bucy wrote:
] ] NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dow Jones & Co. (DJ.N: Quote,
] ] Profile, Research) on Thursday dumped three of America's
] ] oldest companies from its benchmark Dow Jones industrial
] ] average, replacing them with firms it said reflected
] ] growth in the financial and health care sectors.
]
] Whoa...

Not very suprising. I think the Fool covered it well (http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2004/mft04040111.htm) -- "Replacing three companies worth $40 billion with three worth half a trillion makes some sense."

I mean, is AT&T even still a phone company? For a while, it looked to be more cable than...

RE: Dow Index Promotes AIG, Pfizer, Verizon