Friday, October 23, 08:45 PM CDT

Please be advised that StocksExpress may be delivered up delivered up to 30 minutes late this evening. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. If you need additional information or assistance, please contact 1-800-3AP-STOX.

Friday, October 23, 07:33 PM CDT

Please be advised that StocksExpress may be delivered up delivered up to 30 minutes late this evening. < br> We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. < br> If you need additional information or assistance, please contact 1-800-3AP-STOX.

Friday, October 23, 07:32 PM CDT

Please be advised that StocksExpress may be delivered up delivered up to 30 minutes late this evening. < br /> We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. < br /> If you need additional information or assistance, please contact 1-800-3AP-STOX.

Friday, October 23, 07:29 PM CDT Monday, October 12, 12:28 PM CDT

Please be advised that due to the data no longer being available, beginning October 19, 2009 prices for scrap steel, and mercury will no longer be appear in items moved via satellite, or to members who run spot prices on metals in GCS.
We apologize for this inconvenience.
If you have any questions or need further assistance, please contact 1-800-3AP-STOX.

Friday, October 09, 04:19 PM CDT

Please be advised that Propane is no longer being traded on the NYMEX exchange. Consequently, it will not be available in GCS tables or Money & Markets files.
If you have any questions or need further assistance, please contact 1-800-3AP-STOX.

Friday, October 09, 04:10 PM CDT

Monday, March 2, 7:30 pm ET

At this time, Morningstar has still not delivered their mutual fund data to us. They believe they will have it ready for us by 7:40 pm ET; if not, we will use a contingency file from Lipper in its place in order to generate fund tables and Money & Markets pages. This advisory will update as further information becomes available to us.

Monday, March 2, 6:51 pm ET

Morningstar is having trouble delivering their mutual fund data to us this evening. At present we are expecting the fund data to be delivered to us by 7:30 pm ET. StocksExpress files and Money & Markets files will not be available until after that time. This advisory will update as further information becomes available to us.

Friday, January 30th, 8:25 pm ET

Mutual fund tables are now generating. We expect to begin posting StocksExpress and Money & Markets files at 8:35 pm, daily files should be completed by 9:05 pm ET, weekly files will follow.l

Tuesday, October 14, 03:46 PM CDT

The AP Markets department will be phasing out all Mac OS9 production by the end of 2008. If you are a StocksExpress member who downloads their page as a Quark 3.32 document, please be advised that StocksExpress files will now be available in one of the following 3 formats:

• QuarkXpress 6 document
• Adobe InDesign CS2 document
• PDF

Please contact support specialist Melissa Waddell at 816-654-1093 to arrange for a test of your page in one of these three new formats before the end of the year. Thank you.

Wednesday, February 11, 11:48 AM CST

Business Editors:
Production Editors:

Please be advised that US Financial Markets will be closed on Monday, February 16th in observance of Presidents Day.

No GCS, StocksExpress, or Money & Markets files will be transmitted or posted that day. If you have questions or are in need of more information, please call our support number at 1-800-3AP-STOX (327-7869).

Monday, March 2, 8:05 pm ET

Mutual fund tables are now generating. We expect to have Money & Markets, and StocksExpress files posted by 8:30 pm ET.

Wednesday, March 25, 10:00 AM CST

Business Editors:
Production Editors:

Due to a technical issue at Nasdaq yesterday evening (3/24), Last Price and Change fields for Nasdaq stocks were incorrect. We have been able to obtain corrected data and have updated our database for production today.

We regret any issues this may have caused. If you need assistance or further information, please call 1-800-3AP-STOX.

Thursday, March 05, 04:55 PM CST

Business Editors:
Production Editors:

With the end of the quarter drawing near, we wanted to make you aware that the AP offers a three quarter page presentation for "The Quarter In Review." This is a fully paginated piece that shows the quarterly performance for the stock market on the Stock Review page, and for mutual funds on the Mutual Fund page.

If you have not run a quarterly stock or fund presentation before, please click here for a sample Stock prototype, and here for a sample Mutual Fund prototype. These products are available free of charge to all AP members. You need only sign up and supply us with a list of local stocks you wish to use on the Quarterly Review stock page.

We can take orders for either or both of these pages with limited customization (fonts, local select lists, page widths) until March 27th. Or, you can use the prototypes without customization and sign up until March 31st.

Please call with any questions or to order.

Todd Balog, Stocks Support Manager
816.654.1096
stocks@ap.org

Monday, March 30, 06:25 PM CST

Business Editors:
Production Editors:

Due to an issue with our vendor, there were some data problems with Cotton Futures tables. We have fixed these problems, and corrected tables are available. If you downloaded tables containing Cotton Futures data before 7:15 eastern, please delete and download again. If you have any questions or need further assistance, please call 1-800-3AP-STOX.

Tuesday, March 31, 01:21 PM CST

Business Editors:
Production Editors:

Please be advised that beginning on April 1, 2009 Dow Jones Wilshire Indexes will be renamed, as follows:

Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Composite (DWC) to
Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index

Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Financial Services Index (DWCGFN) to
Dow Jones U.S. Financial Services Total Stock Market Index

Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Conventional Electricity Index (DWCELC) to
Dow Jones U.S. Conventional Electricity Index Total Stock Market Index

Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Household Goods & Home Construction Index (DWCHHG) to
Dow Jones U.S. Hosehold Goods & Home Construction Index Total Stock Market Index

Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Industrial Metals & Mining Index (DWCIDM) to
Dow Jones U.S. Industrial Metals & Mining Total Stock Market Index

Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Iron & Steel Index (DWCSTL) to
Dow Jones U.S. Iron & Steel Total Stock Market Index

Dow Jones Wilshire U.S. Real Estate Investment & Services Index (DWCRHD) to
Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Investment & Services Total Stock Market Index

There will be no changes to methodology, format, etc.

If you want these changes reflected in GCS, StocksExpress, or Money & Markets files, Please contact 1-800-3AP-STOX.

Monday, April 06, 06:42 PM CDT

Business Editors:
Production Editors:

On Friday, April 10, the U.S. Financial Markets will be closed due to the Good Friday holiday.

Daily Tables and Pages

Regular daily table and page production will occur on Thursday evening for Friday publication as usual.

Weekly Tables and Pages

Weekly table and page production for stocks, mutual funds and other financial data will occur on Thursday evening, with a similar schedule to what normally would occur on a Friday evening. Weekly tables will remain on the FTP site through the weekend.

If you have any questions, please contact 1-800-3AP-STOX.

Monday, May 04, 12:40 PM CDT

Wednesday, May 06, 07:44 PM Eastern

Business Editors:
Production Editors:

Please be advised that we have switched our FTP servers so that GCS members should be able to receive their files using the StocksCapFTP software.

However, we have had some reports of members still having difficulty. We believe this is due to slow propogation of the new DNS information needed for this switch.

If you are still having issues connecting to our FTP site, please contact 1-800-3AP-STOX.

Wednesday, May 06, 06:34 PM CDT

Business Editors:
Production Editors:

Please be advised that there are some connectivity problems with our FTP server that are currently impacting GCS members.

We are working to restore full connectivity, and will provide another update when full service is restored.

If you need additional information or assistance, please contact 1-800-3AP-STOX.

Monday, May 18, 6:46 PM Eastern

Business Editors:
Production Editors:

Due to a problem with our data provider, we are unable to provide Future Options prices for the following commodities: Cotton, Cocoa, Coffee, Orange Juice, Sugar (World), and Natural Gas.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

If you need additional information or assistance, please contact 1-800-3AP-STOX.

Thursday, May 21, 02:24 PM CDT

Business Editors:
Production Editors:

Please be advised that on Monday, May 25, U.S. financial markets are closed for the Memorial Day Holiday.

For GCS Members, only Toronto Stock files will be newly generated on Monday. Otherwise, GCS files from Friday, May 22nd will remain available.

For StocksExpress and Money and Markets members, no new files will be generated on Monday. However, files from Friday, May 22nd will be available.

If you have any questions, or need further assistance, please contact 1-800-3AP-STOX.

Monday, May 18, 04:44 PM CDT

Business Editors:
Production Editors:

AP Markets is pleased to announce that we will be rolling out a revamped website on May 26, 2009.

The updated website will emphasize our current Money & Markets product offerings, but will still provide information about GCS, StocksExpress, and our Quarterly/Annual products.

Enhancements to the website include improved navigation and design, easier access to your newspaper's downloads, and increased advisory functionality.

If you have questions or need assistance, please call 1-800-3AP-STOX.

Thank you.

AP Markets Team

Wednesday, May 27, 2:00 pm ET

Trouble logging into our new website?

If you are experiencing problems logging into the Markets website to access your stocks file, you may need to clear your browser cache.

For Safari, go to Safari > Reset Safari... > Click Reset at the Prompt.

For Firefox, go to Tools > Clear Private Data

Please call 1-800-AP-STOX for further instructions if needed.

Monday, June 8, 9:30 pm ET

Mutual Funds: Our data provider was unable to provide us with updated NAVs by our deadline. Mutual fund files showing NAVs from Friday, June 5th, and no change over one business day, were released to accomodate deadlines. At this time it does not appear that our data provider will be able to supply updated NAVs for Monday, June 8th. We will follow up with them tomorrow to address the issue, and apologize for the inconvenience.

Trouble logging in?

If prompted for a second login when trying to download your file, enter username in UPPER CASE and password in lower case.

U.S. financial markets will be closed on Friday, July 3, for the Independence Day Holiday.

GCS Daily and Weekly files will be generated on Thursday, July 2. All StocksExpress and Money & Markets files will also be generated on Thursday, July 2.

For GCS Members, Toronto Stock files and Currency files will be newly generated on Friday, July 3. Otherwise, GCS files from Thursday, July 2 will remain available.

For StocksExpress and Money and Markets members, no new files will be generated on Friday, July 3. However, files from Thursday, July 2 will remain available.

If you have any questions, or need further assistance, please contact 1-800-3AP-STOX.

Friday, July 10, 06:33 PM CDT

Business Editors:
Production Editors:

Due to a system issue that has been corrected, some GCS, StocksExpress, and Money & Markets files may be delivered up to 30 minutes late this evening.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

If you need additional information or assistance, please contact 1-800-3AP-STOX.

Money & Markets files are running late this evening due to a late delivery of Morningstar data. We expect to begin posting files for Money & Markets and StocksExpress by 7:30 pm ET.

Wednesday, July 22, 09:47 PM CDT

Business Editors:
Production Edirtors:

Please be advised that the Last, Change, and Percent Change values for Berkshire Hathaway B are incorrect in this evening's NYSE Gainer tables. The correct values are as follows:

Last- 3001.50
Change- +26.54
Percent Change- .89%

This appears to be an isolated issue, and we are working to determine the cause.

We regret any inconvenience this may have caused. If additional information or assistance is needed, please contact 1-800-3AP-STOX.

Friday, July 31, 03:38 PM CDT

Business Editors:
Production Editors:

Please be advised that if you receive Sugar No. 14 in your GCS commodities tables or Money & Markets pages, it is going to be replaced with Sugar No. 16 beginning August 10, 2009. This reflects a change on the commodities market. Please note that you do NOT need to take any action, your tables or paginated presentation will automatically reflect this change.

If you have any questions or need further assistance, please contact 1-800-3AP-STOX.

Money & Markets files are running approximately 20 minutes late this even ing due to a late delivery of Morningstar data. We expect to have all files for Money & Markets and StocksExpress posted by 7:45 pm ET.

Thursday, August 27, 06:22 PM CDT

Business Editors:
Production Editors:

Please be advised that earlier this evening, GCS files containing Crude Oil data generated with an incorrect Low figure of $27.10 for October 09 Crude Oil. This has been corrected, and files have been regenerated with a corrected Low of $69.83.

If you downloaded a file containing Crude Oil data prior to 6 PM Eastern, please delete the file and download the corrected version. If you need assistance, please contact 1-800-3AP-STOX.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

U.S. financial markets will be closed for the Labor Day Holiday on Monday, September 7.

Daily and Weekly GCS, StocksExpress, and Money & Markets files will be generated on Friday, September 4.

For GCS Members, Toronto Stock files and Currency files will be newly generated on Monday, September 7. Other files will remain available until Tuesday, September 8.

For StocksExpress and Money and Markets members, no new files will be generated on Monday, September 7. However, files from Friday, September 4 will remain available until Tuesday, September 8.

If you have any questions, or need further assistance, please contact 1-800-3AP-STOX.

Quarterly reports available September 30, 2009, after 8:30 pm ET.

The AP's Quarterly Stock Review and Quarterly Fund Review pages will be posted by 8:30 pm ET on Wednesday, September 30th, and remain on our website until Monday, October 12th.

An updated version of the Quarterly Fund Review page will be posted on Tuesday, October 6th, with finalized figures for bond funds.

GCS members will have any quarterly tables they normally receive generated by 8:00 pm ET this evening.

If you have any questions, or need further assistance, please contact 1-800-3AP-STOX.

Money & Markets files and StocksExpress files are running approximately 30 minutes late due to an issue with our data provider. GCS Mutual Fund tables will also be delayed by approximately 30 minutes.

We regret any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions or need further assistance, please call 1-800-3AP-STOX.

Friday, October 23, 09:22 PM CDT

Business Editors: Production Editors:

Please be advised that The Fund JILCX JHancock2 Lifestyle Conservative 1 was send from Morningstar with incorrect data.

The correct values are as follows and manually correct if needed.

Total Return Year to date: +21.2, Total Return Quater to date: +1.0, Total Return 1 Week: +0.6, Total Return 4 Weeks: +1.4, Total Return 13 Weeks: +9.6, Total Return 12 Months: +21.1

This appears to be an isolated issue, and we are working to determine the cause.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. If you need additional information or assistance, please contact 1-800-3AP-STOX.

UPDATE: Money & Markets/Stocks Express files running late this evening.

Money & Markets/StocksExpress files will begin posting at 7:35 pm ET and should be finished posting by 8:05 pm ET. This delay was caused by a late delivery of our mutual funds.

If you have any questions, or need further assistance, please contact 1-800-3AP-STOX.

Error in Today's Centerpiece: If you are seeing unusual characters in today's Centerpiece, please be advised that we have corrected the issue and are in the process of re-posting the files with an updated graphic.

This error affects only those members who receive a PDF with today's Centerpiece, entitled "The most wonderful time of the year." The dates on the calendar graphics were intially corrupted and have been updated and fixed. If your file does not contain the letters "PD" as part of the file name, your file is unaffected.

The updated files should finish posting by 8:15 pm ET.

If you have any questions, or need further assistance, please contact 1-800-3AP-STOX.

Money & Markets files delayed by 15-20 minutes tonight. Mutual fund data was delivered late to the AP this evening but we expect all Money & Markets and StocksExpress files to be posted by 7:45 pm ET.

If you have any questions, or need further assistance, please contact 1-800-3AP-STOX.

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