A comprehensive site for national and international business news. Stock quotes, symbol search, historical stock quotes, company profiles, market overview, newsletters, research, and a customizable personal investment portfolio. You must sign up, but membership is free.
Forbes Magazine's list of the top ranking international companies. Listings contain contact information, web addresses, basic revenue, assets, market value, and stock price and earnings information. Searchable.
IRIN provides access to companies' online annual reports and press releases in their original format (Adobe Acrobat Reader required). From Corporate Document Systems
Search this list of manufacturers by company, product and location. Provides contact information for each company and some online catalogs. Must register to use.
The Better Business Bureau provides contact information for your local bureau by zipcode, access to business and consumer alerts, business and charity reports and a way to file a complaint online.
Search over 900 licenses, permits, and registrations administered by Connecticut licensing agencies. The State is making all licensing forms and applications available online through this website. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download or view the forms.
Government-provided information on credit (checking credit card rates and your credit rating), identity theft, car leasing, mortgages (the process, an explanation of mortgages and terms used, comparison shopping, home equity loans), and personal finance.
Insurance News Network' s site provides consumers with letter-grade ratings for insurance companies from Standard & Poor's and Duff and Phelps Credit Rating. The ratings are based on the insurer's ability to pay policyholder claims.
Charts, reports, indicators and quotes on over 24,000 US stocks, mutual funds, and major market indexes. Historical quotes back to January 2, 1985. From Concerto Technologies
As of May 6, 1996 all public domestic companies are required to file SEC forms electronically on EDGAR, the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis & Retrieval system. Sponsored by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Provides information on more than 10,000 companies. Can be searched by location, industry and/or sales. Also provides a directory to company home pages, corporate job listings and links to other business sites.
This site helps investors learn about mutual funds, plan for the future, research the best funds for individuals, and how to invest. Includes news and analysis.
Education is this site's goal. Provides news, information on building your own portfolio, planning for retirement, tracks fund leaders by category, and some tax information. Good site for beginners.
Portal a wide range of investment information, including business news, stock research, today's market, mutual funds, and bonds. Historical quotes are available from this page, but it defaults to information for a specific company. You can input a different company in the Get Historical Prices (enter symbol) search box.
A global directory of more than 57,000 non-profit groups and provides links to people and organizations in 165 countries, which you can search or browse by name, location, or mission. The site also has a Non-Profit Career Center.
Sponsored by the Office of Budget and Management, the Catalog is a
directory of Federal programs, projects, service and activities which provide assistance to the American public. It contains financial and nonfinancial assistance programs administered by departments of the Federal government.
The Foundation Center is an independent non-profit information clearinghouse established in 1956. It provides links to more than 150 grantmaker Web Sites and informational materials such as application procedures, annual reports, and programs. Of special interest: Foundation Finder, Statistics on Foundations and Their Giving, and Links to Nonprofit Resources.
Philanthropic Research, Inc. provides brief financial profiles of over 600,000 nonprofits nationwide. Registration required for some parts of this resource.
Business.gov provides legal and regulatory information to America's small businesses. Topics range from the most basic to very specialized. Includes information on laws and regulations, finding a lawyer, and when its safe to act as your own lawyer.
Information on starting, planning, financing, and marketing your business or product. Please note that there is some advertising, some of it distracting, on this site. Also, most of the people behind this site are journalists who specialize in business, as opposed to business specialists.
Search over 900 licenses, permits, and registrations administered by Connecticut licensing agencies. The State is making all licensing forms and applications available online through this website. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download or view the forms.
The North American Industry Classification System provides common
industry definitions for Canada, Mexico, and the U.S., replacing
each countries' separate classification systems.
The SBA provides a tutorial with a very complete outline of what a business plan should include. It also provides a Hotlist of outside resources which offer information on and/or free sample business plans: http://www.sba.gov/hotlist/businessplans.html
This site is associated with the Small Business Administration (see above). It provides links to home office associations and general information sites, insurance information, and a link to an association for mothers working out of their homes.
The Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School provides access to text of the Uniform Commercial Code and information on its implementation in various states.
Provides statistics on retail benchmarks (in development as of May 2003), national business statistics, and small business industries. The latter reports on selected small business operating statistics. Get benchmarks for a number of small industries by selecting a business type and entering the business revenue total.
This site is associated with the Small Business Administration (see above). The demographics page is a portal to a wealth of demographical information. Main topic headings include General Statistics; Sources of Data by Geography State, MSA and County; Computer and Internet Use; Crime; Education/Schools; Healthcare, Aging and Vital Statistics; Hispanics; Housing; Religious Affiliation and Attitudes.