The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is an
English-language international daily newspaper published by
Dow Jones & Company in
New York City with Asian and European editions. It has a worldwide daily
circulation of more than 2 million as of 2006, with 931,000 paying online subscribers. It was the largest-circulation newspaper in the
United States until November 2003, when it was surpassed by
USA Today. Its main rival as a daily financial newspaper is the
London-based
Financial Times, which also publishes several international editions.The Journal newspaper primarily covers U.S. and international
business and financial news and issues—the paper's name comes from
Wall Street, the street in New York City which is the heart of the financial district. It has been printed continuously since being founded
July 8,
1889, by
Charles Dow,
Edward Jones, and
Charles Bergstresser. The newspaper has won the
Pulitzer Prize thirty-three times, including
2007 prizes for
backdated stock options and for the adverse impact of
China's booming economy.
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