Business: Web Resources

Accounting-related articles, whitepapers, discussion groups and more.

A major online advertising and marketing journal.

A collection of marketing statistics compiled from a variety of secondary sources.

Careers, companies, investor, small business as well as other financial information.

Offers tips, techniques, and observations about business research in many different areas such as marketing, entrepreneurship globalization and more. Written by the staff of Baker Library at Harvard Business School

Basic principles and concepts of marketing and advertising presented in online tutorials, dictionaries, and current news stories.

A service for calculating relative worth over time.

A collection of NGOs, links, and brief descriptions created by Duke University Libraries.

Provides financial, technical and management assistance to help Americans start, run, and grow their businesses.

Gateway to U.S economic and industry data

Small business news and information.

Investment research site provides access to professional-level research tools like interactive charts, quotes, industry analysis, intraday stock screeners, as well as market news and commentary.

Broad range of information on stocks, the markets, and personal finance.

Free site that provides daily, weekly, monthly, and historical data

This website, from the Mutual Fund Education Center - a national trade organization, is designed to help investors learn the basics about mutual fund investing. The site features basic education and investment tools, sample investment portfolios, fund data and links to resources and fund companies.

Publishes hundreds of articles each week offering news, analysis, and commentary

Search for 10-K, 10Q, and other reports that public companies must file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Links to all domestic exchanges, market analysis, market surveillance, and market research

Includes information on retail sales, new construction, durable goods and more.

The Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) program produces monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services.

The Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) program consists of two surveys, the Quarterly Interview Survey and the Diary Survey, that provide information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit (families and single consumers) characteristics.

Provides all types of information regarding information about the Federal Reserve, to include monetary policy, banking information and regulation, economic research, consumer information and community development.

Provides accountability for enforcing federal consumer financial laws and protecting consumers in the financial marketplace.

Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.

U.S. Dept. of State's Diplomacy in Action website provides access to a variety of information.

**Check out Chapter 1 & 8 in particular to find out about communication and customs in a country.** Includes market conditions, opportunities, regulations, and business customs for over 125 countries prepared by trade and industry experts at U.S. embassies worldwide.