The 1999 index includes 99 countries, up from 85 last year.

Their index includes more than 13,000 transactions going back to 1875.

Opportunity No. 1 exists because the index does not include certain countries that global investors care about.

When finished the index will include a total of about 300,000 separate items representing some 8-12 million words.

Inktomi's index might include for free the home page of a site.

The indexes do not include all of the information.

The index also includes a map and list for changes in peacefulness from 1991-2009.

The latter index has traditionally included electric and gas utilities, not phone companies.

Finally - and by necessity - the index includes only houses that have actually sold lately.

The index includes 15 fields that are converted into a numeric value.