Participate: Discussion 3 - Company Research

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Discussion Board instructions

1. Please select a large public corporation from the Fortune 500 list to research.
2. Next, use the Yahoo! Finance search bar (top of page) to find its ticker symbol. For example, Amazon's symbol is AMZN (you may not use Amazon as your company).
3. Next, visit CNN Money's Company News search function (top right of page) and input the company's ticker symbol to find the company's profile, where you can view information about the company's industry and competitors. Also, locate and browse the company website (Google it) for additional insights.
4. Finally, use the above tools to research the company and post your responses to the following sentences.
   1. I chose the company ____________________ because ____________________.
   2. This companys primary industry is ____________________.
   3. The company's major product or service is ____________________.
   4. The company was founded in (year) ____________________.
   5. The location of the company's headquarters is ____________________.
   6. The current number of employees is ____________________.
   7. The three words I would use to describe the company's organizational culture are ____________________, ____________________, and ____________________ because ____________________.
5. Reply in at least two full paragraphs per post to two classmates. Would you want to work for the companies that your classmates researched why or why not? Also, based on your own research, list a key event in each company's history.