Best Business Sites

1. Content Sites

Company Information
• What is the phone number for ... ?
  ComFind | Switchboard | Telephone Directories on the Web
• Where can I get a company profile?
  Hoovers Online | Wall Street Research Net
• What is the extent of Intel's properties outside of the U.S.?
  FreeEDGAR Database

  Finance and Investment

• How can I set up a stock portfolio?
  Quicken.com
• I need historical stock prices for Toys 'R Us (with graphs, please)
  StockSite

  Industry Sources

• What is the Gross State Product, by industry, for Mississippi?
  Stat-USA
• How much did New Jersey export to the world in 1995?
  U.S. International Trade Administration

  Economic Statistics

• Can I get forty years of interest rates, on a monthly basis?
  FRED: Federal Reserve Economic Data
• What were home mortgage rates like these past five years?
  U.S. Bureau of the Census

  Questions, NEC

• What is the size of the Washington Convention Center?
  Trade Show Central

2. Topical Pathfinders

Company-related Information
• How should companies account for foreign currencies and exchange rates?
  Accounting Resources on the Internet
• Does the SBA give out money to business start-ups?
  smallbizNet

  Industry-related Information

• Is there industry data on agricultural output?
  Business & Economics Numeric Data
• Are there any good Websites for ... industry?
  PC Week ExecConnect

  International Business

• What can I find out about doing business in or with Namibia?
  VIBES
• What is the current economic situation in Thailand?
  Business Electronic Journals and Newspapers

  Topics, NEC

• What government job opportunities are there in law enforcement?
  Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet
• What is knowledge management anyway?
  BRINT: A Business Researcher's Interests