December 23, 1913: The U.S. Senate signed into law the Federal Reserve Act. Before this date, the United States was one of the only major financial powers without a central bank, having to turn to wealthy benefactors in 1907, particularly J.P. Morgan, to help bail the government out of financial crises. Realizing the nation could not Read More …
If you have used Mintel for your class projects, you know how fantastic its market research reports are, and how easy it is to search and navigate the database. Mintel has recently made some changes to its platform – and as a result, you now need to register in order to take full advantage of Read More …
The Emory Alumni Association, in collaboration with Emory’s Career and Professional Development Center, is pleased to provide free remote access to GoinGlobal. GoinGlobal enables you to search for companies that have applied to sponsor H1B visas in the last 10 years based on data from the US Department of Labor, and download up to 200 Read More …
December 8, 1812: Henry Varnum Poor was born on this day and would lay the groundwork for the business information industry. As the editor of the American Railroad Journal, he became aware of the ways that businesses across states were becoming increasingly interconnected. Managers found a lot of value in information about companies and economics in partnering Read More …
The Emory Alumni Association is pleased to provide all Emory alumni free remote access to Statista. Sign in to the Emory Alumni Online Community to access premium resources such as Statista. If you have not yet registered, sign up! Statista aggregates over 1 million statistics on over 80,0000 topics from 18,000 sources, including market researchers, trade organizations, Read More …
December 6, 1889: Robert Winship Woodruff was the president of The Coca-Cola Company from 1923 until his death in 1985. Under his leadership, he transformed the struggling company into a world renowned brand. Through his many philanthropic contributions in health, education, and culture, he helped Atlanta evolve from “the small, bustling railroad town into Read More …
Welcome to our series: GBL Shorts – Favorite Business Books! We asked folks in the GBS Community to answer one very important question: “What is your favorite business book and why?” Donna Peters offers a book from a native Atlantan that has been highly ranked and taps into the importance of curiosity in the business Read More …
LSEG EIKON’s Learning Centre houses the following content: Guided Learning – Explore a curated selection of topics for the Investment Banking community, including Market Data, Asset Management, Wealth Management, and Risk & Compliance. This section includes both on-demand and instructor-led learning sessions. Enroll in Classes – Hundreds of live classes that you can register for; Read More …
November 20, 1923: Patent #1,475,024 was granted to inventor Garrett Augustus Morgan for his automatic traffic signal. Morgan, who had a deep interest in public safety, was inspired to invent a device to control traffic after a tragic collision between an automobile and horse and carriage in his hometown of Cleveland. He sold the manufacturing rights to General Read More …
November 19, 1909: Peter Drucker, widely considered the inventor of of management, was born on this day in 1909. He described himself as a “social ecologist,” and wrote 39 books and numerous articles on how humans interact and communicate with each other. In 2002, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Source: The Drucker Institute Read More …
