Business news....
without it, no business can compete today.

It has become the oxygen to the business system. You can’t seem to get enough of it.

A few years ago business news was ruled by the magazines, and one often subscribed to two or three professional journals, a daily business newspaper annd a magazine or two. The Internet changed all that.


Today, business news can be instant, tailored to your exact needs, and easily accessible wherever you are or whenever you need it.

The Internet:
With the power of search engines, especially the big three (Google, MSN, and Yahoo), you can discover information about your industry, keep abreast of developments in your industry and keep up with and ahead of your competition. Google alerts keeps you up date on who is saying what about you and your company. Set up an RSS Page and track all your favorite sites in one place.

The Professional Blog and Forums:
Both of these peer to peer services can be valuable sources of information. When the presidents of large companies are blogging and you can read their views on a daily basis, your own sources of news and business data are greatly enhanced.

The forum lets you ask questions and your peers can reply, and usually do. You can end up with a far wider point of view than you could have a few years ago by just reading the industry journals and Business Week or Forbes.

Live sites: like Reuters and Bloomberg and can bring you instant business data of a general type.

Other services are industry related, and video reports are available from industry experts.

Technology is changing everything - news is delivered faster and you don't want to caught driving in the slow lane!

 Robert Rudy      Paradox Advisors
 Strategy, Operations Improvement and Technology