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Business Reference Titles at Norwalk
Library - A collection of print and online business references
available at the library.
AllBusiness
- Business news, how-to, services, and deals to
help run your business. Some of the services are free
others are fee based.
American Express Small Business Plan Resources - Articles and tools for
finding money for start-up to growth phase of a small business.
Bank Histories - "The
National Information Center includes the organizational structure of
financial institutions and financial information for some of those institutions.
Historical information is available on the structure of all the institutions.
Financial information is available for selected time periods". Look up a bank by
name or location.
BizLink - Links for business
forms, career, company research, industry research, investments, patent and
trademark, starting a business and taxes. This site was sponsored by the Public
Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County in North Carolina.
Bureau
of Labor Statistics - From the U.S. Department of Labor has regional and
national economic statistics, career guides, news releases and much more.
Business Ethics - Articles,
Case Studies, corporate Codes of Ethics, Professional Organizations and other
ethics resources by Sharon Stoerber, MLS, MBA.
Business.gov - Official business link to the U.S. Government
Business Card Land - Free online templates for creating and printing
business cards.
Business Owner's Toolkit™ - Information
from CCH, Inc. on how to start and run a small business.
Business Plans
- The planning resource center for starting a business.
Business Plan Archive - A
collection of business plans and related documents from the dot com era.
Business Tax Info - The IRS website for tax information for businesses. Click on
'businesses' under Content.
CCR - Central Contractor Registration
- A government database of vendors that are doing business, want to do
business or are applying for a grant form the United States federal agencies.
Search over 300,000 registered CCR vendors for a short profile on the firm.
Also, there is a link for "Dynamic Small Business Search" for searching small
businesses.
CERC:
Program Finder - Connecticut's
comprehensive database of business programs and services
Charity Navigator - An
unaffiliated, nonprofit service that profiles the financial health of over 3,400
charities. Information is available in a searchable database by keyword,
category, or region fields.
Columbia Journalism Review
- Who Owns What - An online guide to the holdings of the major media
companies. What TV and radio stations, magazines, newspapers, book publishers
and entertainment enterprises do they own.
Connecticut Better Business Bureau
- Business reports online, charity reports, online complaint forms and alerts
and news can all be found on this site.
CT-Clic -Connecticut
Licensing
Center - state, federal, regional, local and
private resources to help your business succeed.
Get information about and applications for business licenses in Connecticut.
CT Data Engine - Statistics on
Connecticut Real Estate, Employment, Education, New Companies, Crime, and the
Book of Lists.
Connecticut Market Data - A summary of economic and demographic data and
comparative features. Also includes statistics on labor force, markets,
business, education, housing, income, exports, foreign direct investments and
more.
Connecticut Small Business
Administration - Listing of SBA offices in other states, training calendar,
startup kit, laws and regulations, and local resources.
Connecticut Small Business Development Center- Online workshops for starting, marketing and managing your
business
Conntact.com Connecticut Business Address
- Business news, links to employment resources, Book of Lists, and a Connecticut
business calendar.
Consumer Price Index - Monthly data about the changes in prices paid by the
urban consumer for goods and services. 'Current series' range is from 1993 to
present. The 'old series' range is from 1966 to 1998.
CorpTech - Information on small private technology companies or companies
whose profits exclude them from major databases. Search by company name, SIC or
NAICS code. Retrieval is limited for those with free site membership
County Business
Patterns - Connecticut - From the U.S. Census - The divisions of the
economy covered are agricultural services, forestry, and fisheries; mining;
contract construction; manufacturing; transportation and other public utilities;
wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and
services.
Currency Converter - Oanda's converter calculates current and historical
exchanges for 173 currencies.
Currency Converter - Interactive - "The
Interactive Currency Table™ allows you to create cross-rate tables based in the
currency of your choice, using current or historical rates."
Deloitte Research - International Business Research providing in-depth PDF
research reports on a wide range of current global issues.
Directory
of Connecticut Technology Companies - A searchable database of Connecticut
technology companies. Search by name, industry, sales revenue, number of
employees, city or keyword.
Directory of Trade Magazines - A Yahoo directory of trade magazines for
Agriculture to Utilities.
Dow
Jones Averages - Generates reports on Dow Jones Indexes with database
to 1896. Data can also be put into Excel.
eCommerce Times - An online
newspaper with up to the minute reports, articles and news on the eCommerce
business worldwide. Searchable.
EDGAR - A database of corporate information, including SEC fillings.
elaws - Employment laws assistance for
workers & small businesses. "...elaws Advisors are interactive tools that
provide information about Federal employment laws"
Entrepreneur's Start-up Kits -
"... quick, easy-to-read guides to starting the most popular
businesses around. With industry, market and operations information, these kits
will give you an introduction to the business idea that may just be your ticket
to success."
Executive Library -
Over 1450 content rich resources for an
informed, intelligent, perspective. Categorized by news, magazines,
search & computer and business toolkit.
ExecutivePlanet
- This site explains in detail the business etiquette necessary
to conduct business in countries around the world. From how to dress,
negotiating styles and tactics, appointments, gift-giving and more.
FDIC Bank Data - Databases
containing information about individual banks and the banking industry.
Federal
Reserve Business Credit Guide - A guide for women, minorities and small
businesses to apply for commercial credit.
Fed Stats - A gateway to over 100 U. S. Federal Agencies.
Financial &
Mortgage Calculators - Over 100 personal financial calculators.
FinancialFind.com
- A search engine/directory of financial websites from bonds to tax
information.
First Gov for
Businesses and Non-profits - The U. S. Government official web portal for
businesses.
Foreign Exchange
Rate (annual) - Average rates of exchange in 2004 together with comparable
figures for other years. This is the Federal Reserve Statistical Release of
January 3, 2005.
Foundation
Center - Find foundations and grantmakers' addresses, web sites, and fiscal
data, as well as Common Grant
applications, prospective worksheet and a short course on proposal writing.
Foundation Center
990 Finder -
directs you to an organization's IRS returns.
freeERISA.com - Free databases access
pension and benefit data. Reports on retirement plans, company applications to
terminate retirement plans, SEC filings on employee benefits and compensation,
collective bargaining agreements and more.
Gary Price's List of Lists -"A
database of ranked listings of companies, people and resources freely available
on the Internet. Content comes from a number of sources including:
Specialissues.com, Gary Price's "ResourceShelf" and individual users of the
LOL."
The organization of the List of Lists is by subject headings based on the
two-digit 1997 U.S. NAICS Codes.
Grants.gov - The single access
point for over 1,000 grant programs offered by all Federal grant making agencies
Hoover's - Search for business information by company name, ticker, keyword,
or executive name. Or browse by companies, industries, stock index, geography or
the business boneyard. Basic information is free.
IBM Guide to Finance:
Investment Tools -
Basic information on how to read a company's annual report. Definitions and
instructions on understanding annual reports, key financial reports and the
basics on analysis and using the data for investment purposes.
Investing in Bonds - The
Bond Market Association's site with information about municipal, corporate
and Treasury bonds, bond prices, income tax tables, and a gateway to over
400 sites with market and price information.
Investopedia - A
searchable financial dictionary with more than 4,000 financial terms and
acronyms.
Martindale-Hubbell - Lawyer locator database, legal
articles, dispute database, and q legal personnel locator database.
The Motley Fool - This
section of the Motley Fool site list some of the editors' favorite investment
resources on the web. Included are: company research, economics and banking,
stock selection criteria, investor education, mutual funds and much more.
Morningstar - A
provider of mutual fund, stock, and variable-annuity investment information.
Some of the areas of this site are subscription based, however, there is a great
deal of free information.
My Money - "... U.S. government's website dedicated to teaching all
Americans the basics about financial education."
Norwalk
Chamber of Commerce
North American Industry
Classification System
Postal Rates Info - Postal rates,
codes and authorities from around the world.
Private Companies
and Becoming an Expert From the National Center for Business
Journalism - This paper covers how to find information on privately owned
companies.
Rutgers University Business Research Guide - A collection of over 2000 links
of business and management resources on the Internet. Subjects that can be
searched include Accounting, Banks and Financial Services, Company Research,
Databases, Job searching and much more.
SCORE
- Counseling for small business. Free counseling provided by retired
executives.
Survey of Current Business -
The BEA monthly journal is available in PDF format from 1994 to the present.
Thomas Register - Find
information on manufactures in the United States and Canada . Search
by product or service, company name or brand name. Registration for free
membership required to use this site.
Trade Data Online - free international trade statistics compiled from
Canada Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau.
Trade Information Center -
International Trade Administration website containing information on
exporting, country information, export program guides, tariff & tax
information, trade offices and more.
Trade Show Resource - Search for trade shows by name or industry, or
venue. Also a search engine for suppliers and seminars.
Virtual International
Business & Economy Services (VIBES) - "provides
over 2,000 links to Internet sources of international business and economic
information that are in English and available free
of charge."
United States Small Business
Administration - Information on starting, managing, and financing a
business. Also information on disaster recovery, business laws, news, and
training.
United States Small Business
Training Network - "...virtual campus housing free training courses,
workshops and knowledge resources designed to assist entrepreneurs and
other students of enterprise."
Zacks Free Research Center -
Provides summaries and tables of profiles, income statements, balance
sheets of U. S. public companies.
Ziggs - Executive profiles
searchable by name, state, company, or keyword.
Financial Networks Online

CNNfn - the
financial network
Bloomberg.com
: Top financial news
CBS MarketWatch.com -
CNBC
- create
your own personalized ticker
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