Ticker Talk

Standard & Poor’s Corp. said Wednesday that advertising agency Young & Rubicam Inc. (YNR) will replace General Instrument Corp. (GIC) in the blue-chip S&P; 500 index after the close of trading Jan. 5. Motorola Inc. (MOT) is buying General Instrument in a deal expected to close on that date, pending shareholder approval. And F.Y.I. Inc. (FYII), a provider of document and information outsourcing, will replace TJ International Inc. (TJCO) in the S&P; small-cap 600 index at the same time. Timber firm Weyerhaeuser Corp. (WY) is buying TJ.