inc., Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. Cl, Deutsche Boerse AG, Euronext N.V., Hellenic Exchanges Holdings S.A., Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd., London Stock Exchange PLC, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., OMX AB, Singapore Exchange Ltd. and TSX Group Inc.

The Dow Jones Global Exchange Index was created in February 2002 to measure the performance of the growing number of stock exchanges that are offering their shares to public investors. It is one of several specialty indexes developed by Dow Jones Indexes in response to noteworthy stock market developments. The Dow Jones Global Exchange Index is up 52.16% year-to-date as of December 12, 2005.

Changes are being announced today after the conclusion of a regular quarterly component review. Changes are implemented at the start of trading on the Monday following the third March, June, September and December. The adjusted component weightings, including the number of shares and free-float factors, will be made on December 14, 2005 after close of U.S. markets. All changes will be effective on December 19, 2005.

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Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones Global Exchange Index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

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About Dow Jones Indexes

Dow Jones Indexes is part of Dow Jones & Company, which publishes the world's most vital business and financial news and information. Dow Jones Indexes is a premier global provider of investable indexes, including the Dow Jones Averages and the Dow Jones Global, Regional, Country and Sector Titans Indexes and is co-owner of the Pan-European Dow Jones STOXX Indexes. Together with Wilshire Associates, Dow Jones Indexes markets and licenses the Dow Jones Wilshire index family, which includes the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 and its size, style, and sector indexes. Dow Jones Indexes also offers a number of specialty indexes including hedge fund, commodity and credit derivative indexes.

In addition to Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; dowjones.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC Universal of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

NEW YORK (Dec. 12, 2005) –Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced component changes to the Dow Jones Netherlands Titans 30 Index..

Effective as of the opening of trading on Monday, December 19, 2005, TomTom B.V. (Technology) will replace Versatel Telecom International N.V. (Telecommunications) in the Dow Jones Netherlands Titans 30 Index.

Versatel Telecom International N.V. is being removed because the company’s free-float market capitalization fails to meet the market capitalization screening criteria. As a result, it will be replaced by the highest-ranked non-component company. Normally, changes are made to the Dow Jones Netherlands Titans 30 Index annually in March; however, extraordinary deletions can occur throughout the year. The detailed methodology for each index is published in the indexes’ rulebooks, accessible on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site at http://www.djindexes.com

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Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones Country Titans Indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

Journalists may e-mail questions regarding this press release to PR-Indexes@dowjones.com or contact a member of the Dow Jones Indexes/STOXX public relations group:

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Note to Editors:

About Dow Jones Indexes

Dow Jones Indexes is part of Dow Jones & Company, which publishes the world's most vital business and financial news and information. Dow Jones Indexes is a premier global provider of investable indexes, including the Dow Jones Averages and the Dow Jones Global, Regional, Country and Sector Titans Indexes and is co-owner of the Pan-European Dow Jones STOXX Indexes. Together with Wilshire Associates, Dow Jones Indexes markets and licenses the Dow Jones Wilshire index family, which includes the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 and its size, style, and sector indexes. Dow Jones Indexes also offers a number of specialty indexes including hedge fund, commodity and credit derivative indexes.

In addition to Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; dowjones.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC Universal of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

NEW YORK, December 6, 2005 –Dow Jones Indexes today announced a component change in the Dow Jones Industrial Goods & Services Titans 30 Index.

Eiffage S.A. (France) will replace BPB PLC (Great Britain) in the Dow Jones Industrial Goods & Services Titans 30 Index. BPB PLC is being deleted due to its acquisition by Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A.

The changes in the Dow Jones Industrial Goods & Services Titans 30 Index will be effective at the start of trading Friday, December 9, 2005.

Further information as well as the complete lists of the Dow Jones Sector Titans Indexes can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site http://www.djindexes.com.

Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones Sector Titans Indexesdo not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

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About Dow Jones Indexes

Dow Jones Indexes is part of Dow Jones & Company, which publishes the world's most vital business and financial news and information. Dow Jones Indexes is a premier global provider of investable indexes, including the Dow Jones Averages and the Dow Jones Global, Regional, Country and Sector Titans Indexes and is co-owner of the Pan-European Dow Jones STOXX Indexes. Together with Wilshire Associates, Dow Jones Indexes markets and licenses the Dow Jones Wilshire index family, which includes the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 and its size, style, and sector indexes. Dow Jones Indexes also offers a number of specialty indexes including hedge fund, commodity and credit derivative indexes.

In addition to Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; dowjones.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC Universal of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

Changes Are The Result of The Regular Annual Review

NEW YORK (Dec. 5, 2005) –Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced changes in the composition of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index. The changes will be effective as of the opening of trading on December 19, 2005.

DPL Inc. (DPL, Utilities) will replace Occidental Petroleum Corp. (OXY, Oil & Gas) in the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index. DPL Inc. has a dividend yield of 3.76%, while the yield of Occidental Petroleum is 1.82%.

The dividend yield of the reconstituted Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index will increase to 3.65% from 3.53% as a result of these changes.

The Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index measures the performance of leading dividend-yielding stocks in the U.S. The index is derived from the Dow Jones U.S. Total Market Index. Stocks are screened for dividend quality and liquidity, and 100 are selected to the index based on rankings by dividend yield. Index components are weighted by indicated annual dividend.

Further information, as well as the complete component list and methodology of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index, can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site http://www.djindexes.com

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Changes to the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the companies being added or deleted.

Journalists may e-mail questions regarding this press release to PR-Indexes@dowjones.com or contact a member of the Dow Jones Indexes/STOXX public relations group:

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Note to Editors:

About Dow Jones Indexes

Dow Jones Indexes is part of Dow Jones & Company, which publishes the world's most vital business and financial news and information. Dow Jones Indexes is a premier global provider of investable indexes, including the Dow Jones Averages and the Dow Jones Global, Regional, Country and Sector Titans Indexes and is co-owner of the Pan-European Dow Jones STOXX Indexes. Together with Wilshire Associates, Dow Jones Indexes markets and licenses the Dow Jones Wilshire index family, which includes the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 and its size, style, and sector indexes. Dow Jones Indexes also offers a number of specialty indexes including hedge fund, commodity and credit derivative indexes.

In addition to Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; dowjones.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC Universal of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

NEW YORK (Dec. 5, 2005) –Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the launch of the Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index, which tracks the top 100 yielding stocks in Europe, Pacific, Asia and Canada, and the Dow Jones Canada Select Dividend Index, which tracks the country's top 30 yielding stocks.

The Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index and Dow Jones Canada Select Dividend Index complement the widely successful Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index, which tracks the leading 100 yielding stocks in the U.S.

"The Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index and Dow Jones Canada Select Dividend Index were created in response to the expanding popularity of the concept of dividend investing, both in the U.S. and Europe," said Michael A. Petronella, president of Dow Jones Indexes/Ventures. “The Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index allows U.S. investors to diversify their portfolios with returns from leading dividend-paying companies in Europe, Asia, Australia and Canada. Likewise, the Dow Jones Canada Select Dividend Index gives investors access to the top dividend-paying companies in the Canadian market."

The Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index components are selected from the Dow Jones World Developed-Ex.U.S. Index, which represents 95% of free-float market capitalization for developed countries excluding the U.S.

To be included in the Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index, stocks must have a non-negative, historical, three-year dividend-per-share growth rate; a dividend payout ratio of less than 1.5 times the payout ratio (of annual dividend payout to per share earnings) of the Dow Jones country index to which it belongs; and a daily average dollar volume (shares times price) of $3 million for three months prior to the annual review. Eligible stocks are then ranked in descending order by indicated annual dividend yield, and the top 100 components are selected for the index.

The Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index-calculated in U.S. dollars- uses a combination of yield and dividend weighting. Represented countries are weighted by dividend yield and within each represented country. Components then are weighted by their dividend per share. Component weightings are capped at 10% of the index.

The Dow Jones Canada Select Dividend Index's 30 components are selected from the Dow Jones Canada Total Market Index, which represents 95% of the country's float-adjusted market capitalization. To be included in the index— which is calculated in both Canadian and U.S. dollars—stocks must have a nonnegative, historical, five-year dividend-per-share growth rate; a payout ratio of less than 80% for all companies; and daily average dollar volume of $1 million for three months prior to the annual review. Stocks that meet these criteria are then ranked in descending order by indicated annual dividend yield, and the top 30 components are selected for the index.

The index is weighted by indicated annual dividend, and the weight of any one component is capped at 10%.

The Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index and Dow Jones Canada Select Dividend Index are reviewed annually in December. Price and total return versions of both indexes are available. For both indexes, daily history also is available back to Dec. 31, 1998, with a base value of 100. Components, weightings and performance data can be found at www.djindexes.com.

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About Dow Jones Indexes

Dow Jones Indexes is part of Dow Jones & Company, which publishes the world's most vital business and financial news and information. Dow Jones Indexes is a premier global provider of investable indexes, including the Dow Jones Averages and the Dow Jones Global, Regional, Country and Sector Titans Indexes and is co-owner of the Pan-European Dow Jones STOXX Indexes. Together with Wilshire Associates, Dow Jones Indexes markets and licenses the Dow Jones Wilshire index family, which includes the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 and its size, style, and sector indexes. Dow Jones Indexes also offers a number of specialty indexes including hedge fund, commodity and credit derivative indexes.

In addition to Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; dowjones.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC Universal of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

NEW YORK, November 30, 2005 –Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and Wilshire Associates Incorporated, a leading investment consulting, management and technology firm, today announced the release of the Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Industry Indexes.

The Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Industry Indexes represents U.S. stocks within the 10 industries defined by the Industry Classification Benchmark (ICB). Together, the 10 indexes make up the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000sm Composite Index, the most comprehensive measure of the U.S. equity market.

"The launch of these new industry indexes—combined with the recently introduced Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Style Indexes—reflects our commitment to providing the broadest measure possible of U.S. stocks,” said Michael A. Petronella, president of Dow Jones Indexes/Ventures. “Institutional investors can use the now fully extended Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. index family to benchmark their portfolios against either a piece of the market, or the entire asset class."

"With the release of the Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Industry Indexes on the heels of the Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Style Indexes, we have completed the U.S. tool-set of indexes to explain equity performance," noted Dennis A. Tito, chairman and chief executive officer of Wilshire Associates, who originally developed the then-named Wilshire 5000 Total Market Index in the early 1970s.

The new indexes are the Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Basic Materials Index; Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Consumer Goods Index; Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Consumer Services Index; Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Financials Index; Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Health Care Index; Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Industrials Index; Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Oil & Gas Index; Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Technology Index; Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Telecommunications Index; and Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Utilities Index. Indexes also are available for the 18 Supersectors, 39 Sectors and 104 Subsectors defined by the ICB.

The new indexes are weighted by free-float market capitalization. The composition of the index is reviewed on a monthly basis following the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 methodology. The Dow Jones Wilshire indexes family—with both full- and float-adjusted market-capitalization versions—is comprised of the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Composite Index; Dow Jones Wilshire 4500 Completion Index; Dow Jones Wilshire RESI Index; and Dow Jones Wilshire REIT Index. The Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Style Indexes—introduced earlier this year—are weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization only.

Global versions of the Dow Jones Wilshire indexes are expected to roll out in the second quarter 2006.

Dow Jones Wilshire indexes are available on market-data vendor platforms—many in real-time format—and on the Dow Jones Indexes (www.djindexes.com) and Wilshire Associates (www.wilshire.com) Web sites. Industry history is available back to Dec. 31, 1998. The Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Composite Index is calculated and distributed by Dow Jones Indexes pursuant to an agreement between Dow Jones & Company and Wilshire Associates Incorporated.

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Contact for Wilshire Associates: Kim Shepherd, +847-332-2987, kim.shepherd@wilshire.com

Note to Editors:

About Dow Jones Indexes

Dow Jones Indexes is part of Dow Jones & Company, which publishes the world's most vital business and financial news and information. Dow Jones Indexes is a premier global provider of investable indexes, including the Dow Jones Averages and the Dow Jones Global, Regional, Country and Sector Titans Indexes and is co-owner of the Pan-European Dow Jones STOXX Indexes. Together with Wilshire Associates, Dow Jones Indexes markets and licenses the Dow Jones Wilshire index family, which includes the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 and its size, style, and sector indexes. Dow Jones Indexes also offers a number of specialty indexes including hedge fund, commodity and credit derivative indexes.

In addition to Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; dowjones.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC Universal of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

About Wilshire Associates

Wilshire Associates is a leading global investment technology, investment consulting and investment management firm with four distinct business units: Wilshire Funds Management, Wilshire Analytics, Wilshire Consulting, and Wilshire Private Markets. The firm was founded in 1972, revolutionizing the industry by pioneering the application of investment analytics and research to investment management for the institutional marketplace. Wilshire also is credited with helping to develop the field of quantitative investment analysis that uses mathematical tools to analyze market risks. Based in Santa Monica, CA, Wilshire's more than 300 employees provide services to clients in more than 20 countries representing in excess of 600 organizations with assets totaling more than $12.5 trillion. With eight offices on four continents, Wilshire Associates and its affiliates are dedicated to providing clients with the highest quality counsel, products and services. More information on Wilshire is available at www.wilshire.com.

NEW YORK, November 30, 2005 –Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, announced new target weightings for commodity futures in the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index^SM that will become effective in early January 2006. The new target weights, which were determined, approved and previously announced by the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index Oversight Committee in August 2005, are listed below.

• Natural Gas 12.315174%
• Crude Oil 12.783801%
• Unleaded Gas 4.054908%
• Heating Oil 3.846118%
• Live Cattle 6.093791%
• Lean Hogs 4.351381%
• Wheat 4.772085%
• Corn 5.873635%
• Soybeans 7.766934%
• Soybean Oil 2.765764%
• Aluminum 6.851975%
• Copper 5.880787%
• Zinc 2.702377%
• Nickel 2.659153
• Gold 6.220211%
• Silver 2.000000%
• Sugar 2.967351%
• Cotton 3.163003%
• Coffee 2.931553%

These weights will be used to determine the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index Multipliers for 2006 on Jan. 6, 2006. These multipliers, computed once a year, are factors used to express the percentage weights in U.S. dollar-denominated terms when calculating the index.

Launched in 1998, the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity index family includes nine sector sub-indexes, euro- and yen-denominated versions of the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index, and the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Spot Index. Also available are total return versions of each of the indexes and sub-indexes, with the exception of the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Spot Index. Currently, there is an estimated $20 billion invested in financial products that track the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index on a global basis.

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About Dow Jones Indexes

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In addition to Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; dowjones.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC Universal of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

For further information regarding the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index, please e-mail djaig@aigfpc.comor call Daniel Raab of AIG Financial Products Corp.:

Connecticut: +1-203-563-1960

NEW YORK, November 16, 2005 –Dow Jones Indexes today announced a component change in the Dow Jones Telecommunication Titans 30 Index.

Telenor ASA (Norway) will replace AT&T Corp. (United States) in the Dow Jones Telecommunication Titans 30 Index. AT&T Corp. is being deleted due to its acquisition by SBC Communications Inc.

The changes in the Dow Jones Telecommunication Titans 30 Index will be effective at the start of trading Monday, November 21, 2005.

Further information as well as the complete lists of the Dow Jones Sector Titans Indexes can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site http://www.djindexes.com.

Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones Sector Titans Indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

Journalists may e-mail questions regarding this press release to PR-Indexes@dowjones.com or contact a member of the Dow Jones Indexes public relations group:

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Note to Editors:

About Dow Jones Indexes

Dow Jones Indexes is part of Dow Jones & Company, which publishes the world's most vital business and financial news and information. Dow Jones Indexes is a premier global provider of investable indexes, including the Dow Jones Averages and the Dow Jones Global, Regional, Country and Sector Titans Indexes and is co-owner of the Pan-European Dow Jones STOXX Indexes. Together with Wilshire Associates, Dow Jones Indexes markets and licenses the Dow Jones Wilshire index family, which includes the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 and its size, style, and sector indexes. Dow Jones Indexes also offers a number of specialty indexes including hedge fund, commodity and credit derivative indexes.

In addition to Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; dowjones.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC Universal of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

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Note to Editors:

About Dow Jones Indexes

Dow Jones Indexes is part of Dow Jones & Company, which publishes the world's most vital business and financial news and information. Dow Jones Indexes is a premier global provider of investable indexes, including the Dow Jones Averages and the Dow Jones Global, Regional, Country and Sector Titans Indexes and is co-owner of the Pan-European Dow Jones STOXX Indexes. Together with Wilshire Associates, Dow Jones Indexes markets and licenses the Dow Jones Wilshire index family, which includes the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 and its size, style, and sector indexes. Dow Jones Indexes also offers a number of specialty indexes including hedge fund, commodity and credit derivative indexes.

In addition to Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; dowjones.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC Universal of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

NEW YORK, November 16, 2005 – Dow Jones Indexes today announced a component change in the Dow Jones Utilities Titans 30 Index.

Edison International (United States) will replace Electrabel S.A. (France) in the Dow Jones Utilities Titans 30 Index. Electrabel S.A. is being deleted due to its acquisition by SUEZ.

The changes in the Dow Jones Utilities Titans 30 Index will be effective at the start of trading Friday, November 18, 2005.

Further information as well as the complete lists of the Dow Jones Sector Titans Indexes can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site http://www.djindexes.com.

Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones Sector Titans Indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

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Note to Editors:

About Dow Jones Indexes

Dow Jones Indexes is part of Dow Jones & Company, which publishes the world's most vital business and financial news and information. Dow Jones Indexes is a premier global provider of investable indexes, including the Dow Jones Averages and the Dow Jones Global, Regional, Country and Sector Titans Indexes and is co-owner of the Pan-European Dow Jones STOXX Indexes. Together with Wilshire Associates, Dow Jones Indexes markets and licenses the Dow Jones Wilshire index family, which includes the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 and its size, style, and sector indexes. Dow Jones Indexes also offers a number of specialty indexes including hedge fund, commodity and credit derivative indexes.

In addition to Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; dowjones.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC Universal of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

ETF Provider SSgA To License Full Dow Jones Wilshire Style Index Family

NEW YORK November 15, 2005 – Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and Wilshire Associates Incorporated, one of the world’s leading investment consulting, investment management and investment technology firms, today announced that five Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Size and Style indexes will serve as the basis of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) being launched by State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), a Boston-based leader in institutional investing. SSgA also switched the underlying indexes of four existing ETFs to the Dow Jones Wilshire Style Indexes from the Dow Jones U.S. Style Indexes, meaning that SSgA is offering ETFs on the full set of Dow Jones Wilshire Size and Style Indexes.

The new ETFs, which began trading today on the American Stock Exchange—combined with the four that switched indexes—capture the top 2,500 U.S. stocks in the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000sm Composite Index, according to size and style.

The underlying-size indexes for the new ETFs are the Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Large-Cap Index, Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Mid-Cap Index and the Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Small-Cap Index. Additionally, the new Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Mid-Cap Growth and Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Mid-Cap Value ETFs will complement the transitioned Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Large-Cap Growth, Dow Jones Wilshire U.S.Large-Cap Value, Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Small-Cap Growth and Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Small-Cap Value ETFs.

"The Dow Jones Wilshire Index family is the broadest measure of the U.S. stock market,” said Michael A. Petronella, president, Dow Jones Indexes/Ventures. “State Street Global Advisor’s decision to issue ETFs based on the full suite of Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Style Indexes ensures that best practices and methodology for measuring these categories are being utilized."

The four existing-style ETFs—previously based on the Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Growth Index, Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Value Index, Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Growth Index and Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Value Index— switched late last month to the Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Large-Cap Growth Index, Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Large-Cap Value Index, Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Small-Cap Growth Index and Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Small-Cap Value Index.

"The introduction of five new style-based ETF products derived from the Dow Jones Wilshire Index family enhances SSgA’s ETF offerings and brings customers a full range of investment tools to meet their financial goals,” said Jim Ross, co-head of SSgA’s Advisor Strategies unit. “By adopting the remaining Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Style Indexes for our existing style-based street TRACKS ETFs, we have ensured that our customers can access every segment of the U.S. equity market across a complete portfolio of investment styles."

The Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Indexes family comprises the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Composite Index, Dow Jones Wilshire RESI Index, Dow Jones Wilshire REIT Index, Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Industry Indexes and Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Style Indexes.

Dow Jones Wilshire Indexes are available on market-data vendor platforms—many in real-time format—and on the Dow Jones Indexes (www.djindexes.com) and Wilshire Associates (www.wilshire.com) Web sites. Style history is available to Dec. 31, 1998. The Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Composite Index is calculated and distributed by Dow Jones Indexes under an agreement between Dow Jones & Company and Wilshire Associates Incorporated.

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Please call Kim Shepherd, Wilshire Associates at +1-847-332-2987 or e-mail kim.shepherd@wilshire.com.

NEW YORK (Nov. 8, 2005) – Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced that it has licensed its Dow Jones Islamic Market Turkey Index to Family Finans House–the largest, noninterest banking service in Turkey–as the underlying for an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The ETF based on the index is expected to be launched on the Istanbul Stock Exchange later this year, pending regulatory approval of the Capital Markets Board of Turkey.

The Dow Jones Islamic Market Turkey Index, which is up 20% this year as of Nov. 1, is the first index of Islamic-compliant stocks that will be used anywhere in the world as the underlying for an ETF. It was created for investors who wish to invest according to Islamic investment rules. The index is part of the Dow Jones Islamic Market index series and tracks stocks traded on the Istanbul Stock Exchange that are compatible with Islamic investment guidelines.

"Licensing this index as the underlying for an ETF will give Islamic investors access to the performance of the Turkish market, which presents a well-developed corporate landscape among emerging countries," said Lars Hamich, managing director of STOXX Ltd., the joint venture that is responsible for Dow Jones Indexes’ business development in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. "We expect interest from Turkish investors who would like to invest according to their needs and religious principles, as well as from international market participants with a large clientele for Islamic investing."

The index follows a rules-based index methodology consistent with the Dow Jones Islamic Market Index family. The current 15-component index includes all stocks in the Dow Jones Turkey Total Market Index that fulfill the requirements of the Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes. The Dow Jones Islamic Market Turkey Index is calculated in the local currency, the Turkish lira, and reviewed quarterly in March, June, September and December.

Excluded from the index are stocks of companies in these lines of business: alcohol, tobacco, pork-related products, financial services, defense/weapons, and entertainment. Also excluded are companies that fail any of three financial ratios: total debt divided by trailing 12-month average market capitalization is greater than or equal to 33% or more; cash plus interest-bearing securities divided by trailing 12-month average market capitalization is greater than or equal to 33%; and accounts receivables divided by total assets is greater than or equal to 33% or more.

Real-time index values are available through the major data vendors.

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About Dow Jones Indexes

Dow Jones Indexes is part of Dow Jones & Company, which publishes the world's most vital business and financial news and information. Dow Jones Indexes is a premier global provider of investable indexes, including the Dow Jones Averages and the Dow Jones Global, Regional, Country and Sector Titans Indexes and is co-owner of the Pan-European Dow Jones STOXX Indexes. Together with Wilshire Associates, Dow Jones Indexes markets and licenses the Dow Jones Wilshire index family, which includes the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 and its size, style, and sector indexes. Dow Jones Indexes also offers a number of specialty indexes including hedge fund, commodity and credit derivative indexes.

In addition to Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; dowjones.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC Universal of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

NEW YORK (Oct. 28, 2005) – Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced a component change in the Dow Jones China Offshore 50 Index.

Effective with the opening of trading on Monday, October 31, 2005, China Construction Bank Corporation – H (Banks) will replace Baidu.com Inc. (Technology) in the Dow Jones China Offshore 50 Index.

China Construction Bank Corporation – H is to be added following its IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The company ranks among the top 25 by float-adjusted market capitalization and qualifies for the fast-entry rule.

The Dow Jones China Offshore 50 Index represents the largest, super-sector leaders of companies whose primary operations are in mainland China but trade at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq or American Stock Exchange. Stocks included in the index are H shares, red chips, ADR/ADS and Chinese stocks listed in the U.S. If a stock is traded on two or more overseas exchanges, only the listing with the highest trading volume is included in the selection universe.

The index is weighted based on float-adjusted market capitalization. The weights of individual components are capped at 10% of the float-adjusted market capitalization of the index.

Further information about the Dow Jones China Offshore 50 Index, including the component list, methodology and performance data, is available at www.djindexes.com.

Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones China Offshore 50 Index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

Journalists may e-mail questions regarding this press release to PR-Indexes@dowjones.com or contact a member of the Dow Jones Indexes/STOXX public relations group:

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Note to Editors:

About Dow Jones Indexes

Dow Jones Indexes is part of Dow Jones & Company, which publishes the world's most vital business and financial news and information. Dow Jones Indexes is a premier global provider of investable indexes, including the Dow Jones Averages and the Dow Jones Global, Regional, Country and Sector Titans Indexes and is co-owner of the Pan-European Dow Jones STOXX Indexes. Together with Wilshire Associates, Dow Jones Indexes markets and licenses the Dow Jones Wilshire index family, which includes the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 and its size, style, and sector indexes. Dow Jones Indexes also offers a number of specialty indexes including hedge fund, commodity and credit derivative indexes.

In addition to Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; dowjones.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC Universal of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

NEW YORK (Oct. 19, 2005) – Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the launch of the Dow Jones China Offshore 50 Index.

The Dow Jones China Offshore 50 Index represents the largest, super-sector leaders of companies whose primary operations are in mainland China but trade at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq or American Stock Exchange. Stocks included in the index are H shares, red chips, ADR/ADS and Chinese stocks listed in the U.S. If a stock is traded on two or more overseas exchanges, only the listing with the highest trading volume is included in the selection universe.

The Dow Jones China Offshore 50 Index is designed to serve as an underlying for investment products such as mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and other investable products.

"With the new Dow Jones China Offshore 50 index, we are now able to provide investors with an investable Chinese blue-chip exposure following the well-established methodology of the Dow Jones EURO STOXX 50 index," said Lars Hamich, managing director of STOXX Ltd., the joint venture responsible for Dow Jones Indexes' business development in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. “Furthermore, our index is large enough to offer the highly requested flexibility to consider the growing number of Chinese companies to go public offshore."

He added, "China has experienced tremendous growth, and its capital market has attracted both institutional and retail investors alike. The local Chinese market offers only restricted access to foreign investors, therefore, investing in China offshore is an attractive alternative."

The Dow Jones China Offshore 50 index is weighted by free-float market capitalization and will be reviewed semiannually, in March and September. The weights of individual components are capped at 10% of the float-adjusted market capitalization of the index.

Historical index values are available daily back to Dec. 31, 2000. The base value of the index is set at 1,000 as of that date.

Further information about the Dow Jones China Offshore 50 Index, such as the component list and performance data, is available at www.djindexes.com.

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Note to Editors:

About Dow Jones Indexes

Dow Jones Indexes is part of Dow Jones & Company, which publishes the world's most vital business and financial news and information. Dow Jones Indexes is a premier global provider of investable indexes, including the Dow Jones Averages and the Dow Jones Global, Regional, Country and Sector Titans Indexes and is co-owner of the Pan-European Dow Jones STOXX Indexes. Together with Wilshire Associates, Dow Jones Indexes markets and licenses the Dow Jones Wilshire index family, which includes the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 and its size, style, and sector indexes. Dow Jones Indexes also offers a number of specialty indexes including hedge fund, commodity and credit derivative indexes.

In addition to Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; dowjones.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC Universal of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

New ETF reflects growing trend in dividend investing in Europe and the U.S.

NEW YORK (Oct. 6, 2005) – Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced that the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index will serve as the basis of an exchange-traded fund (ETF) expected to launch Friday on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange by Indexchange, the German investment company that specializes in ETFs. The index, which tracks the top 100 highest dividend-paying U.S. companies, is the first U.S. dividend-weighted index to serve as an underlying for investment products in Europe.

"The success of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index in the United States and the recently launched pan–European Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend Indexes reflects the increased popularity and growing demand of investors for innovative dividend–investing techniques as an investment style," said Lars Hamich, managing director of STOXX Ltd., the joint venture that is responsible for Dow Jones Indexes' business development in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. "Now, for the first time, Europe–based investors can access the returns of the highest–yielding U.S. companies in addition to those based in Europe and the Eurozone."

In April of this year, STOXX Ltd.–a joint venture of Deutsche Boerse AG, Dow Jones & Company, and the SWX Group—launched the first pan-European select dividend indexes. Shortly thereafter, both the Dow Jones STOXX Select Dividend 30 Index and the Dow Jones EURO STOXX Select Dividend 30 Index were licensed as the basis for ETFs to European ETF providers, with Indexchange being the first ETF provider who launched their ETF products.

The inclusion of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index to Indexchange's family of dividend–focused products gives investors a wider variety of markets from which to pick and choose for their portfolios.

The Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index was launched in November 2003 in response to increased interest of investors in U.S. companies issuing dividends because of the introduction of lower U.S. tax rates.

To be included in the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index, a company must have a positive, historical five-year dividend-per-share growth rate, a five-year average dividend to earnings-per-share ratio of less than or equal to 60%, and a three-month average daily trading volume of 200,000 shares. Stocks that meet these criteria are then ranked by dividend yield and the top 100 are selected as components of the index.

The index is reviewed annually in December. History is available back to Dec. 31, 1991. The components, weightings and daily closing values of the Dow Jones Select Dividend Index are available on www.djindexes.com.

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Dow Jones Indexes is part of Dow Jones & Company, which publishes the world's most vital business and financial news and information. Dow Jones Indexes is a premier global provider of investable indexes, including the Dow Jones Averages and the Dow Jones Global, Regional, Country and Sector Titans Indexes and is co-owner of the Pan-European Dow Jones STOXX Indexes. Together with Wilshire Associates, Dow Jones Indexes markets and licenses the Dow Jones Wilshire index family, which includes the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 and its size, style, and sector indexes. Dow Jones Indexes also offers a number of specialty indexes including hedge fund, commodity and credit derivative indexes.

In addition to Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; dowjones.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC Universal of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

NEW YORK, September 30, 2005 – Dow Jones Indexes today announced component changes in the Dow Jones Personal & Household Goods Titans 30 Index and the Dow Jones Islamic Market Titans 100 Index.

Pulte Homes Inc. (PHM) will replace Gillette Co. (G) in the Dow Jones Personal & Household Goods Titans 30 Index. Google Inc. CI A (GOOG) will replace Gillette Co. (G) in the Dow Jones Islamic Market Titans 100 Index.

Gillette Co. (G) is being deleted from the Dow Jones Personal & Household Goods Titans 30 Index and the Dow Jones Islamic Market Titans 100 Index due to its acquisition by Procter & Gamble Co. (PG).

The changes in the Dow Jones Personal & Household Goods Titans 30 and the Dow Jones Islamic Market Titans 100 indexes will be effective at the start of trading Monday, October 3, 2005.

Further information as well as the complete lists of the Dow Jones Sector Titans Indexes can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site http://www.djindexes.com.

Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones Personal & Household Goods Titans 30 Index and the Dow Jones Islamic Market Titans 100 Index as well as their respective broad market indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

Journalists may e-mail questions regarding this press release to: PR-Indexes@dowjones.com or contact a member of the Dow Jones Indexes public relations group:

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About Dow Jones Indexes

Dow Jones Indexes is a premier global provider of investable indexes, including the Dow Jones Averages, the Dow Jones Global Titans 50, the Dow Jones Asian Titans 50, the Dow Jones Sector Titans, the Dow Jones Country Titans Indexes and is co-owner of the Pan-European Dow Jones STOXX Indexes. Dow Jones Indexes is part of Dow Jones & Company, which publishes the world's most vital business and financial news and information. Together with Wilshire Associates, Dow Jones Indexes provides the Dow Jones Wilshire index family, which features the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 and is expanding to include a complete global family of country, region, sector, cap-range and style indexes. In addition, Dow Jones Indexes offers a number of specialty indexes, a few of which include measurements of the hedge fund, commodity and credit derivative markets.

In addition to Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; dowjones.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC Universal of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

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NEW YORK, September 28, 2005 – Dow Jones Indexes today announced component changes to the Dow Jones Chemicals Titans 30 Index and the Dow Jones Japan Titans 100 Index.

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. (Japan) will replace Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (Japan) in the Dow Jones Chemical Titans 30 Index. Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. is being deleted due to its acquisition of Mitsubishi Pharma Corp. The name of the new company formed following the completion of the merger will be Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.

UFJ Holdings Inc. (Japan) will be deleted from the Dow Jones Japan Titans 100 Index and replaced by Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. (Japan). UFJ Holdings Inc. is being removed due to its acquisition by Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. (Japan).

The changes in the Dow Jones Chemicals Titans 30 and the Dow Jones Japan Titans 100 indexes will be effective at the start of trading Monday, October 3, 2005.

Further information on the Dow Jones Sector Titans and Dow Jones Country Titans indexes can be found on the Dow Jones Indexes Web site http://www.djindexes.com.

Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones Sector Titans and the Dow Jones Country Titans indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

Journalists may e-mail questions regarding this press release to: PR-Indexes@dowjones.com or contact a member of the Dow Jones Indexes public relations group:

New York:
Sybille A. Reitz, +1-212-597-5735
Naomi Kim, +1-212-597-5718

Frankfurt:
Simona Deckers, +49-69-97142894
Nicole Wesch, +49-69-97142893

Note to Editors:

About Dow Jones Indexes

Dow Jones Indexes is a premier global provider of investable indexes, including the Dow Jones Averages, the Dow Jones Global Titans 50, the Dow Jones Asian Titans 50, the Dow Jones Sector Titans, the Dow Jones Country Titans Indexes and is co-owner of the Pan-European Dow Jones STOXX Indexes. Dow Jones Indexes is part of Dow Jones & Company, which publishes the world's most vital business and financial news and information. Together with Wilshire Associates, Dow Jones Indexes provides the Dow Jones Wilshire index family, which features the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 and is expanding to include a complete global family of country, region, sector, cap-range and style indexes. In addition, Dow Jones Indexes offers a number of specialty indexes, a few of which include measurements of the hedge fund, commodity and credit derivative markets.

In addition to Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; dowjones.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co-owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC Universal of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

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BEIJING, September 23, 2005 – Dow Jones Indexes today announced the results of the third regular quarterly review in 2005 for Dow Jones China Indexes (Dow-China Indexes). The component changes in the Dow Jones China 88 (Dow-China 88), Dow Jones China Total Market (Dow-China Total Market), Dow Jones Shanghai (Dow-Shanghai), Dow Jones Shenzhen (Dow-Shenzhen) Index, and Dow Jones CBN China 600 Index will be effective on October 10, 2005.

Following the adjustment, three components have been replaced in the Dow-China 88, which tracks the largest and most liquid 88 stocks in China’s Class-A market and reflects roughly 36.96% of the total free float market capitalization of both the Shanghai and Shenzhen markets. The number of Shanghai-listed stocks in the Dow-China 88 remains 59 components, and the number of Shenzhen-listed stocks remains 29 components. Shanghai-listed stocks represent 73.21% of the free float market capitalization of the Dow-China 88, compared to 26.79% for Shenzhen–listed components.

On October 10, the components of the Dow-China Total Market will increase to 1161 from 1152, with 1096 A-shares and 65 B-shares. The number of components in the Dow-Shanghai Index will increase to 708 from 707, with 11 additions and 10 deletions, and the number of components in the Dow-Shenzhen index will increase to 453 from 445, with 17 additions and nine deletions. The Dow-Shanghai index represents roughly 95% of the free float market capitalization of Shanghai market, and the Dow–Shenzhen index represents roughly 95% of the free float market capitalization of Shenzhen market. The Dow-China Total Market Index reflects roughly 95% percent of the free float market capitalization for both the Shanghai and Shenzhen markets.

Dow Jones Indexes completed the fifth regular quarterly review for the Dow Jones CBN China 600 Index, which was launched on September 6, 2004. As a result of this regular review 28 components have been replaced in the DJ-CBN 600 Index, which reflects roughly 80% of China's total free float market capitalization.

Aimed at providing investors in China and around the world with an accurate tool for tracking equity performance in China’s growing stock markets, the Dow-China Indexes are constructed with the same strict standards used to develop the Dow Jones Global Indexes.

Float-adjusted shares, which exclude all state-owned shares and unlisted employee shares, are used for stock selection and index calculation, in order to provide an accurate representation of the shares that are actually available to investors for trading. Dow Jones Indexes excludes block holdings of individuals, other companies or governments that exceed 5% of total market value in calculating free-float for selection of component stocks.

The Dow-China 88, Dow-China Total Market, Dow-Shanghai and Dow-Shenzhen were launched May 27, 1996 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the world’s most widely reported market indicator, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which was launched in 1896. All four indexes in the Dow-China Index series have a base value of 100 on Dec. 31, 1993.

Add and Delete list of Dow-China 88 October 10, 2005

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Note to Editors:

The methodology, as well as a full list of components including weightings and values of the Dow Jones China Indexes, is available at http://chinaindex.dowjones.com.

Company additions to and deletions from the Dow Jones China Indexes do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

Journalists may e-mail questions regarding this press release to PR-Indexes@dowjones.com or contact a member of the Dow Jones Indexes public relations group:

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Frankfurt:
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Nicole Wesch, +49-69-97142893

About Dow Jones Indexes
In addition to Dow Jones Indexes, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ; dowjones.com) publishes The Wall Street Journal and its international and online editions, Barron's and the Far Eastern Economic Review, Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch and the Ottaway group of community newspapers. Dow Jones is co–owner with Reuters Group of Factiva, with Hearst of SmartMoney and with NBC Universal of the CNBC television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC and radio stations in the U.S.

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London, September 20, 2005 –The Dow Jones AIG Commodity Total Return Index is up over 16% this year through September 16. A panel of leading market experts is giving an outlook on commodities this morning in London.

Prices are still expected to remain significantly above the levels of the 1990s

"Over the past few years incremental demand growth in China has been equivalent to incremental supply growth in Russia. Russia's production problems today are highlighting a more widespread problem across the non-OPEC region to meet rapidly expanding oil demand, particularly across Asia,” said Michael Lewis, Global Head of Commodities Research at Deutsche Bank. “Under-investment in productive capacity, limits to refining capacity and the potential for further extreme weather events are sustaining a bullish price outlook for energy prices into 2006. The dangers of a US recession in the near term are low. However, we expect the vigour of the US expansion to begin to slow during 2007 and this offers the best chance for oil prices to fall from current record highs. We see little chance of oil prices returning to the levels of the 1990s and envisage oil prices at USD40/barrel over the medium term, or more than twice the average level of the 1990s," Michael continued.

Continued bull run in gold in 2005 with probable high of $475 and a possible high of $500

"As gold strikes a fresh 17 year high, there seems to be little overhead technical resistance until the psychologically important $500 level," said Ross Norman, director of thebulliondesk.com. "Having recently broken some important chart points &nash; is the market unencumbered for a move towards $1,000? Ongoing geopolitical tension, the prospect of inflation, a declining US dollar &nash; and we have not even started to consider the markets fundamentals which remain equally compelling. Onwards and upwards would appear the most likely scenario."

Base metals prices should remain well above long-run averages

"We are in the middle of a huge bull market in commodities, and as long as the global economy does not nosedive, 2006 is shaping up to be another strong year for pricing. Copper is the only one of the for main base metals which we see moving into surplus in 2006, and even there, the size of the surplus does not look big enough to return inventories to "normal" levels," stated Adam Rowley, commodities analyst at Macquarie Bank Ltd.. "Zinc and aluminium should see substantial reductions in inventories, and nickel inventories are likely to remain tight. As a result, base metals prices should remain well above long-run averages, although in the case of copper, that does not mean that they will be higher than today."

Investors Continue to Consider Commodities for Portfolio Diversification

"Commodities are continuing their multi year rally with the Dow Jones – AIG Commodity Index Total Return up 16.35% Year to Date as of September 16th. Hurricane Katrina damaged key natural gas and crude oil production facilities as well as a significant percentage of US refining capacity just as winter approaches," said Daniel Raab, managing director at AIG Financial Products Corp. "The dramatic short term impact on natural gas and refined product (gasoline and heating oil) prices underlined the tightness of many commodities markets. Moreover, there are signs that higher energy prices may be filtering through to the broader economy with recent rises in both CPI and PPI. These recent events have again served to remind investors of the importance of commodities in the broader economy. In addition, they have underlined the lack of correlation between commodities and traditional financial assets as well as their long term positive returns."

The Dow Jones–AIG Commodity Index, a diversified and highly liquid benchmark for the commodities markets, is composed of futures contracts on physical commodities and was introduced in 1998. The 19 commodities currently in the DJ-AIG Commodity Index are: aluminum, cattle, coffee, copper, corn, cotton, crude oil, gold, heating oil, hogs, natural gas, nickel, silver, soybeans, soybean oil, sugar, unleaded gas, wheat and zinc. Currently, there is an estimated $15 billion invested in financial products that are tracking the DJ-AIGCI on a global basis.

Journalists may e-mail questions regarding this press release to PR-Indexes@dowjones.com or contact a member of the Dow Jones Indexes public relations group:

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Frankfurt:
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Nicole Wesch, +49-69-97142893