Business
Company / Industry
- American Customer Satisfaction Index
- Indexes for 10 economic sectors, 47 industries (including e-commerce and e-business), more than 225 companies, and over 100 federal or local government services. To locate airline and consumer shipping current and historical scores, scroll down and click on the June issue.
- Hoover's Online
- This site provides free profiles on corporations in the Hoover's database. The profiles include name, ticker symbol, location, phone numbers, web addresses, CEO, sales, number of employees, competitors, business descriptions, and public/private status. Paid subscribers can access the more extensive and historical data.
- North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
- The NAICS is used to classify businesses according to their industry. This site provides an overview of the classification system, and, under Concordances, a comparison chart for SIC Codes and NAICS designations.
- ThomasNet (Thomas' Register)
- This online version of the Thomas Register provides contact and sourcing information for manufacturers, distributors, and suppliers of products and services. It can be searched by product, service, brand or company name along with a location.
Ethics
- Business Ethics Resources on the WWW
- Provides a directory of web resources on business ethics.
- Ethics in Computing
- Sponsored by the Department of Computer Science of NC State University, this site links to ethics websites dealing with commerce, social justice issues, computer abuse, speech issues, intellectual property, privacy, risks, whistleblowing and sample codes of ethics.
- Online Ethics Center
- Sponsored by the National Academy of Engineering, this site provides information on a broad range of topics dealing with ethics in engineering and research. Includes sections dealing with environmental issues, responsible research, computers/technology, etc.
Financial / Stocks
- AnnualReports.com
- Provides access to current company annual reports. Searchable by stock exchange, industry, sector, ticker symbol and company name.
- BigCharts - Current and Historical Stock Quotes
- The Historical Quotes tool allows you to look up a stock's closing price for a specific day in the past as far back as January 1985.
- Guide to Financial Statements
- How to interpret the financial statements found in a typical company annual report.
- How to Read the Wall Street Journal
- A thorough introduction to all parts of this business daily.
- Yahoo Finance
- Provides a wide range of financial information, including interactive charts and historical quotes, as far back for some companies as the 1970's and beyond.
International
- Doing Business
- Sponsored by the World Bank, this site provides an economic snapshot of almost 200 countries along with practical considerations for starting a business.
- Eurostat
- Statistical information on the European Union and its member states.
- Guides to Doing Business
- Tips and techniques for conducting business in foreign countries.
Statistics
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- This site provides information on employment, productivity, benefits, and working conditions, as well as breaking down the consumer price index (CPI) by region or industry. It also contains regional information and publications such as The Occupational Outlook Handbook.
- Economic Indicators (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Current and historical economic indicators.
- Economy at a Glance
- Created by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, this site provides economic and statistical data, including figures on earnings, unemployment, and the Consumer Price Index (CPI) broken down by metro area, state and region.
- International Monetary Fund
- Provides access to International Monetary Fund (IMF) economic/financial statistics and publications, such as the World Economic Outlook.
- Survey of Current Business
- Produced by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Survey of Current Business provides estimate information on the U.S. national economic accounts. Access to back issues runs from 1921 to the present.
- U.S. Aerospace Industry Statistics
- This U.S. Dept. of Commerce site provides a full range of business and production statistics for the domestic and international aerospace industries. Statistics for the U.S. automotive industry are also available.
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