Wall Street Journal Research Paper
MBA – 612 -22
Summer Semester
Dr. Kevin Schieuer
Wall Street Journal Group 3 Project
Group Members:
Ann Marie Johnson
Kyle Korbel
Andrew Nicolarsen
Rodney Rahl
William Rogers
WSJ Assignment: Group Three - Executive Summary The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is an important tool used in the business world, worldwide. The publication covers a wide array of financial, economic, and political issues affecting businesses, investors, and individuals around the world. The WSJ is printed Monday through Saturday, because of its complex, in-depth coverage; it can be overwhelming for most people to read. Through this group assignment, we were able to research one section each within the paper to get a better understanding of the layout, …show more content…
In "Technology” one can frequently find information on the profits, stocks and spending information for the worlds largest high tech companies. With the current world economy reports can also be found on recent company layoffs such as the article written in the July 17, 2009 article called “Cisco Moves Ahead With More Layoffs” on page B5. This article details the several hundred former Cisco employees that were laid off on Thursday July 16, 2009, as well as the plans to cut between 1,500 to 2,000 more positions over the remainder of their fiscal year. These layoffs are the result of a plan to attempt to control their costs amid declining …show more content…
Articles found in Tuesdays print edition can also be found in the Small Business link and vise versa. The Small Business link however does not isolate the Tuesday Small Business section but rather collects features and articles that have Small Business implications and posts access to them all. Thus information that is not found in the Tuesday Small Business print section but has significance to Small Business people is posted in the Small Business electronic link. There are pros and cons to both the electronic and print Small Business sections with the biggest difference being that the Small Business link has a greater collection of information that may or may not specifically affect small business while the Tuesday edition is more small business specific. Furthermore, the Small Business link has sub sections which further breaks down the information making it easier to find specific information regarding small business articles. These sub sections include Small Business Finance, Running a Business, Using Technology, Building Awareness, Franchising, Small Business Link and How-To
Summer Semester
Dr. Kevin Schieuer
Wall Street Journal Group 3 Project
Group Members:
Ann Marie Johnson
Kyle Korbel
Andrew Nicolarsen
Rodney Rahl
William Rogers
WSJ Assignment: Group Three - Executive Summary The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is an important tool used in the business world, worldwide. The publication covers a wide array of financial, economic, and political issues affecting businesses, investors, and individuals around the world. The WSJ is printed Monday through Saturday, because of its complex, in-depth coverage; it can be overwhelming for most people to read. Through this group assignment, we were able to research one section each within the paper to get a better understanding of the layout, …show more content…
In "Technology” one can frequently find information on the profits, stocks and spending information for the worlds largest high tech companies. With the current world economy reports can also be found on recent company layoffs such as the article written in the July 17, 2009 article called “Cisco Moves Ahead With More Layoffs” on page B5. This article details the several hundred former Cisco employees that were laid off on Thursday July 16, 2009, as well as the plans to cut between 1,500 to 2,000 more positions over the remainder of their fiscal year. These layoffs are the result of a plan to attempt to control their costs amid declining …show more content…
Articles found in Tuesdays print edition can also be found in the Small Business link and vise versa. The Small Business link however does not isolate the Tuesday Small Business section but rather collects features and articles that have Small Business implications and posts access to them all. Thus information that is not found in the Tuesday Small Business print section but has significance to Small Business people is posted in the Small Business electronic link. There are pros and cons to both the electronic and print Small Business sections with the biggest difference being that the Small Business link has a greater collection of information that may or may not specifically affect small business while the Tuesday edition is more small business specific. Furthermore, the Small Business link has sub sections which further breaks down the information making it easier to find specific information regarding small business articles. These sub sections include Small Business Finance, Running a Business, Using Technology, Building Awareness, Franchising, Small Business Link and How-To