Wall Street Journal Almanac 1998 (Serial) (Paperback)

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No source of daily business news and ongoing corporate analysis is as respected as the Wall Street Journal. In The Wall Street Journal Almanac 1998 the newspaper has combined its most instructive facts and figures with long-range interpretations to produce an authoritative resource on a variety of topics that should prove useful to anyone interested in business and finance. The almanac focuses on media and entertainment, politics, technology, and sports, along with top news stories of the year, to paint a revealing picture of trends and issues. The information is as entertaining as it is practical.

Product Description
You already depend on The Wall Street Journal for eye-opening analysis and incisive interpretation of the events, trends, and issues that shape our times. Now Wall Street Journal writers and editors from around the world have drawn on their own extensive knowledge and access to the most authoritative sources of information to produce this reference to use every day, all year long.

• 1997 in Review: The headlines... global hot spots... major market-moving business stories... top newsmakers
  
  
  
  
• Politics & Policy: The outlook for Clinton's remaining years in office... profiles of Washington's movers and shakers... the major actions of the President, Congress, and the Supreme Court in 1997
  
  
  
  
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  Business & the Economy: The state of the economy and the outlook for the future... the year's biggest business deals... hottest products and brands... the new work force in America
  
  
  
  
• Money & Investing: The financial markets... mutual funds... personal finance... taxes... real estate
  
  
  
  
• Technology & Science: Navigating the Internet... the fast-moving computer and telecommunications industries
  
  
  
  
• The World: Major currents in world politics and economics... fastest growing regions... emerging consumer markets... nation-by-nation surveys
  
  
  
  
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  Living in America: The demographic portrait... state and city statistics... the new world of medicine... crime rates... education... energy and the environment
  
  
  
  Travel & Transportation: Financial trends in the travel industry... top-selling car models... airline safety data... Dow Jones Travel Cost Index
  
  
  
  
• Media & Entertainment: Box office and home video hits... the television picture... bestselling books... the music business... prize winners--Nobels, Pulitzers, Oscars, and Grammys
  
  
  
  
• Sports: The top sports news... player salaries... fitness trends... Olympics, pro football, basketball, and baseball statistics
  
  
  
  With essays and analysis of the most important issues and trends of the year by leading journalists from The Wall Street Journal.
  
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Product Details

• Paperback: 1137 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine Books (November 11, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345405218
• ISBN-13: 978-0345405210
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.8 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6,518,796 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Didn't Contain Significant Market Statistics, January 13, 1998

By	J. Laden (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I needed to know the percentage return of the Dow Industrial Index, the S&P 500 index and a few other indices for the last 10 years. Fortunately, I thought, I had just received the Wall Street Journal Almanac for Christmas. Unbelievably, this information is not in the WSJ Almanac! The value of the Dow and other indices are listed, but to get the yearly percentage gains, you have to do the math an figure it out for yourself. And, the information to calculate the effect of reinvested dividends for these indexes is also not given. This was quite a disappointment for me. I can't imagine what the editors had in mind when they chose to omit this commonly used information.