Business Resources

Updated November 6, 1996

General CNNfn Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds Biz Publications
Consumer Info Banking Industries Companies
Labor Economics Small Business  Miscellaneous


General

Bloomberg   A great site from the folks who put that weird machine in Business News.
 PR Newswire  
Business news, lifestyle, etc. Click on company news for biz stuff or do a ticker or company name search.
 Financial Data Finder  
A really great list of juicy sites, courtesy of the Department of Finance at Ohio State U.
 Money's Links  
Money magazines's favorite biz sites.
CNNfn's Reference Desk
 
  Brief profiles of over 10,000 companies, search for corporate websites by name or ticker, glossary of business terms, and more.
Links to Finance and Business Resources   Connect to all things financial.

 Small Business Resources

 Small Business Administration   Main entry point for the SBA, including various reports, activities and contacts.
 Small Business Links   From the Webcrawler.

 Stocks and Bonds and Mutual Funds Information

 Quotes   Yahoo's quoteserver is as good as anyone else's. If you don't know a company's ticker symbol, click on the Symbol Lookup link directly above the Get Quote(s) button. If you don't like Yahoo, try the 20 or so quoteservers further down the same page.
 AMEX   News, daily activity, company information, etc., from the American Stock Exchange.
NASDAQ   It stands for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations, in case you care.
CBOT   Chicago Board of Trade. Check out the past, present & future of futures trading.
NYSE   Which stands for New York Stock Exchange.
Exchanges on the web:   Try Yahoo's list which looks a little longer than CNNfn's list.
Wall Street City   Commentary, quotes, market snapshot, glossary and more.
NETworth   A commercial service providing lots of info on the market, stocks and mutual funds. Some parts require a userid and password, call News Research for ours or register free yourself.
SEC EDGAR Database   Get copies of any SEC filings from 1994 to the present.
 Market Watch   How the markets are doing, updated every three minutes.
 StockMaster   Quotes and charts for stocks and mutual funds.
DBC Online   Quotes, markets, and more. Not all of it is free.
Mutual Funds Interactive   Interact with that fund!
Bonds Online   Welcome to the fascinating world of bonds.
Wall Street Net   Another riveting foray into the aforementioned world of bonds.


Biz Publications

Atl. Biz Chronicle Barron's* Business Week Financial Times* Forbes Fortune
Inc. Kiplinger Money Worth Other City Biz Pubs Other Biz Pubs

* Barron's and the Financial Times require a userid and password. See the passwords file.

Consumer Info

Bank Rate Monitor   Credit card rates, home and auto loan rates. News, advice, etc. You better shop around.
Financenter   Financial calculators for home and auto loans and credit card deals. Glossary, other stuff.
BBB   The Better Business Bureau. Consumer alerts and warnings, buying guides, a list of bureaus.
National Fraud Information Center   Run by the National Consumers League in cooperation with the FTC and state Attorneys General. Daily fraud updates, shopping tips, senior citizen info. They don't do politicians.
Consumer Information Catalog   You know, the one from Pueblo, Colorado?

 Banking

 Banking Links   Courtesy of the American Bankers Association.
 Federal Reserve   Where the money flows, how various industries are doing, and other valuable economic data.
 Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta   Lotsa local info and statistics.
 Other Federal Reserve Banks   The rest of the central banking crowd.
 FDIC   Current and historical data on banking, real estate trends, and consumer information.

 Industries

Institute of Management and Administration   Sources of information on finance, human resources, sales, marketing and many other aspects of management.
 Accounting Resources   People, institutions, journals and anything else connected with the business of accounting.
Agriculture   USDA Economic Research Service . Pretty current reports on everything from mushrooms to mohair.
Automotive   Auto industry links, including manufacturers.
 High Tech   Good Morning, Silicon Valley. Latest computer industry news brought to you by the San Jose Mercury News.
 Insurance Information   The Insurance Information Institute's subject guide for the media. They also have a page for consumers.
 Real Estate 1   Residential real estate news from Inman News Service.
 Real Estate 2   Commercial real estate news. A joint venture between Dow Jones and AEGON USA.
 Retail Industry   News, articles, issues, industry links and more from the National Retail Federation.
 Telecommunications Resources   Information from the technical and policy sides of the telecommunications industry.
 Transportation Resources   Links to all forms of transportaion. This page uses frames, which can be confusing, but it's a great resource. Check out the automotive links above as well.

 Companies on the Web

 Hoover's Master List   Brief corporate profiles and websites for more than 10,000 companies.
 BizWeb   Thousands of companies with a presence on the Web, arranged by category.

 Labor

 UnionWeb   Links to many labor organizations.
  ILR   Lots of labor info from the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University and its library.
 Career Magazine   Good information for the ladder-climbing set.

Economics

Resources for Economists   Put together by an economist for economists. In other words, somewhat dry, but still useful.
Penn World Tables   Amazing! Create your own tables and charts for any countries, almost any statistical criteria.

Miscellaneous Resources

Currency Converter #1  
Currency Converter #2   

 U.S. International Trade Statistics

  The official source for up-to-date data on trade deficits, surpluses and all the details in between.
 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office   Information on patent law, including recent changes. Also links to Copyright Office.
 Searchable Database of Patents   You can look it up.
 World Intellectual Property Organization   Laws, treaties and so forth on international intellectual property rights, plus info on international patent classifications, etc


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