Singapore Minister of State for Trade & Industry to Deliver Keynote at Platts Top 250 Global Energy Companies Awards Dinner

Singapore Minister of State for Trade & Industry to Deliver Keynote at Platts Top 250 Global Energy Companies Awards Dinner

August 30, 2007

    NEW YORK, Aug. 30 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Platts
(http://www.platts.com), one of the world's leading energy
information providers and a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies (NYSE: MHP), along with this year's sponsor,
Logical Information Machines (LIM), will announce its
annual Platts Top 250 Global Energy Companies rankings on
September 13, 2007. The awards will be presented during the
Top 250 Asia Awards Dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel in
Singapore. The awards dinner will also feature a keynote
address by Mr. Lee Yi Shyan, Singapore's Minister of State
for Trade and Industry. 

    "Asian company representation in the Platts Top
250 has held above 20 percent the last couple years and
continues to grow," says Platts President Victoria Chu
Pao. "Our gala awards ceremony will celebrate the
innovation and tremendous business performance of Asia's
top energy companies. We're particularly honored that Mr.
Lee Yi Shyan will be delivering the keynote speech on
Asia's growing influence in the global energy arena." 

    Prior to his governmental role, Mr. Lee spearheaded
external business ties with Singapore-based companies and
the expansion of international business in Singapore. In
2001, as CEO of International Enterprise (IE) Singapore,
Mr. Lee recreated the former Singapore Trade Development
Board to IE Singapore through a series of new customer
segmentations, organization structure, business processes
and developing business networks between Singapore and
China, India and Indonesia to grow and internationalize
Singapore-based businesses overseas.

    The Asia-focused rankings to be announced at this
year's Top 250 event include the following: Platts Top 15
Asian Energy Companies; the Platts Top Ten Fastest-Growing
companies in Asia; and the Platts Top Asian Energy
Companies in each of eight industry segments as follows:

    -- Diversified utilities
    -- Exploration and production
    -- Electric utilities
    -- Gas utilities
    -- Integrated oil and gas companies
    -- Refining and marketing
    -- Independent power producers
    -- Coal and consumable fuel companies

    In addition, for the first time in the six years of the
rankings, Platts will honor the world's Fastest-Growing
Energy Companies, which are pulled from the Top 250 Global
Energy Companies and then ranked on each company's
compounded revenue growth over a three-year period.

    Platts Top 250 list measures companies' financial
performance using four key metrics: asset worth, revenues,
profits and return on invested capital (ROIC). All
companies on the list have assets greater than US$2
billion. The underlying data come from a database -
Compustat(R)- compiled and maintained by Standard &
Poor's, which, like Platts, is a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies. 

    Attendance at the Platts Top 250 Global Energy
Companies Asia Awards Dinner is open to all companies with
business interests in Asia or with top energy companies
worldwide. For additional information, a list of last
year's Platts Top 250 rankings, or to reserve attendance,
visit http://www.platts.com/top250/. Credentialed media may
attend the Awards Dinner as guests with advance
registration. Television cameras are permitted.

    Additional sponsorships for this year's event are still
available. For details, please contact Vicki Peterson at
[e-mail] or 970-461-1090.

    About LIM: 

    Logical Information Machines (LIM) provides data,
analytics and research to the energy and financial sectors.
LIM's customers are among the world's largest hedge funds,
mutual funds, banks and energy concerns. Recently, LIM won
the "Ease of Use" category in the 2007 User
Choice Awards from Energy Risk Magazine.  

    About Platts: 

    Platts, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE:
MHP), is a leading global provider of energy and metals
information. With nearly a century of business experience,
Platts serves customers across more than 150 countries.
From 14 offices worldwide, Platts serves the oil, natural
gas, electricity, nuclear power, coal, petrochemical and
metals markets. Platts' real time news, pricing, analytical
services, and conferences help markets operate with
transparency and efficiency. Traders, risk managers,
analysts, and industry leaders depend upon Platts to help
them make better trading and investment decisions.
Additional information is available at
http://www.platts.com . 
 
    About The McGraw-Hill Companies: 

    Founded in 1888, The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP)
is a leading global information services provider meeting
worldwide needs in the financial services, education and
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Standard & Poor's, McGraw-Hill Education, BusinessWeek
and J.D. Power and Associates. The Corporation has more
than 280 offices in 40 countries. Sales in 2006 were $6.3
billion. Additional information is available at
http://www.mcgraw-hill.com. 


    For more information, please contact:

     USA:
     Kathleen Tanzy
     Phone: [phone]        
     Email: [e-mail]

     Asia:
     Casey Yew
     Phone: [phone]

     Europe:
     Shiona Ramage
     Phone: [phone]

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