September 29, 1952: The New York Stock Exchange ended the Saturday trading session to create a five day work-week. To even out the reduced number of days, a half hour was added to the close of the Monday-Friday trading sessions. That made the sessions open from 10AM -3:30PM. Sources: MarketWatch, Friends of Business History Read Read More …
September 25, 1986: Honeywell announced partnership discussions to join one of its computer operations with the Japanese firm NEC and France’s Groupe Bull. This consolidation was in part due to IBM’s large market size, controlling over 50% in 1986. According to a company official quoted in the New York Times, ”We can’t deal with computers Read More …
How will this help me? Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS) offers a series of hour long workshops available via zoom, focused data visualization and digital scholarship tools. Workshops are held live from 1-2 PM on Wednesdays, and also recorded. To RSVP for any Fall 2024 workshops, and read more about the class descriptions visit the Read More …
August 29 1997: Netflix was founded in Los Gatos, CA. They mailed DVDs in little red envelopes, with a huge collection of movies and tv shows to choose from. Ten years later, in 2007, Netflix started offering subscribers the option to stream movies online. Sources: 6 Famous Companies That Launched in Summer (so Don’t Take Time Read More …
August 23, 1956: The “Picture Phone,” an experimental product from Bell Labs, sent picture along with sound over telephone lines. The 2”x3” screen allowed individuals to see each other talking. They let the public experiment with this product much later at the 1964 New York World’s Fair – with eight picture phones letting visitors call neighboring booths. Read More …
How will this help me? O’Reilly includes several videos, courses, audiobooks and ebooks focused on Generative AI, project management, data visualization, and more. What are some key features? Watch video case studies in O’Reilly help you “learn how to avoid mistakes from the pros who made them first” covering Pinterest, Spotify, Slack and more. Take Read More …
The Goizueta Business Library licenses several Wall Street financial platforms: Bloomberg, LSEG EIKON, FactSet, and Pitchbook. Each offers various options for learning to use the platform, understanding more about topics (e.g. equities, fixed income) and most include courses for which you can earn certificates. Below is relevant information and links for each platform Bloomberg Bloomberg Read More …
How will this help me? LinkedIn Learning offers many online courses and certificates focused on maximizing excel. Quickly brush up on your technical skills with classes such as Excel Boot Camp. You may also take a multi-hour certification program to expand your knowledge further and demonstrate your expertise, such as Cert Prep: Excel Expert. LinkedIn Read More …
Bloomberg offers three different certification programs for Goizueta students: Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC), Environmental Sustainability Governance (ESG), and Finance Fundamentals (BFF). All certifications are self paced and generally take between 7 and 10.5 hours to complete. You must register with the class code, and complete all of the classes for a certification between now and Read More …
How will this help me? AtoZdatabases: Target Company Lists enables you to build custom company lists from millions of U.S. business records using criteria including geography, industry, revenue, employee count and then download results in Excel to customize further as part of your job or internship search. For career focused target lists, it’s generally best Read More …
