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Further Steps
•Standard & Poor’s will
continue to work with key leaders in the investment community to
develop consensus to support more informative and accurate
earnings information.
•Standard & Poor’s will support Standard & Poor’s
Core Earnings with
data and analysis, including full data in Compustat, EPS data
on indices, forward EPS estimates on over 1,200 companies in
Standard & Poor’s equity analytical universe, and other
efforts.
•Standard
& Poor’s CVC will provide assistance to corporations in
the use of Standard & Poor’s Core Earnings in their financial reporting.