碰剥经悔贸墨大号 高级商务英语阅读 In the 1980s,the circulation of The Wall Street Journal briefly reached more than 2 million.The Company pushed vigorously into database publishing,television and real-time market data delivery through the purchase of Telerate.In addition,Dow Jones extended its commitment to global publishing by introducing The Wall Street Journal Europe,published in Brussels,in 1983. In June 1999,Dow Jones Company and von Holtzbrinck Group agreed to swap stakes in The Wall Street Journal Europe and Handelsblatt,Germany's business newspaper. Throughout the 1990s,Dow Jones continued to place an even greater emphasis on its competitive strengths and core competencies in content,and an even tighter strategic focus on publishing the world's most vital business and financial news and information.This was evident through the sale of Telerate to Bridge Information Systems,Inc.,in 1998 and the successful launch of many new products and ventures,including SmartMoney,The Wall Street Journal Magazine of Personal Business,with Hearst Corp.in 1992;The Wall Street Journal Special Editions in 1994;and The Wall Street Journal Online at WSJ.com,in 1996. In addition,the Company set a course to become a global producer of quality business-television programming with the launch of Asia Business News in 1993 and European Business News in 1995.This led to the global business-television alliance with NBC announced in 1997,centered around CNBC.A service of NBC and Dow Jones,CNBC offers U.S.,Asian and European audiences the best business-news programming available. In September 1999,The Wall Street Journal Sunday,bannered,full pages of original Journal content focused on personal finance and careers,began publication in leading metropolitan Sunday newspapers around the U.S.Also in the fall of 1999,Dow Jones launched Vedomosti,or The Record,the only independent business newspaper in Russia.It is published Tuesday through Saturday. 4.Nasdaq NASDAQ is the largest U.S.electronic stock market.With approximately 3,300 companies,it lists more companies and,on average,trades more shares per day than any other U.S.market.It is home to category-defining companies that are leaders across all areas of business including technology,retail,communications,financial services,transportation,media and biotechnology.NASDAQ is the primary market for trading NASDAQ-listed stocks.Approximately 54%of NASDAQ-listed shares traded are reported to NASDAQ systems. V.课文讲解 概念讲解 Dow-Jones Industrial Average 道琼斯工业股票平均价格指数 第6页共9页高级商务英语阅读 In the 1980s, the circulation of The Wall Street Journal briefly reached more than 2 million. The Company pushed vigorously into database publishing, television and real-time market data delivery through the purchase of Telerate. In addition, Dow Jones extended its commitment to global publishing by introducing The Wall Street Journal Europe, published in Brussels, in 1983. In June 1999, Dow Jones & Company and von Holtzbrinck Group agreed to swap stakes in The Wall Street Journal Europe and Handelsblatt, Germany's business newspaper. Throughout the 1990s, Dow Jones continued to place an even greater emphasis on its competitive strengths and core competencies in content, and an even tighter strategic focus on publishing the world's most vital business and financial news and information. This was evident through the sale of Telerate to Bridge Information Systems, Inc., in 1998 and the successful launch of many new products and ventures, including SmartMoney, The Wall Street Journal Magazine of Personal Business, with Hearst Corp. in 1992; The Wall Street Journal Special Editions in 1994; and The Wall Street Journal Online at WSJ.com, in 1996. In addition, the Company set a course to become a global producer of quality business-television programming with the launch of Asia Business News in 1993 and European Business News in 1995. This led to the global business-television alliance with NBC announced in 1997, centered around CNBC. A service of NBC and Dow Jones, CNBC offers U.S., Asian and European audiences the best business-news programming available. In September 1999, The Wall Street Journal Sunday, bannered, full pages of original Journal content focused on personal finance and careers, began publication in leading metropolitan Sunday newspapers around the U.S. Also in the fall of 1999, Dow Jones launched Vedomosti, or The Record, the only independent business newspaper in Russia. It is published Tuesday through Saturday. 4. Nasdaq NASDAQ is the largest U.S. electronic stock market. With approximately 3,300 companies, it lists more companies and, on average, trades more shares per day than any other U.S. market. It is home to category-defining companies that are leaders across all areas of business including technology, retail, communications, financial services, transportation, media and biotechnology. NASDAQ is the primary market for trading NASDAQ-listed stocks. Approximately 54% of NASDAQ-listed shares traded are reported to NASDAQ systems. V．课文讲解 概念讲解 Dow-Jones Industrial Average 道·琼斯工业股票平均价格指数 第 6 页 共 9 页