Not only will being informed give you a sense of how markets are changing and what s new, you ll also be to monitor the names of the people and companies who are driving those changes. You will want to watch and target those movers and shakers. For national and international business news, one of the standard bearers to turn to is The Wall Street Journal. You can read either the print edition or the online version, but each requires a paid subscription. Your local paper is probably the best place to track local business news.
Most papers have a business section and some of that content is probably available online.
To see what local papers have an online presence, check out NewsCentral which covers not only the United States, but the entire world. Though the journals don t include coverage from the nation s three largest cities, over 41 hot business markets across the country are represented, from Seattle to South Florida and from Boston to the Bay Area. To jump to the homepage of the local business journal near you, go to the site s List of Journals page . Each journal covers the local business market with news, columns and focus articles. When a local business wins a contract, expands or downsizes, it's covered here.