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About.com:  Business and Finance http://www.about.com/money/	This site provides links connecting to information on business practices, industry, personal finance, and small business.  The site offers simple information links to issues such as identify theft to more complex topics such as SCM risk management.  The site also gives supporting links to each topic.
Business.gov http://www.business.gov/	This website, managed by the U.S. Small Business Administration, links to U.S. government information, such as compliance guides, industry information, state compliance resources, and contact information for government agencies.
Chicago Business http://www.chicagobusiness.com	This site, which is powered by Crain Communications, Inc., provides daily business and industry news in the Chicago area, article archives, and the ability to create an account to collect clippings from throughout the site.  The site also provides Crain's online lists, offering extensive lists and directories of many industries and people throughout Chicago.
Forbes http://www.forbes.com/	Forbes offers a wide range of business information, such as news, personal finance information, and extensive lists.  Lists of the largest public companies, private companies, and key business names are all available on this website.  Global, international, and local business information is available.
Hoover's http://www.hoovers.com/free/	This site provides easily searchable, extensive company information.  Contact information, company overviews, key information, numbers, key people, industry information, and top competitors can all be found in this site.  Up-to-date industry news is also available through this site.  Maintained by Hoover's, Inc.
The Report Gallery http://www.reportgallery.com/	This site, powered by AnnualReports.com, provides free listings of annual reports of companies throughout the United States.  Reports can be searched through company name, ticker symbol, exchange type, industry, sector, or alphabetically.  Annual reports can also be browsed.
SEC Filings and Forms (EDGAR) http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml	This website, powered through the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, provides downloadable company filings.  General-purpose searches and special-purpose    searches are both available.
United States of America Department of Commerce http://www.commerce.gov/	This government site provides links to business and economic news and commerce bureaus.  The site also offers career links and other governmental information.
U.S. Small Business Administration http://www.sba.gov/	This site offers resources and services covering a wide range of information about small businesses.  The provided tools give links for libraries and resources, important forms, and market research.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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America's corporate families: the billion dollar directory / Dun and Bradstreet Reference HG 4057.A143 2007   This two-volume reference set provides up-to-date information on America's largest firms.  The reference provides full, detailed information listing ultimate parent companies, divisions and branches of those companies, as well as subsidiary information.  The directory is organized in two volumes; volume one is organized alphabetically, while volume two concentrates on cross-references.   The basic business library : core resources / Karp, Rashelle S. ; Schlessinger, Bernard S. Reference Z675.B8B37 2002   This reference is a core list of print items.  Each entry includes bibliographic information, authority and scope of the item, as well as an evaluation of the work.  URLs are provided where available.  The table of contents is clear and user-friendly.  Users can use the table of contents to find the core business resource they are searching for.      Business Statistics of the United States 9th Edition 2004 / Strawser, Cornelia. J Reference HA3001.B875 1999   Published by Bernan Press, this reference provides a four part guide including information on the U.S. economy, industry profiles, historical data, and state and regional data.  Each part offers extensive tables, as well as analyzations of each table.  The reference provides resources for analyzing the economic history of the past 50 years.  An excellent source for business students looking for answers to statistical questions.   European business: facts and figures / European Commission Reference HC241.2.E976 2003   This reference provides information on business outside of the United States.  Published in 2003, this reference makes comparisons between European countries and regions.  The reference offers an extensive publication guide explaining how to navigate through the 24 chapters.  Each chapter covers a different industry, providing graphics such as tables and graphs.  An excellent source for international business research.   Hoover’s handbook of American business / Brush, Rachel Reference HF3010.H669 2005   This reference profiles 750 major companies located within the United States.  The user-friendly nature of this guide allows the user to locate the company, along with a brief description, history, names of executives and competitors, locations, and financial information.  This is a go-to guide for in-depth company information.   Hoover's handbook of emerging companies / Brush, Rachel Reference HD2785.H66x 2005   This reference provides similar information as the other Hoover's handbooks, but only covering companies growing financially, with the potential to continue growing.  The reference includes 600 companies.  The sales of these companies are all between $10 million and $1 billion.  Again, Hoover's offers complete general company information, history of the company, a list of executives, the locations, competitors, and financial information.   Hoover's handbook of private companies 2006 / Brush, Rachel Reference HG.4057.A28616 2006   This reference profiles 900 non-public companies in the United States.  Organized in the same way as the other Hoover's handbooks, this is another user-friendly way to find company information for private enterprises.  It is organized by sales, amount of employees, and alphabetically, providing bibliographic information, brief descriptions, contact information, and financial data.    Oxford handbook of international business / Rugman, Alan M. ; Brewer, Thomas L.  Reference HF 1379.0996 2001   This highly regarded reference book contains literature on the state of international business, as well as thorough history on many issues in international business and finance.  Separated into six parts, the book is easy to navigate and draw information from.  The history literature is reliable and comprehensive.   Ward’s business directory of U.S. private and public companies 50th Edition / Gale Research Reference HG4057.A575 REF   This reference is a guide to over 112,000 international companies.  Each entry provides the name of the company, basic company information, contact information, and financial figures.  The directory is arranged alphabetically, geographically, or by industry.  The directory is published in eight volumes.  Published by Gale Research.