Description: [ Providing on-line publications in the nature of electronic books, magazines, and newsletters concerning the financial markets, financial indices, and financial ratings; Educational services, namely, providing training on quantitative research platforms; Providing an online electronic newsletter containing articles of importance concerning credit markets; Providing on-line publications in the nature of reports featuring credit adjusted financial statement data and commentaries; Arranging and conducting educational conferences and workshops relating to banking, insurance, real estate, energy, media, communications, metals, and mining; providing recognition and incentives by the way of awards to demonstrate excellence in the field of customer product satisfaction rankings]; [ Providing information on the production of energy, the treatment of metals, and custom manufacturing of commodities]; Downloadable computer software and mobile applications for accessing general news, business and financial information, financial indices, financial and credit ratings, interest rates, market research, demographic and unemployment data, data analytics, stock prices, capital structure, corporate structure, officer data and executive compensation, equity research, investment funds, portfolio and risk solutions, country risk data, investment data, thrift data, mergers and acquisitions, and data, news, research, and analysis concerning energy, commodities, REITs, media, utilities, entertainment communications, and the banking and financial services, real estate, insurance, media and communications, metals and mining, and energy industries; Computer software and mobile application software for accessing and manipulating data in a financial database, and creating customized financial models, charts, analyses, and reports based on a financial database; Computer software that performs risk portfolio analytics and quantitative risk analyses; Downloadable computer software for use in the quantitative modeling of single stock and equity portfolios including historical backtesting, excess returns forecasting, and portfolio simulation and optimization; Downloadable computer software for analyzing default, transition, ratings, and recovery data for professionals in the financial services industry in connection with risk management; Downloadable computer software for use in the fields of market data integration and management, proprietary workflow creation, proprietary statistical/computational algorithms, risk model development, forecast model development, strategy script development, optimization practices, and quantitative research and risk management solutions; Downloadable articles and reports concerning general news, business and financial information, financial indices, financial and credit ratings, interest rates, market research, demographic and unemployment data, data analytics, stock prices, capital structure, corporate structure, officer data and executive compensation, equity research, investment funds, portfolio and risk solutions, country risk data, investment data, thrift data, mergers and acquisitions, and data, news, research, and analysis concerning energy, commodities, REITs, media, utilities, entertainment communications, and the banking and financial services, real estate, insurance, media and communications, metals and mining, and energy industries; Downloadable electronic publications in the nature of reports featuring credit adjusted financial statement data and commentaries; [ Communications via computer terminals or via fiber-optic networks; Providing user access to a global computer network; Providing telecommunications connections to a global computer network; Providing access to an online platform and database featuring management tools and solutions for investor relations, financial news, information, commentary, and analyses, including market data, investor activities and investment trends, news, quotes, global indices, alerts, broker research reports, independent research reports, analyst information, financial transaction reports, reports of corporate, state, and SEC filings, institutional holdings data, portfolio holdings data, corporate ownership profiles, calendars of company corporate events, global financial market statistics and forecasts, corporate finance and capital markets activity, mergers and acquisitions, financial investment activities, and financial restructuring data; Telecommunication services, namely, providing e-mail notification alerts via the internet of rating changes that affect financial portfolios]; [Trade magazines, pamphlets, brochures, and newsletters concerning general news, business and financial information, financial indices, financial and credit ratings, interest rates, market research, demographic and unemployment data, data analytics, stock prices, capital structure, corporate structure, officer data and executive compensation, equity research, investment funds, portfolio and risk solutions, country risk data, investment data, thrift data, mergers and acquisitions, and data, news, research, and analysis concerning energy, commodities, REITs, media, utilities, entertainment communications, and the banking and financial services, real estate, insurance, media and communications, metals and mining, and energy industries; Newsletters covering ratings of debt securities]; Providing financial information, namely, information in the field of stock indices, securities indices, commodities indices, and other financial indices; Providing financial analyses and ratings of securities, investment funds, bonds, institutions, governments, and other financial instruments regarding performance, creditworthiness, risk assessments, and other characteristics; Providing information, studies, quality ratings, and opinions concerning investment funds; Providing information, studies, quality ratings, and opinions concerning the creditworthiness, performance, and other characteristics of debt instruments and commercial paper, namely, bonds, debentures, shares, warrants, options, investment certificates, and notes of corporations, governments, municipalities, public utilities, financial institutions, and other issuers; Providing financial and investment information via on-line computer databases; Financial and investment information services, research services, data and data analytic services, and financial analyses; Providing real-time information relating to the financial markets; Providing financial information, research, analytics, and analyses regarding companies, industries, and countries; Providing financial information and data in support of merger and acquisition activities; Financial risk management services; Financial and investment consultation and advisory services; Investment services, namely, investment consultation in the fields of funds, mutual funds, real estate, commodities, capital, securities, bonds, and annuities; Providing financial information regarding rating changes that affect financial portfolios via e-mail notification alerts; Providing credit ratings and financial news and information via an internet website; Financial services, namely, providing investment research and information online regarding equity capital markets, structured finance transactions, and collateralized debt transactions; Financial services, namely, providing financial analyses, financial analytics, recovery-trend platforms, financial industry data, financial ratings, debt analyses, performance analyses, risk assessment scenario and trend analyses, and information on credit and loan losses and loss-given default; Online financial data services, namely, providing comprehensive reference data matching services to market participants linking industry standard identifiers for domestic and global securities, issuers, counter-party corporate hierarchies, business entities, and reference data sets; Financial services in the nature of assessing the risk profile of a specific security on a peer group comparison basis and providing qualitative research opinions that interpret the risk profile of a specific security on a peer group comparison basis; Providing financial information, namely, news in the field of financial information on commodities, energy, metals, and energy generation and production industries; Providing online financial information, namely, news in the field of financial information on commodities, energy, metals, and energy generation and production industries; News reporting services in the field of financial news, namely, providing real-time information concerning the financial markets, financial indices, and financial ratings; Business information, advisory, and consultation services; Arranging and conducting business conferences, workshops, and exhibitions concerning general news, business and financial information, financial indices, financial and credit ratings, market research, data analytics, stock prices, equity research, investment funds, risk solutions, investment data, and information concerning energy, commodities, shipping, contracting, product and services ratings, and the financial, [ automotive, boating, electronics, healthcare, homes, insurance, telecommunications, travel, and consumer products industries;] Providing business information online concerning general news, business and financial information, financial indices, financial and credit ratings, market research, data analytics, stock prices, equity research, investment funds, risk solutions, and investment data, and information concerning energy, commodities, metal pricing and metal market data, shipping, contracting, product and services ratings, and the financial, [ automotive, boating, electronics, healthcare, homes, insurance, telecommunications, travel, and consumer products industries;] Market research relating to general news, business and financial information, financial indices, financial and credit ratings, data analytics, stock prices, equity research, investment funds, risk solutions, investment data, and information concerning energy, commodities, metal pricing and metal market data, shipping, contracting, and the financial,[ automotive, boating, electronics, healthcare, homes, insurance, telecommunications, travel, and consumer products industries; ] Conducting business and market research surveys; [Providing on-line retail store services featuring software applications in the field of financial-related data and company data over a global computer network;] Providing information, news and commentary in the field of business on the subjects of commodities, energy, metals, and energy generation and production industries; Providing online information, news and commentary in the field of business on the subjects of commodities, energy, metals, and energy generation and production industries; Providing information and news in the field of business, namely, providing real-time information concerning the financial markets, financial indices, and financial ratings; "GLOBAL MARKET INTELLIGENCE"; Providing online non-downloadable software in connection with ratings of securities, investment funds, bonds, institutions, governments, and other financial instruments; Providing online non-downloadable software for tracking the performance of stock indices, securities indices, commodities indices, other financial indices, financial investments, securities, companies, and institutions; Providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for providing access to streaming quotes, news, charts, and market views for use by the financial industry, and structured-finance transaction data; Providing online non-downloadable software to measure, monitor, and manage credit risk, processes, and infrastructure by providing centralized data management, spreading, forecasting, and risk rating assessments; Design, development, installation, maintenance, updating, and rental of software; Providing on-line, non-downloadable software for searching a database of financial ratings and creating customized financial portfolios and reports; Computer services, namely, computer programming for others, software development and computer consulting services in the fields of market data integration and management, proprietary workflow creation, proprietary statistical/computational algorithms, risk model development, forecast model development, strategy script development, optimization practices and quantitative research and risk management solutions; Providing an on-line web-based application for analyzing default, transition, ratings, and recovery data for professionals in the financial services industry in connection with risk management; Design and development of computer hardware and software; Technical project studies, namely, conducting feasibility studies and technical studies in the fields of software and computer hardware design and implementation; Providing non-downloadable computer software via a website that assesses the risk profile of a specific security on a peer group comparison basis; Providing a website featuring on-line non-downloadable software that enables users to access general news, business and financial information, financial indices, financial and credit ratings, interest rates, market research, demographic and unemployment data, data analytics, stock prices, capital structure, corporate structure, officer data and executive compensation, equity research, investment funds, portfolio and risk solutions, country risk data, investment data, thrift data, mergers and acquisitions, and data, news, research, and analysis concerning energy, commodities, REITs, media, utilities, entertainment communications, and the banking and financial services, real estate, insurance, media and communications, metals and mining, and energy industries
