D&B;, Republic to join S&P; 500
times wire reports
Dun & Bradstreet Corp. and Republic Services Inc. were picked to replace Liz Claiborne Inc. and Allied Waste Industries Inc. in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index.
Dun & Bradstreet, owner of Hoover’s business information service, will join the benchmark index for U.S. stocks after the close of trading Monday, S&P; said. Republic Services is buying Allied Waste.
