| The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. provides information services and products to the financial services, education, and business information markets worldwide. The company operates in three segments: McGraw-Hill Education, Financial Services, and Information & Media. The McGraw-Hill Education segment consists of School Education Group, which provides educational and professional development materials to pre-kindergarten to 12th grade market, as well as assessment and reporting services; and Higher Education, Professional, and International Group that provides e-books, online tutoring, customized course Web sites, subscription services, and materials to the higher education market, as well as professional, reference, and trade publishing for medical, business, engineering, and other fields. The Financial Services segment operates under the Standard & Poor's brand, which provides investment research, market indices, credit ratings, financial data, and fixed income research and analysis to investors, corporations, governments, financial institutions, investment managers, and advisors. The Information & Media segment provides information, insight, and analysis solutions. This segment includes J.D. Power and Associates, a global marketing information firm that conducts surveys of customer satisfaction, product quality, and buyer behavior; Platts, a source for energy-industry information and services; McGraw-Hill Construction, which connects people, projects, and products in the design and construction industry; and Aviation Week that provides multimedia information to the aviation and aerospace industry. Its Broadcasting Group operates nine television stations, four ABC affiliated and five Azteca America affiliated stations, which provide news and analysis, as well as offers online content. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in New York, New York. |
