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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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 entrepreneur
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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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The novel Silence written by Japanese author Shūsako Endo and the film interpretation of it directed by Martin Scorsese‚ who is a renowned director for his other films Taxi Driver‚ Goodfellas‚ and The Wolf of Wall Street‚ are truly two works of art that transcend storytelling and the way one views things‚ in my opinion. A surface explanation of the plot of the story; is that it revolves around two Portuguese Jesuit priests‚ Rodrigues and Garupe‚ who find out that their teacher‚ who was sent to Japan
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Main Street Finally Matters to Wall Street For the most part‚ the sluggish performance of the real economy since 2009 has provided a bullish backdrop for US equities‚ because the risks of the Fed having to abruptly reduce excessive monetary accommodation were commensurately reduced. Moreover‚ the struggles of Main Street were‚ rather perversely‚ often seen as good news for Wall Street‚ because a greater proportion of the rewards stemming from economic activity would flow through to corporate profits
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The Merrill Lynch Guide to A Message from the Chief Financial Officer Merrill Lynch believes an informed investing public is critical to both the capital markets and the economy. We are committed to clear and accurate reporting of our own financial information and also to an enhanced understanding of the reports of other corporations. This Guide to Understanding Financial Reports is an initiative by Merrill Lynch and its communications partner‚ Addison‚ to provide a clear‚ practical explanation
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Willie Lynch The Sad Truth 294 years ago Willie Lynch of the infamous "Willie Lynch Letter: The Making Of A Slave" read his manual to those who were present that day in the Virginia Colony. In his letter Lynch spoke about how if his procedure is used correctly then "It will control the slaves for at least 300 hundred years". As of right now the year is 2006 and the effects are still felt and it is not even 300 years‚ reading Willie Lynch’s letter you hear some African American/Black people
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merill lynch submitted by: INTRODUCTION About Merrill Lynch: The wealth management division of Bank of America is currently known as Merrill Lynch. It comprises of 15‚000 financial advisors and $2.2 trillion in client assets; it is the world’s largest brokerage. Earlier the firm was publicly owned and traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol MER. In Brief: In this particular case study we find that Merrill Lynch has introduced a new client relationship technique
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We perceive social media to be a powerful device capable of shaping opinions through the wide dissemination of knowledge. However‚ through Paolo Gerbaudo (2012)’s critical examination of the Occupy Wall Street movement‚ we see a clear case study of the failure of social media to create real change. In addition‚ it demonstrates how social media interactions and limitations can undermine critical messages and actions. Another advocacy campaign fell victim to this media pitfall‚ and its lead‚ perhaps
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Stylistic analysis One Stair Up by Campbell Nairne The book “One stair up” was written by a Scottish novelist Campbell Nairne in 1934 and describes the life of a working-class family from Edinburgh. And we can see a fragment that shows fine style and good sense of humour. The scene takes place in one of the Broadway cinemas. Two young people – Andrew and Rosa – decided to watch some movie. The culminating point of this story is the moment when Andrew says in excitement‚ “Good‚ isn’t it
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