American business: communications.

The publicity surrounding the uncovering of the WorldCom fraud resulted in greater auditor oversight over American corporations and greater government oversight over auditors.

The telegraph, invented in 1837, provided the first technology for rapid communications and gave businesses the ability virtually instantaneously to contact their own branches, other companies, or consumers.

From its inception, The Wall Street Journal has provided reliable information for investors. It has become the quintessential source for specific facts as well as detailed studies of companies and industries.

The cable reduced communication time between North America and Europe, two of the most important regions in the global economy, from days to mere seconds.

During its relatively brief history, the television broadcasting industry has grown from a few experimental networks to become one of the most profitable industries in the United States...

American business and finance have always depended on rapid and reliable communication.

Based initially on the principle of condensing articles from other publications, Reader’s Digest has become one of the most successful and enduring periodicals in U.S. business history.

Radio broadcasts at once drew audiences to advertising and revolutionized entertainment in American households.

The founding of NBC established the structure within which U.S. radio, and later television, stations would operate: a system of local independent affiliates to a nationwide network.

American-based multinationals have contributed to the growth of the U.S. economy by acquiring greater access to foreign markets and increasing international sales.

The magazine industry was one of the major disseminators of information, cultural material, and entertainment before the advent of broadcast media.

The exchange of greeting cards for holidays, birthdays, and other occasions helps to promote retail sales of gift items, and greeting cards themselves have become an important industry.

Fortune was the first true American financial magazine.

Forbes is one of the most influential business and financial magazines in the United States, known for its many lists, including its list of the world’s richest people.

The fiber-optic industry transformed communication and data transmission, allowing more data to be sent using a greater bandwidth for longer distances with lower interference and attenuation.

FedEx was the first company to integrate air and ground transportation to enable overnight, door-to-door delivery of time-sensitive parcels.

Because the Federal Communications Commission has the power to allocate frequency bands and to grant (or deny) licenses to radio and television stations, it has had a profound effect on these and other communications businesses, which commission officials are legally required to monitor so that they serve the public interest.

E-mail has replaced voice and physical mail as the primary means of communication in many businesses.

Since its nineteenth century inception, The Economist has been located in London.

Coin’s Financial School popularized the ideas of the Populist Party and the free silver movement.

Since its inception, CNBC has developed into a principal U.S. business and financial cable television network and one of the world’s most important financial news sources.

The Cable News Network (CNN) was the brainchild of Atlanta, Georgia, media mogul Ted Turner.

Book publishing has been a significant presence in America since colonial times, with almanacs, primers, and law books originally forming the foundation of the industry.