$20.72

2.35 (12.79%)

11/21/2008 4:01 PM

The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (MHP)

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The Company is a global information services provider serving the financial services, education and business information markets with a wide range of information products and services.

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Media (163), Dividend (191), Construction Services (7), Mid Cap (425), S&P 500 (469)
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The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price:	$20.72
Last Trade Time:	11/21/2008 4:01 PM
Open:	$19.13
Previous Close:	$18.37
Daily Range:	$18.35 - $21.05
52-Week Range:	$17.15 - $49.13
Volume:	5,465,137
Market Cap:	$5.85B
P/E Ratio:	7.15
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Avatar Fabuloso (< 20) Submitted: 4/22/08 11:47 AM

This is a company to hold for life, MHP is the parent company of Standard and Poor’s, the rating agency, it holds some publications among then BusinessWeek and NewsWeek, and also produces education books for all grades.

The rating agency is a must for a globalized world, providing analys...More

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1 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (MHP)

Avatar grecipient (90.84) Submitted: 1/30/08 2:03 AM

Textbook publisher. Will be hurt by students scanning, uploading, and downloading their textbooks online (such as from Textbook Torrents) as well as an increasing move to open courseware (such as MIT's OpenCourseWare). Will be hurt in the long run.

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Recs 0 (MHP) dpid (< 20) Submitted: 11/19/08 4:43 PM : Start Price: $19.16 MHP Score: -13.50 will deal with fallout fromits subsidary on ratings Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (MHP) ABCanuck (< 20) Submitted: 11/06/08 11:32 PM : Start Price: $24.30 MHP Score: 2.51 2008 11 06 Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (MHP) waderjw (91.14) Submitted: 10/30/08 12:01 PM : Start Price: $24.68 MHP Score: 2.96 Knowledge is power. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (MHP) InvalidUserID (< 20) Submitted: 10/27/08 1:28 AM : Start Price: $19.76 MHP Score: 17.18 College students need books. Almost every year, a new "edition" is published requiring students to purchase them. As a college student, I used to curse MHP but now as an investor, keep it up! With unemployment on the rise, people are going to flock back to improve their odds in the job market by going back to school. Nice dividend pay while waiting for the rebound. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (MHP) MViscio1 (26.43) Submitted: 10/23/08 12:02 PM : Start Price: $22.34 MHP Score: 9.00 S&P & BUSINESS WEEK Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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