Wall Street Journal Article Assignment Assignment #: 1 Title: Fed Acts to Fix Jobs Market Author(s): Jon Hilsenrath & Kristina Peterson Date of Publication: September 14‚ 2012 Executive Summary: This article goes into the Federal Reserves recent announcement to try to stimulate the sluggish economy. Ben Bernanke announced that the fed would begin buying mortgage-backed securities and keep the interest rate low for several years. To be more specific‚ he said that the Fed would buy $40 billion
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Wall Street Journal Article: Fed Splits over how long to keep cash spigot open In my opinion‚ the Federal Reserve bank should not ’keep the cash spigot open’. Mr Stein‚ the president of the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston has stated that low rate policies help the U.S economy‚ however some institutions and individual investors may take on too much debt‚ or too many risky assets‚ resulting in the toppling of banks and other financial institutions. I have to agree with Mr. Stein. Low interest
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Wall Street Journal Article Review #2 Microsoft Abandons ‘Stack Ranking’ Employees Article by Authors‚ Shira Ovide and Rachel Feintzeig Abstract In the article “Microsoft Abandons ‘Stack Ranking’ Employees”. Shira Ovide and Rachel Feintzeig discuss how getting rid of such a system will benefit the company. The authors cite several sources. They don’t go into too deep of detail on why CEO Mr. Ballmer decided to implement the change‚ only that before he leaves the company for good he wanted
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WSJ/Fortune Essay 2 In a Wall Street Journal article titled “Greed is for Wimps”‚ the writer talks about how the new generation‚ Generation Y‚ is becoming more socially aware. According to the article‚ this new generation of professionals wants to give back to the community. Apparently it’s not enough to be successful and make all the money in the world. These young professionals are no longer satisfied with driving expensive cars and wearing name brand clothes. An interview with one such young
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Dr. Suderman ENC1101 September 27‚ 2013 Wall Street Journal Article Summary It is becoming more and more evident to Major companies that sleep is a necessity that often gets swept under the rug. They are noticing more and more that lack of sleep is a major hamper on your performance in the workplace. Getting a good nights’ sleep is more beneficial than finding ways to work better on less sleep. Companies have to send their employees home early to help them sleep more to keep up with their productivity
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Question 1 1 out of 1 points | | | A finance manager who reads the Wall Street Journal on a regular basis would be performing which role?Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | b. monitor | Answer Feedback: | One of the responsibilities of a finance manager would be to keep track or monitor important events taking place in the business world. Reading the Wall Street Journal would be a good way to do this. After reading‚ the manager might disseminate some of the information he
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GDP Expanded at 4.2% Rate in Second Quarter Corporate Profits Also Surged‚ Rising 6% from the First Quarter to an Annual Rate of $1.840 Trillion Ben Leubsdorf. August 28‚ 2014. Retrieved from http://online.wsj.com/articles/gdp-expanded-at-4-2-rate-in-second-quarter-1409229416Gross Domestic Product The purpose of Mr. Leubsdorf’s article was to explain how the current GDP exceeded prior expectations. Ben went into great detail about the encouraging direction of not only the GDP but also of unemployment
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Decoding ’Natural’ Rate of Unemployment Neil Shah. September 7‚ 2012. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1038358262?accountid=12085 UNEMPLOYMENT Neil Shah wrote this article which briefly covers the topics of unemployment and the natural unemployment rate. The way our economy has been on a downward slope has led to the need to write about the natural unemployment rate. There are more and more people losing their jobs. Not only do they lose their jobs‚ but the longer that
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The Wall Street Journal feature I have chosen is the marketplace section technology related. This feature depicts companies that are in the technology field. This feature reports on companies that have made technological advances or have businesses in the technology field. When it comes to technology‚ this feature has a wide range of choices ranging from computers‚ phones‚ and Internet. The purpose of this feature is to provide information about companies that are in the technology field.
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Wall Street Journal Project ECNC 214 Susannah Carnahan 1. “With Jobs Elusive‚ Young Workers Quit Looking” written by Sara Murray. Found in Business section. Published on August 24‚ 2011. 2. UNEMPLOYMENT 3. In this article‚ the author is intending to show how many young workers are no longer looking for summer jobs because it has become increasingly difficult to find work. 4. In this article‚ the author describes why young workers are no longer looking for summer jobs nor are
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