Current and historical news articles can provide a useful insight into the public perception of a company, industry or corporate event over time. News coverage at a given point in time, can have a substantial influence on a company's reputation and performance.
This section will explore the different sources for business news as well as the various analytical tools provided by some of the financial and marketing databases to monitor and evaluate news, and social media sentiment.
For more information about news sources at EUR and how to spot fake news, check the following tutorial:
Database with access to full-text newspaper articles and other news sources (Dutch and international).
Nexis Uni News contains major world publications (for example Financial Times), newspapers (including Dutch newspapers,such as De Volkskrant and NRC Handelsblad) and news wires like PR Newswire.
Also included is company information, law reviews and cases
Please note: Legal news, law reviews and legal cases are mostly American.
Date range: The date range and update schedule differs per source. However, as the collection only contains born-digital material, the oldest items are from around 1990.
Related databases: Factiva; Delpher
Full-text coverage of The New York Times (1851-2020), The Wall Street Journal (1889-2012), The Washington Post (1877-2008), and The Times of India (1838-2011).
Each year around December an extra year of content of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Times of India is added to the database.
Related database: Gale Primary Sources: Newspaper archives
Provides access to content from periodicals and news media from 1980 up to today, both text based as well as audiovisual. More than 40% of the content is unique to the database.
A key feature of the Advanced Search option is that you can filter on very specific document (=content) types: from Advertisement and Aerial photography to Speech and Television programs. A list of all titles currently available in this database can be downloaded from this page (search for 'Gale General OneFile').
Online version of the 'Economisch Statistische Berichten (ESB)' journal.
The Financial Times (FT) is an important daily news source of financial and economic information. FT also provides access to case studies, special reports, essays and commentaries.
On campus, you have access to FT without having to register for an FT account.
Off campus usage, usage of the FT app and usage of personalized FT settings, require an account at FT. You can set up an account with a full EUR or EUR-MBA email address (e.g. 123456ab@student.eur.nl) at this page.
Once you have created an account with a unique user ID and password you will be able to access FT.com and the FT mobile app from anywhere.
Het Financieele Dagblad (FD) offers online access to FD.nl and the FD App. FD contains current company information and financial-economic news. You have access to the entire digital archive from 1985. Click on 'Additional info' for instructions to access.
After logging in with your ERNA account you will be asked to create your own FD account. Use your EUR email address for this and choose your own personal password. Note: do NOT use your ERNA password!
Search for newspaper articles by topic by clicking the ‘hamburger’ menu at the top left. Then you will see a small search bar where you can type in your search terms/key words.
The New York Times' website, a newspaper with worldwide readership and influence. Find breaking news, multimedia, reviews & opinion on politics, business, sports, movies, travel, books, education, and more. Registration is required. See 'Additional info' for use of the app.
To get free access in the app connect to our Eduroam network on campus. Go to nytimes.com/grouppass and create a free NYTimes.com account using your EUR email address.
Risk.Net is a platform for journals, ebooks and conference reports in the area of risk management, derivatives, asset management, regulations, Basel III, central banking and Quant resources.
RiskNet contains journals such as the Journal of Risk, the Journal of Computational Finance and the Journal of Credit Risk.
Some of the financial databases available at the EDSC provide access to real-time news on companies, industries and other financial-related topics.
Bloomberg seamlessly integrates data, news, analytics, multimedia reports, and trading capabilities into a single platform.
Refinitiv Eikon
You can search and monitor news using the following desktop apps:
MarketLine Advantage
Marketline provides access to news, press releases and sentiment analysis to track industry and company developments, key trends and growth opportunities, and to analyse the competitive landscape that shapes corporate strategy.
Orbis
Orbis provides access to company news and rumours.
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Globaldata offers global coverage company, industry and country information through reports, news and statistics.
Why is this database relevant to Erasmus University?
• Marketline provides information on e.g. cities, business prospects, financial deals, investment advisories, product categories and companies, industries and countries in general.
• There also modules for city statistics, company reports, country statistics, industry statistics, business prospects and investment and advisories.
• In addition there are case studies, city profiles and insights and comments from analysts
• The city statistics module provides data and forecasts of key socio and macroeconomic indicators for more than 3000 cities, spread across Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East & Africa, North America, and South & Central America.
• The financial deals module covers global mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private equity deals, venture finance deals, private placements, IPOs and partnerships.
• Further topical data analytics are available for e.g. global food, drinks, personal care and household products, pet care, news and magazines and tobacco markets.
If you need help using these databases, go to the EDSC manuals page below or contact the Datateam on edsc@eur.nl
Tweets can be informative, nonsensical, funny, or controversial, this is what we call the social 'sentiment'. What Twitter does for the reputation of celebrities also applies to companies and stocks. Knowing the social sentiment of a particular investment can influence decision-making.
Bloomberg
Bloomberg provides social sentiment tools to monitor, categorise opinion, and provide charts and visualizations based on Twitter data. The Bloomberg Social Velocity (BSV) alerts allow you to track a company’s tweets and StockTwits.
Refinitiv Eikon
Eikon allows you to access and analyse on the most relevant tweets from market movers in real-time.
Refinitiv has developed a proprietary curated Twitter feed [TWTR] comprised of financial influencers, including financial market commentators, analysts, traders, global business leaders, political figures, governing bodies, financial media organizations and journalists.
To access type NEWS into the Eikon search to launch News Monitor, then open the filter panel, select Social Media and Twitter [TWTR]
MarketLine Advantage
MarketLine provides a selection of influencers by a topic, based on the relevance of their tweets, extent of their networks, and follower engagement to highlight emerging trends.
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Globaldata offers global coverage company, industry and country information through reports, news and statistics.
Why is this database relevant to Erasmus University?
• Marketline provides information on e.g. cities, business prospects, financial deals, investment advisories, product categories and companies, industries and countries in general.
• There also modules for city statistics, company reports, country statistics, industry statistics, business prospects and investment and advisories.
• In addition there are case studies, city profiles and insights and comments from analysts
• The city statistics module provides data and forecasts of key socio and macroeconomic indicators for more than 3000 cities, spread across Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East & Africa, North America, and South & Central America.
• The financial deals module covers global mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private equity deals, venture finance deals, private placements, IPOs and partnerships.
• Further topical data analytics are available for e.g. global food, drinks, personal care and household products, pet care, news and magazines and tobacco markets.
Digitized and digital-born content from the international weekly news magazine, from its foundation in 1843 up to 2015.
Started as an anti-import tariffs periodical run by an economist, it soon expanded into political economy and eventually began running articles on current events, finance, commerce, and British politics. In the second half of the twentieth century it became the international news medium it is today.
The Library also provides access to the current issues and recent archive of The Economist via several vendors, see sEURch for all the options.
Related databases: ProQuest Historical Newspapers, The Times Digital Archive, The Times of India Digital Archive. Gale Primary Sources enables you to cross-search all Gale newspapers in the Library collection, such as The Times and the International Herald Tribune. With Gale Digital Scholar Lab you can perform more advanced text analysis methods, such as Sentiment Analysis and Topic Modelling.
The complete run of the London edition of the internationally known daily paper, from its first issue through 2016.
Started as a City of London news sheet, the FT grew to become one of the best-known and most-respected newspapers in the world. Along the way, it chronicled the critical financial and economic events that shaped the world, from the late nineteenth and entire twentieth centuries to today.
The Financial Times Historical Archive includes:
- The Lex column: a sharp and authoritative voice on corporate and financial matters;
- All classified and display advertising;
- Access to thousands of daily price/stock indexes and currency tables;
- The complete contents of FT Magazine and How to Spend It.
The Library also provides access to the current content of the Financial Times.
Related database: ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Gale Primary Sources enables you to cross-search all Gale newspapers in the Library collection, such as The Times and the Economist. With Gale Digital Scholar Lab you can perform more advanced text analysis methods, such as Sentiment Analysis and Topic Modelling.
Platform: Gale
Search interface for all Gale newspapers available at EUR. Click 'Newspapers' to search in all or a selection of titles. Available are:
- The Economist, 1843-2015
- Financial Times Historical Archive 1888-2016
- The Illustrated London News Historical Archive, 1842-2003
- The Independent Historical Archive 1986-2016
- International Herald Tribune Historical Archive, 1888-2013
- The Telegraph Historical Archive 1855-2016
- The Times, 1785-2019
Gale Digital Scholar Lab offers advanced text analysis tools to use on a self-made selection of articles from these newspapers. Access guaranteed until March 31, 2024.
Related database: ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Full-text coverage of The New York Times (1851-2020), The Wall Street Journal (1889-2012), The Washington Post (1877-2008), and The Times of India (1838-2011).
Each year around December an extra year of content of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Times of India is added to the database.
Related database: Gale Primary Sources: Newspaper archives
Full-text archive of a major British daily newspaper, launched in 1986.
Over the last thirty years, The Independent has taken strong campaigning positions on issues such as drug legislation, the War on Terror, and the environment.
Gale Primary Sources enables you to cross-search all Gale newspapers in the Library collection, such as The Times, The Telegraph and the Economist. With Gale Digital Scholar Lab you can perform more advanced text analysis methods, such as Sentiment Analysis and Topic Modelling.
Related databases: ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Fully searchable digital archive of what was once the world's largest-selling newspaper.
Directed at a wealthy, well-educated readership, the newspaper is commonly associated with traditional Toryism despite its more liberal beginnings, especially in regard to foreign policy.
Gale Primary Sources enables you to cross-search all Gale newspapers in the library collection, such as The Independent and The Times. With Gale Digital Scholar Lab you can perform more advanced text analysis methods, such as Sentiment Analysis and Topic Modelling.
Digitized and digital-born content from 1785-2019.
Gale Primary Sources enables you to cross-search all Gale newspapers in the library collection, such as The Illustrated London News and The Telegraph. With Gale Digital Scholar Lab you can perform more advanced text analysis methods, such as Sentiment Analysis and Topic Modelling.
Related database: ProQuest Historical Newspapers, The Times of India Digital Archive
Full-text archive of the oldest English-language newspaper in India still in circulation (founded 1838).
Started as "The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce", the paper published Wednesdays and Saturdays under the direction of Raobahadur Narayan Dinanath Velkar, a Maharashtrian Reformist, and contained news from Britain and the world, as well as the Indian Subcontinent. As of 1850 it publishes daily editions. In 1861 the newspaper got its present name. The archive has an embargo of 12 years, meaning in late 2024 content from 2012 will become available.
Access to the more recent archive and latest edition of The Times of India is provided via databases Nexis Uni (click 'View online' in sEURch. For tips on how to search in Nexis Uni, have a look at our News sources LibGuide) and Gale OneFile: News (starting 2005).
Related database: ProQuest Historical Newspapers, The Times Digital Archive
Podcasts are free to download or stream, and you don’t need a subscription to Google Play Music to listen.
Spotify offers thousands of podcasts, which you can listen to directly from the app.
Banking Weekly (Financial Times)
Each week the FT banking team discuss the biggest banking stories of the week, bringing you global insight and commentary on the top issues concerning this sector.
Economic rockstar (Frank Conway)
Connecting Brilliant Minds in Economics and Finance.
Econtalk (The Library of Economics and Liberty)
EconTalk is an award-winning weekly talk show about economics in daily life. Featured guests include renowned economics professors, Nobel Prize winners, and exciting speakers on all kinds of topical matters related to economic thought.
Freakonomics Radio (Freakonomics)
Can be hit or miss, depending on the episode, but it often features very smart and well-known academics. It is well done but entertaining, and they have a website with transcriptions and all the sources they cite during the podcast.
Political Economy Podcast (American Enterprise Institute)
American Enterprise Institute’s Jim Pethokoukis discusses politics and the economy with guests in this podcast from the Ricochet Audio Network. Pethokoukis is also a contributor to CNBC.
Sinica Podcast (SupChina)
Chinese politics and economy.
TradeTalks! (Peterson Institute for International Economics)
A weekly podcast on world trade issues. Soumaya Keynes (The Economist) and Chad P. Bown (Peterson Institute for International Economics) cohost a podcast about the economics of international trade and policy.
Weekly Economics Podcast (New Economics Foundation)
An award-winning podcast about the economic forces shaping our world, with Ayeisha Thomas-Smith and guests. Brought to you by the New Economics Foundation – the independent think tank and charity campaigning for a fairer, sustainable economy.
Harvard Chan: this week in health (Harvard School of Public Health)
While public health focused, they’ve done some interesting episodes on behavioral economics, marketing ethics, etc.
Planet Money
American podcast produced by NPR. Using "creative and entertaining" dialogue and narrative, Planet Money claims to be "The Economy Explained".
American Innovations (Wondery)
DNA. Artificial intelligence. Smartphones and 3D printers. Science and technology have transformed the world we live in. But how did we get here? It wasn’t by accident. Well, sometimes it was. It was also the result of hard work, teamwork, and competition. And incredibly surprising moments.
Masters of Scale (Reid Hoffman)
In each episode, Reid Hoffman shows how companies grow from zero to a gazillion, testing his theories with legendary leaders.
StartUp (Gimlet)
A show about what it’s really like to start a business.
The Pitch (Gimlet)
Where real entrepreneurs pitch to real investors—for real money.
BiggerPockets
Released weekly on Thursdays, the BiggerPockets podcast features interviews with investors of various backgrounds, niches, and experience levels.
Exchanges at Goldman Sachs
Exchanges at Goldman Sachs is a podcast where experts from around the firm discuss developments shaping industries, markets and the global economy
FT Podcasts
Access through EUR's Financial Times subscription.
Mad Money with Jim Cramer
Mad Money" takes viewers inside the mind of one of Wall Street's most respected and successful money managers for free. Cramer is your personal guide through the confusing jungle of Wall Street investing, navigating through opportunities and pitfalls with one goal in mind -- to help you make money.
Numbers by Barron's
Numbers By Barron’s is a two-minute financial podcast with three vital numbers to start your morning.
FinTech Insider
Fintech Insider, hosted by David M. Brear, Jason Bates, Chris Skinner and Simon Taylor, is a tri-weekly podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking and financial services.
Wharton FinTech Podcast
The Wharton FinTech Podcast discusses the trends, topics and ideas that are reshaping financial services globally. It features founders, investors, students and thinkers from the world of FinTech with unique perspectives.
Insureblocks (Walid Al Saqqaf)
Insureblocks is a dedicated weekly podcast on blockchain, smart contracts and distributed ledger technology (DLT) in the insurance industry.
CMO Moves
Career advice and the personal success stories behind these incredible marketing leaders.
Growth Marketing Toolbox
A weekly podcast series exploring the best growth marketing tools and technology.
Influencers
Influencers connects you to the marketing and communications leaders who are ahead of the game. Brought to you by The Conference Board Marketing and Communications Center, the podcast features regular interviews with Executives and Experts who know the issues you’re grappling with.
On the Media (NPR)
The On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
Under The Influence (CBC)
A marketing podcast for the ad industry. Host Terry O'Reilly explores why we make the shopping decisions we make, and how we are influenced by words, colours and images. He tells stories of the remarkable creativity found at the higher realms of marketing and analyzes the ads we love to hate
Containers (Fusion)
Containers is an 8-part audio documentary about how global trade has transformed the economy and ourselves. Host and correspondent Alexis Madrigal leads you through the world of ships and sailors, technology and tugboats, warehouses and cranes. At a time when Donald Trump is threatening to toss out the global economic order, Containers provides an illuminating, deep, and weird look at how capitalism actually works now.
Shipping podcast (Lloyd’s list)
Maritime topics
The Broad Experience
A conversation about women, the workplace, and success.
Great Women of Business
Stories of business savvy women who battled sexism all the way to the executive suite are both thought provoking and inspiring. Through their stories, we examine their most innovative business principles and how those shaped their work and lives.
HBR Women at Work
Conversations about the workplace, and women’s place in it.
The Woman's Playbook
The Woman’s Playbook is dedicated to moving the needle on women’s parity, purpose, passions and prosperity.
The Beehive
Conversations with female entrepreneurs.