Standard & Poor's Announces Changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index

TORONTO, Sept. 23 /CNW/ -- 
      TORONTO, Sept. 23 /CNW/ - Standard & Poor's will make the following
      changes in the S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index after the close of
      trading on Thursday, September 23, 2010: 
    

    --  Champion Minerals Inc. (TSXVN:CHM) will be removed from the
        index. The company will graduate to trade on TSX under the same
        ticker symbol.



      Company additions to and deletions from an S&P equity index do not in
      any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.
    

      About S&P Indices
    

      S&P Indices, the world's leading index provider, maintains a wide
      variety of investable and benchmark indices to meet an array of investor
      needs. Over $1.25 trillion is directly indexed to Standard & Poor's
      family of indices, which includes the S&P 500, the world's most followed
      stock market index, the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, the leading
      measure of U.S. home prices, the S&P Global BMI, an index with
      approximately 11,000 constituents, the S&P GSCI, the industry's most
      closely-watched commodities index and the S&P National AMT-Free
      Municipal Bond Index, the premier investable index for U.S. municipal
      bonds. For more information, please visit www.standardandpoors.com/indices.
    

      About Standard & Poor's 
    

      Standard & Poor's, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE:
      MHP), is the world's foremost provider of independent credit ratings,
      indices, risk evaluation, investment research and data.  With offices in
      23 countries and markets, Standard & Poor's is an essential part of the
      world's financial infrastructure and has played a leading role for
      nearly 150 years in providing investors with the independent benchmarks
      they need to feel more confident about their investment and financial
      decisions. For more information, visit: www.standardandpoors.com
    




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