Business Meta-Sites
These sites provide access to a wide range of business
information which can include online databases, directories, financial
and investment information, news, government information, and even interactive
meeting places for businesspeople.
- Business 2.0
From CNNMoney.com, this is one of the best collections of web sites for answering all your business and personal finance questions.
- Business.com
(http://www.business.com/)
Over 65,000 business categories and a "search engine for managing and growing your business."
- CEO Express
(http://www.ceoexpress.com/default.asp)
With news and tools for the busy executive, this site is notable
for its easy-to-use format and comprehensive nature.
- ebrary Discover
(http://shop.ebrary.com/)
Enter "business in the search field and you can browse and read current business titles from leading publishers
like Random House, McGraw-Hill, Yale University, and MIT. [Free software
download required, charge for printing.]
- Advertising Age
(http://www.adage.com/index.cms?intro=seen)
Ad Age on the Web gives an Internet spin to the well-known
print publication that, for more than 65 years, has been the preeminent
source of marketing, advertising and media news, information and analysis.
[Free registration required.]
- Business Council of Southwestern Connecticut
(http://www.sacia.org/">
Includes membership information, news and events, newsletters, and descriptions of its services and programs.
- Business Week Online
(http://www.businessweek.com/)
One of the many business magazines available on the Web, Business
Week Online includes, in addition to the current week's print
issue, a searchable archive of past articles, profiles of the best
business schools, business book reviews, and special sections on
small business, investor information, mutual funds, personal business,
and women in business. Some features are available only for a fee.
- CNN Money
(http://www.money.cnn.com/)
This comprehensive source provides a large collection of financial
information including currencies, United States and world markets,
and company profiles. A Sitemap lists
all that is available.
- The Economist
(http://www.economist.com/index.html)
For international economic news, try the online version of The
Economist. A subscription to full contents on the Web is $89
annually. Archive title search is free, but articles cost $2.95 each
to download or print.
- Fairfield
County Business Journal
(http://www.fairfieldcountybusinessjournal.com/)
Read articles from the Fairfield and Westchester County Business
Journals, get local business news, and find schedules of meetings/conferences.
- Forbes
(http://www.forbes.com/)
The Internet version of Forbes includes articles from current
and past issues of the magazine's sections on business technology,
markets, personal finance, lifestyle, work, and the renowned Forbes Lists.
- FT.com
(http://news.ft.com/home/us)
The WWW Financial Times provides the latest world financial
news and key market data, with ample comment and analysis. The site
promises the world's business, economic and political news through
a unique global perspective.
- Inc.com
(http://www.inc.com/home)
Full access to Inc. magazine and its editors as well as new
business information and resources, access to technology tools, and
an interactive forum that establishes an online community for business
owners and entrepreneurs to exchange ideas, products, and services.
- Knowledge@Wharton
(http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/)
This biweekly online newsletter from the Wharton School at the University
of Pennsylvania presents current awareness, interviews, news, and research
in 14 areas including finance, management, public policy, and business
ethics. Free registration required.
- MagPortal Business
(http://www.magportal.com/c/bus/)
An online collection of business articles on a variety of subject
from various magazines. Clicking on the article title takes users to
full text in the original publication.
- MarketPlace
(http://marketplace.publicradio.org/)
This is the online home of Public Radio International's daily show
on business and financial news. Get transcripts, reviews and analysis.
- Wall Street Journal
(http://www.wsj.com)
At the Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition read today's
business headlines, and access SmartMoney and Barron's
Online.
Business on the Internet
- Business Week Technology
(http://www.businessweek.com/ebiz)
Focus
on the electronic business marketplace from Business Week Online.
Weekly columns on E-business stocks, companies, and legal issues are
also available on-site in addition to daily updates from C|NET News.
- CommerceNet
(http://www.commerce.net/)
This site provides news and analysis of Web-based commerce and credits
its creators with being "the premier industry consortium for companies
using, promoting and building electronic commerce solutions on the
Internet."
- Dow
Jones Internet Index
(http://indexes.dowjones.com/jsp/internetIndexes.jsp?sideMenu=true)
This new index includes companies that generate a minimum of 50 percent
of their revenues from the Internet. Complete documentation of DJII
components, data, historical values, and news are provided on-site.
- E-Commerce Times
(http://www.ecommercetimes.com/)
The E-Commerce Times is a colorful source of independent, up-to-date
news on electronic commerce issues for sales professionals, internet
service providers, and entrepreneurs.
- ECommerce-guide.com
(http://www.ecommerce-guide.com/)
News and articles about electronic commerce from Jupitermedia.
Directories and Corporate Information
- AnnualReports.com
(http://www.reportgallery.com/)
The leading provider of online annual reports to individual and institutional
investors.
- Forbes
2000
(http://www.forbes.com/2004/03/24/04f2000land.html)
The new comprehensive ranking of the world's biggest companies --
fully searchable by rank of sales, market value, assets and profits,
as well as by country or category.
- Hoover's
(http://www.hoovers.com/free/)
Hoover's Company Capsules are a starting point for information on
more than 11,000 of the largest public and private companies in the
U.S. and around the world and a featured part of this multi-dimensional
business site. The more extensive Company Profiles for over 40,000
public and private companies are available by subscription only.
- Searching
for Company Information
(http://www.nypl.org/research/sibl/company/c2index.htm)
The Science, Industry, and Business Library of the NYPL has put together
this great guide for finding information about companies, public and
private, both online and in your local library.
- SEC EDGAR Database
(http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml)
This offering from the Securities and Exchange Commission has full-text
searchable EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval) filings.
The site includes electronic filings submitted to the Commission from
January 1994 to the present. As of May 6, 1996, all public domestic
companies were required to make their filings on EDGAR, except for
filings made to the Commission's regional offices and filings made
in paper because of a hardship exemption.
- ThomasNet.com
(http://www.thomasnet.com/)
The most comprehensive resource for industrial information, allowing
buyers to search Thomas Regional and Thomas Directory in one site.
Thomas Regional is a searchable database of more than 550,000 distributors,
manufacturers, and service companies in all key U.S. industrial markets
- includes brochures, catalogs, linecards, videos, and links to suppliers'
web sites. Or you can search the over 173,000 American and Canadian
companies in the Thomas Register classified under more than
60,000 product and service headings. Plus, more than 8,000 online supplier
catalogs give you over 42,000 pages of detailed buying and specifying
information.
- Trademark Information
(http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm)
The heart of this site is the Trademark Database which consists of
full bibliographic data on federally registered and pending trademarks.
In addition, there are basic facts and FAQs about trademarks. Applications
can be submitted online. Information about registration of Internet
domain names as a trademark is available. Additionally there are laws,
manuals, information about and listings of patent and trademark repository
libraries, the numberic code of trademark categories and more.
- Verizon SuperPages Web Site
Search
(http://www.superpages.com/)
Search for business web sites in the U.S., Canada and around the
world.
Money and Finance
- Currencies
of the World
(http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/currency_table.html)
This site lists currencies by country, indicating sub-units, exchange
rate regime, and ISO-4217 code.
- Currency
Converter
(http://www.oanda.com/converter/classic?lang=en)
This simple converter will give you historical or current conversions
for 164 world currencies. Convert specific amounts or get a general
rate for any day since January 1, 1990.
- The
European Union: A Guide for Americans
(http://www.eurunion.org/infores/euguide/euguide.htm)
Seven chapters span EU history, governance, and the euro. Also included
are a timeline of European Integration, maps, photos, and resource
links.
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(FDIC)
(http://www.fdic.gov/)
Our government provides information for consumers and banking professionals.
A substantial section on banking information and statistics offers
links to online publications or instructions on how to obtain those
available only in hard copy.
- Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
(http://www.bos.frb.org/)
Here is not only a source of information about the Federal Reserve
system, but also for economic research on regional, national, and international
issues.