Business Web Sites
The American Bankers Association represents banks of all sizes on issues of national importance for financial institutions and their customers. The ABA, on behalf of the more than two million men and women who work in the nation's banks, brings together all categories of banking institutions to best represent the interests of this rapidly changing industry.
The purposes of the Association are to encourage economic research, to issue publications on economic subjects and to encourage the perfect freedom of economic discussion.
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants is the national, professional organization for all Certified Public Accountants. Its mission is to provide members with the resources, information, and leadership that enable them to provide valuable services in the highest professional manner to benefit the public as well as employers and clients.
American Management Association
AMA is a global not-for-profit, membership-based association that provides a full range of management development and educational services to individuals, companies and government agencies worldwide, including 486 of the Fortune 500 companies.
American Marketing Association
The American Marketing Association, one of the largest professional associations for marketers, has 38,000 members worldwide in every area of marketing. For over six decades the AMA has been the leading source for information, knowledge sharing and development in the marketing profession.
Institute of Management Consultants
The professional association and certifying body for management consultants in the U.S. It promotes excellence and ethics in management consulting through certification, education, and professional resources.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations.
The Congressional Directory is the official directory of the U.S. Congress,
prepared by the Joint Committee on Printing (JCP). Published since 1888, the
Congressional Directory presents short biographies of each member of the Senate
and House, listed by state or district, and additional data, such as committee
memberships, terms of service, administrative assistants and/or secretaries, and
room and telephone numbers. It also lists officials of the courts, military
establishments, and other Federal departments and agencies, including D.C.
government officials, governors of states and territories, foreign diplomats,
and members of the press, radio, and television galleries.
Department of Commerce
The Department of Commerce is the site for federal economic indicators such as
retail sales, manufacturing, unemployment and many other important measurements
of the economy. Historic data is available as well.
This site provide information about the U.S. workforce. Topics cover wages, health plans and benefits and unemployment insurance and more.
FedWorld
This site is maintained by NTIS (National Technical Information Service). a Over 30 million
government web pages can be searched with Fedworld’s search engine. Links to
popular government sites that are of interest to business information seekers
are available.
BPub.com
This site provides a search engine to find and link to business publications and
periodicals. Topics covered include economics, finance and accounting, Human
Resources, management and more.
Business.gov
This site provides information to businesses including starting a
business, employment practices, taxes and buying and selling to the government.
Accounting.com
This site is for job seekers f in the accounting and
finance industries. Also provided is a list of associations and
standards and practices for the industry.
Financial Accounting Standards Board
The mission of the Financial Accounting Standards Board is to
establish and improve standards of financial accounting and reporting for the
guidance and education of the public, including issuers, auditors, and users of
financial information.
Government Accounting Standards Board
The mission of the GASB is to establish and improve standards of
state and local governmental accounting and financial reporting that will result
in useful information for users of financial reports and guide and educate the
public, including issuers, auditors, and users of those financial reports. The GASB also determines the solvency
and credit of state and local governmental entities.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
This site is for the federal agency that regulates banks in the United States. Banking statistics
and information for consumers,
bankers and investors is available.
National Credit Union Administration
The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) is the independent federal
agency that charters and supervises federal credit unions. NCUA, backed of the
full faith and credit of the U.S. government, operates the
National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF) insuring the savings of
80 million account holders in all federal credit unions and many state-chartered
credit unions. Credit
union statistics and information for consumers, and investors is available.
Annual Reports.com
This site provides full-text annual reports for publicly traded companies. It can be searched by ticker symbol, stock exchange and name. This site
also allows for ordering of print copies of annual reports.
EDGAR
EDGAR is the federal agency that requires publicly traded companies to file
annual, quarterly and other financial data about their company.
Hoover’s Online
This site provides general information about public companies. Contact
information, sales, financials, key personnel and news articles can be
found with the profile of company.
Personal Finance: Money 101: Glossary
This business dictionary is provided by CNN and Money magazine. It provides over
8,000 definitions from all aspects of business in easy to understand
language.
Congressional Budget Office
CBO provides up-to-date data including current budget and economic projections
and information on the status of discretionary appropriations.
World Bank Group
The mission of the World Bank is to provide low interest loans to undeveloped
and developing countries. This site provides statistics and information on a
global, regional and national scale for those countries that use the Bank’s
services.
Currency Converter – Yahoo Finance
This converter is from Yahoo Finance. This site also provides historic currency rates for comparison and analysis for up to
two years.
United States Department of the Treasury
This financial department of the United States government provides information on all
aspects of the fiscal matters. Topics range from
accounting to treasury notes. The Treasury also oversees critical
functions in enforcement, economic policy development, and international treaty
negotiation.
HR Internet Guide
This site provides information about all aspects of human resources.
Compensation, evaluation, job analysis, staffing are just some of the topics
covered.
Foreign Trade
Statistics
This site provides import and export data for foreign trade in the United
States. Commodities, raw materials and other goods are detailed with both
current and historical data.
Tradeport
TradePort is a repository of free information and resources for businesses that
seek to conduct international trade to and from California.
Quirks' Marketing
Research Review
This site lists marketing terms and definitions.
The Foundation Center
This source provides information about non-profits including
grants, funding, and best practices for non-profit employees and those working
with non-profits.
This site provides needed information to conduct business with the government. Links to federal, state and local agencies provide information to sell and buy from the government. Information is also available for starting a business that is non-profit.
Bloomberg.com
Bloomberg financial services’ website. Financial data for
companies and mutual funds is provided for free on this site.
Smart Money.com
This site provides current data and articles about stocks, mutual funds and
trends in the business world for the individual investor.
Bureau of Labor Statistics Data
This site provides national labor data detailing aspects of labor in the
business sectors both public and private. This site also provides some regional
statistics and foreign labor statistics.
This government site collects statistics from over 100 federal agencies. The site has over 400 categories for statistics.
Tax and Accounting Sites Directory
This site provides access to tax information grouped by tax
topic. News, legislation and new practices are featured within each topic.
United States Tax Court
This site provides opinions, dockets, rules and news about judicial tax
matters under the jurisdiction of the federal government.