BUSINESS RESOURCE GUIDE 

investigate some of the online resources that are available for your business needs.

Some of these resources are subscription sites, but they still offer some basic services for free:

Business News Websites

CNN’s Money Site http://money.cnn.com/?cnn=yes

Fox News Business Page http://www.foxbusiness.com/

Kiplinger’s http://www.kiplinger.com/

Investor's Business Daily http://www.investors.com/

MSNBC Business http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032072/

Wall Street Journal Online http://online.wsj.com/public/us

Company and Industry Information

Annual Reports of many US companies. http://www.annualreports.com/

Bankruptcy Data http://www.bankruptcydata.com/

BizJournals http://www.bizjournals.com/

CEO Express. Called the “executive’s internet”. Links to many useful sources. http://www.ceoexpress.com/default.asp

Edgar Online. All companies, foreign and domestic, are required to file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically through EDGAR. Anyone can access and download this information for free. Here you'll find links to a complete list of filings available through EDGAR and instructions for searching the EDGAR database. http://www.edgar-online.com/

Harvard Business http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/hbsp/index.jsp?_requestid=2342

Hoover’s Online (A DNB Company) http://www.hoovers.com/

IPO Central http://www.hoovers.com/global/ipoc/index.xhtml

Consumer Education/Information/Protection

Better Business Bureau http://welcome.bbb.org/

Consumer Credit Couseling Service http://www.cccsfl.org/

Florida Consumer Protection http://myfloridalegal.com/consumer

Kelly Blue Book http://www.kbb.com/

N.A.D.A. Guides http://www.nada.com/

Practical Money Skills for Life http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/english/resources/games/

Government Data and Information

Bureau of Labor Statistics http://stats.bls.gov/

Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/

Dictionary of Occupational Titles http://www.oalj.dol.gov/libdot.htm

Federal Reserve

Business, financial, and labor market information is available at the Fed website, as well as FRED, the historical economic database, and the Beige Book, summary of current economic conditions. There are also links to other Federal Reserve sites and to a number of domestic and international business sites of interest.

http://www.federalreserve.gov/ Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

http://www.stls.frb.org/default.cfm Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

http://www.clevelandfed.org/ Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Internal Revenue Service http://www.irs.gov/

Social Security Online http://www.ssa.gov/

US Department of Labor http://www.dol.gov/

Market Information

American Stock Exchange http://www.amex.com/

Big Charts Stock Charting http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/

Morningstar online http://www.morningstar.com/

NASDAQ website http://www.nasdaq.com/

New York Stock Exchange http://www.nyse.com/

Quote.com http://new.quote.com/home.action

Thomas Register http://www.thomasnet.com/

Value Line-can use some services for free http://www.valueline.com/

Personal Finance

Bankrate.com. Great website for a multitude of financial rate information-credit cards rates, mortgage rates, loan rates, etc. http://www.bankrate.com/

Investopedia http://www.investopedia.com/

MyMoney.gov. US government website aiming to provide information on the basics of personal finance from buying a house to balancing your checkbook. http://www.mymoney.gov/

MortgageLoan.com. Mortgage and other financial calculators http://www.mortgageloan.com/calculator/

Motley Fool http://www.fool.com/

Roth IRA Website Home Page. Site that provides technical and planning information on Roth IRAs for consumers and practictioners. http://www.rothira.com/

Save and Invest. Provides answers to help people manage their money and obtain investing information. http://www.saveandinvest.org/Military/index.htm

Yahoo Finance http://finance.yahoo.com/

Real Estate

Realtor.com. The world's largest real estate database of homes for sale. http://www.realtor.com/

Zillow.com. Database of all kinds of real estate market information. http://www.zillow.com/

Small Business and Entrepreneurship

BMighty. Technology solutions for small to mid-size business. http://www.bmighty.com/

Entrepreneur.com http://www.entrepreneur.com/

U.S. Small Business Administration http://www.sba.gov/