Company Information & Research

• SEC Info - Securities Information from the SEC EDGARŽ and Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) SEDARŽ databases for sophisticated business professionals.  (Requires free signup)

• SEC Filings & Forms  (EDGAR) - From the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
  

• ThomasNet (Thomas Register of American Manufacturers) - Search 158,000 companies, 63,669 products & service classification headings, and 135,415 brand names in U.S. & Canada.
  

• ThomasGlobal - Covers European Asian & North American companies.
  

• Better Business Bureau Company Reports reports on over 2.5 million organizations.  Not a centralized database for the Better Business Bureau.
  

• Forbes Lists - Many lists on all sorts of business topics.

• Silicon Valley Companies Database Several databases for finding information on Silicone Valley companies.
  

• Business Credit USA Basic directory and credit information for 15.5 million U.S. & Canadian companies.
  

Industry Information

• 2002 Economic Census Data - from U.S. Census Bureau

• Economic Census -- Concentration Ratios (U.S. Census Bureau)  Reports classify industries by the percent of output accounted for by the largest 4, 8, 20 and 50 companies.

• North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) number lookup.

Consumer Resources

• Consumer Product Safety Commission Product Recalls Search for recalls ordered by the CPSC since 1977 Search form

Economics - United States

• Latest Economic Indicator (U.S. Census Bureau) - includes links to industry censuses and surveys.
  

• Federal Reserve in Print An index to Federal Reserve Research
  

• Moody's Economy.com Free access to over 1,000,000 economic and financial data series.
  

• Bureau of Economic Analysis Interactive access to frequently used tables containing U.S. economic data.
  

• FDIC (for U.S. regional economic data) Helpful in the analysis of risk factoring financial institutions. Search Form

Economics - World

• Elsevier Economics and Finance Homapage Access point to 79 journals, 25,000 abstracts, 20,000 online papers
  

• Foreign Labor Statistics Basic labor statistics for many nations made assessable by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  

• Inflation Calculator Uses monthly consumer price index (CPI) data from 1914 to the present to show changes in the cost of a fixed 'basket' of consumer purchases.

General Resources

• American Community Network Offers several searchable databases with information on most American cities and towns.
  

• World Chambers of Commerce Network Information on over 10,000 chambers around the world with links to their web sites.
  See also U.S. Chamber of Commerce Directory

Investment Resources

• Dow Jones Average Search Obtain the high, low, and closing averages for the Dow Jones Industrial, Transportation, and Utility Indices for any date beginning May 26, 1896.
  

• Hoover's StockScreener This tool allows you to identify U.S. public companies using various financial criteria.
  

• NASDAQ Monthly Market Activity. View a monthly activity for the NASDAQ Stock Market or for an individual NASDAQ market participant by entering an MPID. Info is available from Jan 1997.
  Search form

Jobs and Career Information

• America's Job Bank Claims to be the biggest and busiest job bank on the web.
  

• Flipdog Job search site.
  

• Monster.Com Job Search Site
  

• Careerbuilder.Com Job Search Site.
  

• Economic Research Institute - Salary survey information.
  

• Realtor.com Compare cost of living in cities throughout the world.
  

• Salary.com Database that contains salary information on thousands of job titles. Calculated salaries based on job titles and geographic location.

Philanthropy and Non-Profit Resources

• Foundation Finder Search by name to find basic information about foundations within the universe of more than 59,000 private and community foundations in the U.S.
  

• GuideStar.org Info on more than 640,000 nonprofit organizations in the U.S.
  

• idealist.Org Searchable database of 20,000 nonprofit organizations in 150 countries.

Research & Development

• TECH-Net (U.S. Small Business Administration) An electronic gateway of technology information and resources for and about small high-tech business. It is a search engine for researchers, scientist, state, federal, and local government officials, a marketing tool for small firms, and a potential "link" to investment opportunities for investors.
  

• TechTracS/TechFinder (NASA) An up-to-date database of all NASA programs, technologies, and success stories that may have commercial potential and benefits.