Economics, Business and Marketing

USA TODAY’s Money section covers economic, business and marketing news each week. Below is a list of
those features, so that you can confidently point students toward them. As they read and reflect on a diverse
selection of articles, students will gain a real-world perspective on the issues and trends in these fields.

Standing Money Features M T W TH F

Market Scoreboard with Internet 50 — Major market indexes plus a
capitalization-weighted index, the Internet 50, consisting of the e- • • • •
Business 25 and the e-Consumer 25.
USA TODAY Reader’s Choice Stocks — Stocks that appear most in
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portfolios at USATODAY.com.
Market Trends — An innovative graphic of the financial markets on one
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color page.
First Monday (1st Monday of the month) — A financial calendar, short
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CEO interview, book and TV reviews, and money news briefs.
Today’s Entrepreneur (2nd Monday of the month) — An interview with
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an up-and-coming, innovative small-business person.
Advice from the Top (3rd Monday of the month) — A leading CEO
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shares his or her expertise.
Today’s CEO Profiles (4th Monday of the month) — Prominent CEOs are
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featured in human-interest stories.
Money Bookshelf — Reviews of books about finance, economics and
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leadership.

Close to Home — A weekly analysis of a local housing market. •

Your Money with Sandra Block — Personal finance advice. •

Business Travel — A look at the issues facing today’s business traveler. •

Technology — The latest trends and products and their social impact. •

Personal Technology with Ed Baig — Reviews of the latest, must-have

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products.
Investing with John Waggoner — Tips and strategies for a complex
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market.
Managing Your Money — A look at shopping sense, retirement, taxes
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and other personal financial issues.

CD rates — A weekly Snapshot® of current rates. •

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Standing USATODAY.com Features M T W TH F

Ask an Expert — Steve Strauss counsels small business owners. •

Entrepreneurial Tightrope — Gladys Edmunds gives a balanced
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view of the risks and rewards of entrepreneurship.
Talking Tech — A weekly video podcast hosted by USA TODAY
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personal technology columnist Jefferson Graham.
Strategies — Rhonda Adams presents practical, workable solutions
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for the dilemmas that business owners face.
Stock questions? Ask Matt — Financial columnist Matt Krantz
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answers questions about the stock market and individual stocks.
Technology Live — Tech news and reviews of gadgets from USA
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TODAY’s network of reporters.

David Lynch, USA TODAY’s global business writer, earned his BA with honors from
Wesleyan University and his MA in international relations from Yale. He was
awarded the Nieman Fellowship from Harvard in 2002. He has shaped USA
TODAY’s international coverage, reporting from 35 countries, and as the founding
Beijing Bureau Chief, oversaw all coverage of the People’s Republic of China. In
his current role as a global business writer, Lynch covers U.S. trade policy, current
account deficit, oil imports and the global economy. He delivers first-hand
accounts of economic developments in countries such as Venezuela, Brazil, Iran and South Africa.

Laura Petrecca earned her BA in journalism from the University of Maryland and
an MA in journalism and certificate in business and economics from Columbia
University. She was one of only ten journalists selected for the Knight-Bagehot fel-
lowship at Columbia University for 2001-2002. She has worked as the deputy
bureau chief and a senior editor for Ad Age, a senior editor for Prevention
Magazine, a business reporter/columnist and Sunday business editor for the New
York Post, and is currently a reporter in USA TODAY’s Money section, covering
advertising, marketing and media out of the newspaper’s New York bureau.

David Lieberman, who joined USA TODAY in 1993 and currently covers media for
the Money section, earned a certificate in economics and business journalism from
Columbia University, a BA in history and political science from Washington
University and two Master’s degrees from the University of Michigan – one in
American culture and one in journalism. Lieberman previously held positions at
several media outlets including TV Guide, as a reporter (1990-1993),
BusinessWeek, as the media and entertainment editor (1987-1990), The
MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, as the economics reporter (1984-1986), The Hartford Courant, as the
editorial writer (1981-1984), and The Hartford Advocate, as a reporter (1978-1981).

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