1.   Sooner or later the base must be changed and the following example demonstrates the difficulty of relating the new index to the old base for long-term comparisons.

2.   A lower rate of growth in a new index would mean smaller annual increases in myriad government benefit programs that are tied to the index.

3.   A new index and guides to its sections offer a belated acknowledgment that it was not always the most accessible of publications.

4.   But meteorologists at AccuWeather say the new index is only a modest improvement.

5.   Construction stocks account for the largest weight in the new index.

6.   In addition to these existing indexes, the exchange is considering creating five new indexes.

7.   Istat will continue to report the current index for several months side-by-side with the new index.

8.   Its new index is also more heavily weighted to the technology, health care and consumer sectors, and will be more volatile as a result.

9.   Just yesterday, HSI Services Ltd., which compiles the benchmark Hang Seng Index, unveiled a new index to track the performance of mid-cap stocks.

10.   Last week, Vanguard announced plans to introduce some new index funds to mimic the performance of medium and small-sized companies.