Business
Career Guides, Company Rankings, Small Business, Economics, Statistics, Financial
Databases
Business & Industry (Gale) — http://www.linccweb.org/FAQs/DBDesc.asp?DB=galebni
Business Full Text (Wilson) — http://www.linccweb.org/FAQs/DBDesc.asp?DB=wilsonbufu
Business Source Premier (EBSCO) — http://www.linccweb.org/FAQs/DBDesc.asp?DB=EBSCOBSP
General BusinessFile ASAP (Gale) — http://www.linccweb.org/FAQs/DBDesc.asp?DB=GaleGBF
JSTOR — http://www.linccweb.org/FAQs/DBDesc.asp?DB=jstor
Regional Business News (EBSCO) — http://www.linccweb.org/FAQs/DBDesc.asp?DB=EBSCOBWN
Websites
Some of these web sites are external to CFCC. The owners of these web sites are responsible for their content, including their links to other sites on the World Wide Web. CFCC has not necessarily reviewed this site and assumes no responsibility for the Contents, nor does this “Link” imply endorsement of the site.
Vault Online Career Guide (CFCC) —
http://www.vault.com/cb/careerlib/careerlib_main.jsp?parrefer=2098
Gives company profiles of over 2500 companies.
Rankings
Fast Companies Database — http://fcke.fastcompany.com
World’s most interesting and innovative companies.
Fortune’s Index of Lists — http://www.fortune.com/fortune/alllists
Includes well-known lists like Fortune 500, as well as others like the Global 500, America’s Most Admired Companies, World’s Most Admired Companies, 100 Best Companies to Work For and many more.
Scoreboards, BusinessWeek — http://www.businessweek.com/common/tools.htm
Provides interactive lists that rank companies by certain investment variables.
Small Businesses/Economics
1997 Economic Census — http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/econ97.html
Provides a detailed portrait of the U.S. economy once every 5 years. Data can be used to gauge the competition, calculate market share, locate business markets, assist in site location, design sales territories, and set sales quotas.
2002 Economic Census — http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/
United States Small Business Administration — http://www.sba.gov/starting_business/planning/basic.html
Provides a sample outline of a business plan including links to sample plans.
Florida Senate Statutes Index — http://www.flsenate.gov/Statutes/index.cfm
Thomas – Legislative Information on the Internet — http://thomas.loc.gov/
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh — http://www.carnegielibrary.org/locations/downtown/
Internet Public Library — http://www.ipl.org/
Small business Administration — http://www.sba.gov
Bank Rate — http://www.bankrate.com
List of best interest rates and a wide array of financial calculators. Separate forums for the following topics: tax, small business, investment and advice.
The United States Commercial Service — http://www.export.gov/comm_svc/
Provides market research for many countries including trade shows, exporting information, and commercial business guides.
The World Factbook. Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency, 1981– . Annual. ISSN: 02771527. —http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Covers the following categories: geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics — http://www.bls.gov
Provides data on wages, unemployment, occupation, and prices data.
Economagic.com — http://www.economagic.com
Economagic.com gives you easy access to more than 100,000 data series including state, metro and county employment data compiled by federal statistical agencies. The site will create spreadsheet files of data online, as well as graphing data in your Internet browser. Registered users can generate forecasts from historical data.
Economic Census Reports, Bureau of the Census — http://www.census.gov
Provides a detailed portrait of the Nation’s economy once every 5 years, from the national to the local level.
My Florida — http://www.myflorida.com/myflorida/index.html
City of Wonders — http://www.cityofwonders.com/cities.asp
FedStats, Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy — http://www.fedstats.gov
Provides state and local data profiles drawn from multiple federal statistical agencies.
Regional Economic Conditions, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation — http://www2.fdic.gov/recon
Provides access to state, MSA, or county data. View standard graphs, tables, and maps depicting economic conditions, and how they have changed over time.
Financial
CBS Marketwatch — http://cbs.marketwatch.com
Enormous amount of information best navigated with a ticker symbol in hand. The site provides, as it says, “the story behind the numbers,” with headlines and news on companies, industries, markets, and investment topics.
CNN FN The Financial Network — http://cnnfn.cnn.com
Financial news including sections on technology, companies, CEOs, the economy, and industry.
BusinessWeek Online, Investing — http://www.businessweek.com/investor/index.html
A wealth of information on markets, stocks, funds, economy, IPOs, industries, and current news in the investment world.
Fool.com — http://www.fool.com
Includes stock research, quotes, data and discussion boards. Offers a customizable portfolio tracker and weekly stock screen to generate new investment opportunities.
MSN MoneyCentral — http://moneycentral.msn.com
Offers a wide array of information for the Investor including banking and bill paying, retirement, wills, taxes, insurance, saving, spending, family, college, mortgages, and loans.
Smartmoney.com — http://www.smartmoney.com
Offers a comprehensive site for beginning and seasoned investors with many interactive tools.
Stock Screener — http://www.quicken.com/investments/stocks/search/
Use Stock Search to find stocks that best meet your investing goals. Automated searches include preset criteria that match popular investing strategies or use the full search to create your unique stock screener by combining certain variables.
Yahoo! Finance — http://finance.yahoo.com
Provides a directory of investing and personal finance Web sites, including top business news for the day and links to other Yahoo! International market sites. Also provides a quick market summary and brief synopsis of the day’s trading activities.
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