The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. provides information services and products to the education, financial services, and business information markets worldwide. Its McGraw-Hill Education segment operates as a global educational publisher. This segment comprises 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 company’s Financial Services segment, operating under the Standard & Poor’s brand, provides independent credit ratings covering corporate and government entities, infrastructure projects, and structured finance transactions; data and information services offering financial information on companies, securities, and indices; equity research; portfolio services developing global indices and investable products; and risk management and credit risk training. Its Information & Media segment provides information, insight, and analysis solutions. Its Business-to-Business Group includes BusinessWeek, a business magazine; 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, which provides multimedia information to the aviation and aerospace industry. Its Broadcasting Group operates nine TV stations, including four ABC affiliates and five Azteca America affiliates. The McGraw-Hill Companies was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in New York, New York.