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"IBISWorld, Inc. correctly forecasts revenue."
"IBISWorld Inc. correctly forecasts revenue."
"The company was acquired for $5.32 billion in 2016."
No. "The company was acquired for $5.3 billion in 2016."
True or false: A profit figure must be included in Executive Summary.
True, with the profit definition.
True or false: Comments highlighted in red are not considered urgent.
False. Comments in red require immediate attention.
Moscow, Paris, Singapore
What are global stand-alone cities?
True or false: "Approximately" is appropriate to use in reports.
False. Avoid using "approximately."
"McDonald's Corporation has multiple locations in the District of Columbia."
"McDonald's Corporation has multiple locations in Washington, DC."
Section containing between three and 10 industry-specific technical terms used in the report.
What is Industry Jargon?
Two business days.
What is the allotted amount of time to complete an econ or editorial review?
Nickname for the Canadian Dollar.
What is a "loonie"?
"IBISWorld is the number one company producing industry research reports."
"IBISWorld is the top/leading company producing industry research reports."
Giving human abilities, emotions or characteristics to nonhuman entities.
What is anthropomorphism? (Avoid in reports.)
800 to 1000 words.
What is the word count for Current Performance?
A function in Microsoft Word that allows you to keep a record of amendments made to a document.
What are track changes?
Connects two independent clauses that are closely related, but are not separated by a conjunction.
What is a semicolon?
"Establishments are in close proximity to downstream businesses."
"Establishments are in proximity to downstream businesses."
A comma used after the penultimate item in a list of three or more items.
What is an Oxford comma? (Avoid in reports.)
300 to 600 words.
What is the word count for Major Companies?
Email sent to the reviewing analyst and assigned editor.
What is an econ review assignment email?
A style of capitalizing words in which only the first word of the sentence is capitalized.
What is sentence case? (Used for report captions, subheadings and charts and tables.)
"In spite of declining revenue, operators have utilized cheap inputs over the period."
"Despite declining revenue, operators have used inexpensive/less expensive inputs during the period."
Miami, New York City, San Francisco
What are stand-alone cities?
Company Name (US industry-specific segment) - financial performance*
What is the Major Players' table title format?
True or false: The analyst does not adjust the writing in IQ, only in the Word doc.
True.
To begin consideration or reconsideration of a proposal in Canada.
What is "to table a bill"?