Business-Related WWW Resources
Ready-to-use Web Units
Stock
Choice Unit: In this unit students learn about picking stocks,
and establish a portfolio of three different stocks. It is a good
unit to do at the beginning of a semester because students can follow the
progress of their investment over several months.
FORBES
400 Richest Americans: Great fun for students, this interactive unit
includes the original Forbes list as it appears in the magazine, in searchable
form by age, state, sex, industry, even marital status. Includes
worksheets and questions. Who is the richest unmarried man in the
state of Massachusetts?
FORTUNE
500 Biggest US Corporations: An interactive version of the famous Fortune
500 list. The list is searchable by assets, sales, profits, industry,
etc. A Sample question set based on the information is available from
mfeldman.
Market Monitors
YAHOO
Quick Market Quote: Follow the Dow Jones Industrial Average minute
by minute simply by hitting the "Reload" button. Good news
stories on market trends and easy to get quotes on individual stocks.
YAHOO
International Markets: Follow market trends across the globe, as they
develop in Asia, reverberate in Europe, and then mature on Wall Street.
A great one-page look at the most important markets around the world.
CNN Financial: Ted Turner's version of an all-in-one business resource.
It has a good stock ticker and links to many other useful sites.
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Related Resources
"The
Economist" Readings with Question Sets: Cambridge University Press
has assembled a set of readings from "The Economist" with questions
and answers on-line. Excellent ESL resource.
The
Washington Post Glossary of Business Terms: A complete and concise
list of current business and finance terms, with easy to understand definitions.
The
Humongous Bank: Check out this hilarious spoof of a mega-bank. Once
you figure out how to get in, take the elevator to the different departments
to apply for a loan, use a safe-deposit box, or complain to management.
Their Motto: "Your money is our money"