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The best-known stock index in the world, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, is getting a makeover.
Dow Jones, a unit of News Corp. (NWS Quote), said Monday it's replacing Altria (MO Quote) and Honeywell (HON Quote) with Bank of America (BAC Quote) and Chevron (CVX Quote) in its 30-stock industrial average.
The alterations will take effect at the open of trading on Feb. 19. The last time switches were made to the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 2004, when American International Group (AIG Quote), Pfizer (PFE Quote) and Verizon Communications (VZ Quote) were given the slots held by AT&T (T Quote), Kodak (EK Quote) and International Paper (IP Quote). The AT&T name came back to the index after that company was acquired by component SBC Communications, who took the AT&T name. ...
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