Schumpeter Blog Talks Business

Are you interested in business, management, finance and entrepreneurship?  Or do you need to get up to speed on the global corporate picture for that summer job?  A good place for well-chosen and succinct posts covering corporate and business news and trends is Schumpeter, the business and management blog of The Economist.  Named after Joseph Schumpeter, an influential economist praised at its launch as a "champion of innovation and entrepreneurship," the Schumpeter blog offers intelligent takes on major corporate giants, on company finance, failures, and public relations, and on technology, hot products, and industry-related issues of the day.  All posts are written by Economist correspondents from around the world, providing an on-the-scene as well as a global perspective on developments.  Non-subscribers to The Economist can register to view up to six articles per week.

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Echoes

If you've never thought that financial history could be fun, spend a few minutes with Echoes.  Echoes is Bloomberg's economic history blog. It digs (briefly and engagingly) into episodes and events in American and world history to find "reverberations" in our present-day economic scene and its challenges.  Recent posts, such as "How Did George Washington Feel About the National Debt?," "How Valentine's Day Created a Retailing Revolution," and "How the Patent Office Helped to End Slavery," and weekly features such as "This Week in the Great Depression" speak to the fascinating ways in which our economic past is still impacting our present and future.  Edited by Stephen Mihm, an associate professor of history at the University of Georgia, this blog brings a fresh approach to the wisdom of academics and authors in a package that everyone can enjoy.

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Bills.com: One-Stop Personal Finance

Law school, and starting out in legal practice, isn't made for financial wimps these days.  We can all use help saving money, eliminating debt, budgeting, and handling other important aspects of personal finance.  For an amazing array for valuable resources and tools to help you make the most of your money while keeping it simple, check out Bills.com. For estimating everyday savings that makes a difference, try the Savings Machine Calculator.  Just select a favorite expense, rate of return, and a time period, to calculate what you will gain from what you choose to lose (from coffee to cable TV).  There are budgeting guides, expert advice on credit cards and credit reports, and the site's interactive Debt Coach for analysing your personal debt situation and selecting strategically among alternative debt solutions. From an article on planning a wedding budget to a video on student loan consolidation, it's all on Bills.com. 

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Daily Chart

While prowling the Web I came across a blog that is both fun and enlightening while providing key facts and statistics that illustrate current world issues. The Economist blog, Daily Chart, is true to its name and provides a graph or chart to illustrate the topic of the day. It also cites the sources behind the graphics, many of which are useful for law student seminar papers. Recent posts have offered a graphical view of subjects as diverse as the distribution of corporate wealth, world population growth, trends in U.S. city murder rates, and the world's leaning buildings. Of course, a few minutes with Daily Chart also makes a great study break.

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Financial Crisis Final Report

You probably won't be reading it over Spring Break, but the U.S. Senate Investigations Subcommittee released this week their final report on the key causes of the recent financial crisis. "Wall Street and the Financial Crisis: Anatomy of a Financial Collapse" represents in 635 pages all the evidence gathered from four hearings held in 2010 and from many other sources, and includes new facts, findings, and recommendations. Together with the Financial Crisis Inquiry Report, issued in January 2011 by the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, this new report provides a wealth of information and analysis for any research on the financial institutions, agencies, government regulators, and other factors behind the country's "deepest recession since the Great Depression."
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Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission is the bipartisan panel of 10 prominent citizens that was established by law in 2009. Its mandate and mission is to "examine the causes, domestic and global, of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States." You may be aware of the testimony of Citigroup, Inc., executives at Commission hearings earlier this week. Before the Commission's final report is due on December 15, 2010, many more hearings, reports, and other documents will comprise their work. These will be available on the Commission's web site, a good place to begin for background reports, statistical data, and news articles for courses and papers in corporate, banking, securities, financial services, consumer, and related fields.





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Financial Crisis Update

For breaking news about the current financial crisis, take a look at the CCH Financial Crisis News Center. This frequently updated blog covers legal and regulatory developments related to the financial crisis and are archived by topic and by agency or organization. You can also subscribe to its RSS feed.




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Investopedia

Investopedia is a good starting point for research on finance and company information. The online dictionary will help you understand business and financial terminology (like asset swap or mirror fund) and the tutorials help you get background on specific topics.



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