Does anyone read the Wall Street Journal daily?

[RagingInMiami]

I've heard that doing this is the equivalent of having an MBA.
I'm trying to brush up on my business world skills because I'm going to be doing a lot of writing for a business magazine, but I never took any business courses in college.

[Justitia]

1. besides who got what promotion where, it is a RW rag.

Lots of biz profiles, stock indexes. No real substance beyond that, IMO and I read it often (to keep track of movements of players in industry).

[meegbear]

2. Just don't read the editorial pages ...

some of the most right wing fucks write there.

[kwassa]

3. we were given a subscription ...

the WSJ surprised the shit out of me last fall when they CRUCIFIED Bush's war policy, and the reasons for going to war.

Non-political articles are often very good. I like the technology columnist, some of the arts reviewers are good.

It might be good for your business writing to compare how articles are written, but buy a book like "MBA for Dummies" and read that, which will give you enough of the basics to write from the perspective they are looking for.

it is a good Return On Investment, and a lot cheaper than business school.

[RagingInMiami]

5. I didn't know they had MBA for Dummies, but I shouldn't be surprised

they have those books for almost everything.
Somebody recommended I buy the "Encyclopedia of American Business" by
Davis Folsom, but that sells for $95 new and $89 on Amazon.

[kwassa]

7. I don't know that one ....

you'll mostly be concerned with corporate structure and governance and sales and markting issues. A basic economics theory book is good, too.

I have a shelf full of books from my MBA, but most are irrelevant to what you will be doing.

[fluffernutter]

4. i scan it at work every day,

but i don't read the whole damn thing every day. sounds like since you will be doing a lot of writing for a business mag, that it won't hurt to read it.

[RagingInMiami]

6. I just subscribed to its online edition

I just finished a 1500-word article for a business magazine about a local IT firm, and it kicked my ass. It took hours of research before it finally clicked in my head and I could write about it.

[fluffernutter]

8. that stuff kicks my ass too.

i took business courses in college and HATED them! i only did it because everyone told me my art major was fluff.

[RagingInMiami]

9. is that when you became fluffernutter?

[fluffernutter]

10. why yes it is, how astute of you ;)

[no name no slogan]

11. "Know Thine Enemy"

When I worked in the corporate world I'd read it every day. My boss had a subscription so I'd swipe it from her desk to get the market news and views.

Now, I work for the gubmint, so I don't have as much use for it as far as work goes. However, I do like to check their John Birch Society-esque editorial pages, just to keep an eye on the intellectual right-wingers of the country.