Dow Jones Unveils Global Index of 150 Stocks

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The Global Dow is a 150-stock index of the most innovative, vibrant and influential corporations from around the world. Only leading blue-chip stocks are included in the index. Its components, like those of The Dow, are selected by editors of Dow Jones. The launch of this new icon was unveiled August 4, 2008 by Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corporation in Mumbai, India. Dow Jones Indexes is a business unit of Dow Jones & Company, a News Corporation company (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).

 

Mr. Murdoch said: "The world is changing and how we measure that change economically and financially is clearly a challenge and an opportunity. We have seen a reweighting of risk around the world, but the world itself is being economically rerated and so we need an index that allows investors to take advantage of these changes. Indian companies will obviously have a place in The Global Dow as will companies from other emerging countries where we have seen an unprecedented economic emancipation over the past two decades."

 

Robert Thomson, managing editor, The Wall Street Journal said, "While we must reflect the global stock market as it is, we must also recognize the rapid rise of companies in countries such as India. We have already seen great Indian companies acquiring famous brands such as Jaguar and Land Rover, but these developments are just the beginning of a long-term trend that will fundamentally change the international corporate landscape. As with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the component choices for the new index will be based on the editorial judgment of the world's leading business journalists, that is Dow Jones journalists."

 

The Global Dow will track the share prices of existing and future global leaders in every industry. Vigorous companies from emerging economies will be included along with companies from emerging sectors such as alternative energy.

 

http://www.djindexes.com/globaldow/

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• 3M Co.
  
• ABB Ltd.
  
• Abbott Laboratories
  
• Alcoa Inc.
  
• Allianz SE
  
• Amazon.com Inc.
  
• America Movil S.A.B. de C.V. Series L
  
• American Express Co.
  
• Anglo American PLC
  
• Apple Inc.
  
• ArcelorMittal
  
• Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A.
  
• Astrazeneca PLC
  
• AT&T Inc.
  
• AXA S.A.
  
• BAE Systems PLC
  
• Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.
  
• Banco Santander S.A.
  
• Bank of America Corp.
  
• Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
  
• BASF S.E.
  
• Baxter International Inc.
  
• Bharti Airtel Ltd.
  
• BHP Billiton Ltd.
  
• BNP Paribas S.A.
  
• Boeing Co.
  
• BP PLC
  
• Carnival Corp.
  
• Carrefour S.A.
  
• Caterpillar Inc.
  
• Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. Series CPO
  
• Chevron Corp.
  
• China Construction Bank Corp.
  
• China Mobile Ltd.
  
• China Petroleum & Chemical Corp.
  
• China Unicom Ltd.
  
• Cisco Systems Inc.
  
• Citigroup Inc.
  

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• Coca-Cola Co.
  
• Colgate-Palmolive Co.
  
• Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A.
  
• Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais-CEMIG Pr
  
• Companhia Vale do Rio Doce Pref A
  
• ConocoPhillips
  
• Credit Suisse Group
  
• Daimler AG
  
• Deere & Co.
  
• Deutsche Bank AG
  
• Deutsche Post AG
  
• E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.
  
• E.ON AG
  
• eBay Inc.
  
• EDP-Energias de Portugal S.A.
  
• Exxon Mobil Corp.
  
• FedEx Corp.
  
• First Solar Inc.
  
• Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
  
• Gamesa Corporacion Tecnologica S.A.
  
• GAZPROM OAO
  
• GDF Suez S.A.
  
• General Electric Co.
  
• General Motors Corp.
  
• Gilead Sciences Inc.
  
• GlaxoSmithKline PLC
  
• Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
  
• Google Inc. Cl A
  
• Hewlett-Packard Co.
  
• Home Depot Inc.
  
• Honda Motor Co. Ltd.
  
• Honeywell International Inc.
  
• HSBC Holdings PLC (UK Reg)
  
• Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.
  
• Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd.
  
• Infosys Technologies Ltd.
  
• ING Groep N.V.
  
• Intel Corp.
  

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• Intel Corp.
  
• International Business Machines Corp.
  
• Johnson & Johnson
  
• JPMorgan Chase & Co.
  
• Komatsu Ltd.
  
• Kraft Foods Inc. Cl A
  
• L.M. Ericsson Telephone Co. Series B
  
• LG Electronics Inc.
  
• LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton
  
• McDonald's Corp.
  
• Medtronic Inc.
  
• Merck & Co. Inc.
  
• Microsoft Corp.
  
• Mitsubishi Corp.
  
• Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.
  
• Mitsui & Co. Ltd.
  
• Mizuho Financial Group Inc.
  
• Monsanto Co.
  
• National Australia Bank Ltd.
  
• National Bank of Greece S.A.
  
• National Grid PLC
  
• Nestle S.A.
  
• News Corp. Cl A
  
• Nike Inc. Cl B
  
• Nintendo Co. Ltd.
  
• Nippon Steel Corp.
  
• Nokia Corp.
  
• Novartis AG
  
• Panasonic Corporation
  
• PetroChina Co. Ltd.
  
• Petroleo Brasileiro S/A Pref
  
• Pfizer Inc.
  
• Philip Morris International Inc.
  
• Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc.
  
• Procter & Gamble Co.
  
• Q-Cells AG
  
• Reliance Industries Ltd.
  
• Renewable Energy Corp. ASA
  

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• Renewable Energy Corp. ASA
  
• Research in Motion Ltd.
  
• Rio Tinto PLC
  
• Roche Holding AG Part. Cert.
  
• Royal Bank of Canada
  
• Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
  
• Royal Dutch Shell PLC A
  
• Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
  
• SAP AG
  
• Schlumberger Ltd.
  
• Seven & I Holdings Co. Ltd.
  
• Siemens AG
  
• Societe Generale S.A.
  
• Sony Corp.
  
• Southwest Airlines Co.
  
• SunPower Corp. Cl A
  
• Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. ADS
  
• Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
  
• Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.
  
• Tata Steel Ltd.
  
• Telefonica S.A.
  
• Tesco PLC
  
• Time Warner Inc.
  
• Toshiba Corp.
  
• Total S.A.
  
• Toyota Motor Corp.
  
• UBS AG
  
• UniCredit S.p.A.
  
• United Parcel Service Inc. Cl B
  
• United Technologies Corp.
  
• Veolia Environnement S.A.
  
• Verizon Communications Inc.
  
• Vestas Wind Systems A/S
  
• Vinci S.A.
  
• VISA Inc. Cl A
  
• Vodafone Group PLC
  
• Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
  
• Walt Disney Co.