The Economist 5th April 2008
The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international
affairs publication owned by "The Economist Newspaper Ltd" and edited
in London. It has been in continuous publication since James Wilson
established it in September 1843. As of 2006, its average circulation
topped one million copies a week, about half of which are sold in North
America.Consequently it is often seen as a transatlantic (as opposed to
solely British) news source.
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• How They Do It Abroad - The U.S. can learn lessons from several nations that consistently train their teachers well
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• PEOPLE: 10 Questions for Tim Russert - For more than 16 years, he has cross-examined politicians and newsmakers as host of Meet the Press. In this election, his studio is still the premier hot seat in politics. Tim Russert will now take your questions
BusinessWeek is a business magazine published by McGraw-Hill. It was first published in 1929 (as The Business Week) under the direction of Malcolm Muir, who was serving as president of the McGraw-Hill Publishing company at the time, Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune and Forbes, which are published bi-weekly.
Since 1988, BusinessWeek has published annual rankings of United States business school MBA programs. In addition to these rankings, it has recently started publishing annual rankings of undergraduate business programs.
On October 12, 2007, BusinessWeek launched a revamped design, its first in four years. Several sections were redesigned to focus the publication more on news and global coverage, while eliminating the Executive Life section.
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