Aside from spot news, earnings season is a good opportunity to revisit companies, industries and issues you sometimes neglect to cover or might not have time to explore. For example, firms posting financial results tomorrow include two credit-reporting giants, Equifax Inc. and Fair Isaac Corp. Fair Isaac, more commonly known as FICO, is the Minneapolis [...]
Reed Business Information, a business-to-business online media/publishing company, is looking for a reporter to cover the gas, power and carbon market in New York.The reporter’s responsibilities would include covering daily news stories on events impacting the markets, helping cover policy development and assessing and writing comments on OTC prices. You can see the listing here. [...]
Get ready for another busy week on the residential real-estate front. A number of key statistics will be released over the next few days, giving you more news pegs for reports on the local housing scene. Dollar signs are an irresistible draw for most readers, and there are plenty to be found in upcoming reports: [...]
Movie watchers just love the smell of popcorn in a recession. That’s judging by this year’s movie ticket sales, which are thriving even as other leisure venues like restaurants and casinos clamor for discretionary dollars. So far, summer of 2009 box office is trending just 1 percentage point below the record-setting season in 2007, according [...]
The Bend Bulletin is looking for a versatile business reporter who can cover the gamut of business news for the Bend, Oregon community.The Bulletin, a 30,000-plus circulation daily newspaper in Central Oregon, is would like a reporter who can tackle a variety of issues such as development, tourism, technology and retail sales.To apply, mail cover [...]
A new Time.com article posted today poses the question “Is Business Journalism Dying When We Need it Most?” Although business journalism is seemly more important than ever, the article argues that some niche business publications are still failing. Check out the full story here.
A South Florida daily newspaper is searching for a business journalist to cover South Florida professional services firms and business regulation.The beat will focus on the region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. It will also include coverage of national and statewide issues through the lens of the local market.The name of the publication was [...]
Not to jinx anything, but we appear to be enjoying a little stock market rally this week. The nation’s major indices – the NASDAQ, Standard & Poor’s 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average – each closed up at about 6 percent week-to-date Wednesday. Decent earnings reports, a slowdown in reported credit card delinquencies, a [...]
