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Capital's list of internet connections in Economics

Business Week Online, daily briefings, as well as full-text articles from the print version.

Knowledge@Wharton, "the latest business insights, information and research" on a bi-weekly basis including "interviews with industry leaders and Wharton (UPenn) faculty, articles based on the most recent business research, book reviews, conference and seminar reports."

Management and Entrepreneurship, a list created by Louisiana State University, including links to online journals.

Reveries, an online journal for marketing people.

The Small Business Administration, a compendium of practical assistance from the SBA.

Connecticut Businesses, internet yellow pages for over 100,000 businesses in Connecticut.

Management Link, a large metasite encompassing the "theory and practice of management" for scholars, students, and practicing managers.

Biz/ed Virtual Factory, gives students an opportunity to apply their production, accounting, and marketing skills to real life business situations.

New York Times Business Day, an enormous resource. Registration takes only a minute, and it's free. Remember your username and password!

Institute for Business and Professional Ethics Based in DePaul University, this site aims to "foster ethical behavior" by "teaching and training individuals to think before they act." The site contains the latest issue of the Online Journal of Ethics and also an archive of past issues.

FT.com, created by The Financial Times of England, this is the U.S. mirror site. You have to register, but it's free.

Business Wire, hundreds of daily business-related announcements in ten categories, including daily news, hi-tech, health, entertainment, corporate news, and IPO's on the Net, among others.

SBA Office of Advocacy, Small business profiles of the states and territories.

BidNet Service, an excellent resource for companies targeting state and local bids

CNN Money.com

Forbes Online, from Forbes Magazine, an online presence in progress.

American Bankruptcy Institute This may be the last site that a businessperson wants to visit, but there is a great deal of useful information at this well organized page.

Better Business Bureau

The Fortune 500 List

Edward Lowe Foundation Resources for entrepreneurs and small-business owners. Especially valuable--SmallbizNet and Entrepreneurial Edge Online.

Introduction to Activity Based Costing Narcyz Roztocki, staff member at the University of Pittsburgh, presents this Introduction to Activity Based Costing (ABC) in slide presentation format.

Home Based Business Practical advice in the business-at-home field.

Small and Home-Based Business Links.

WebCPA, tools and resources for the tax and accounting professional.

Damodaran On-Line Professor Aswath Damodaran of the Stern School of Business at New York University has created an excellent web site drawn from his collection of classroom materials. At the site, visitors can find links to his classes on corporate finance, equity instruments and investment philosophies.

Public Register's Annual Report Service "company financials, including annual reports, prospectuses or 10k's on over 3,200 public companies" free of charge to the US investing public.

Business Law Today The American Bar Association has recently begun to provide full text of this bimonthly magazine covering various aspects of business law.

Small Business Advancement national Center, from the University of Central Arkansas. Lots of practical advice, bulletings, industry profiles.

The Small Business Advisor, online information for the entrepreneur and new business owner.

Internal Revenue Service

Business and Industries Services Network, a service of the Board of Trustees for Regional Community-Technical Colleges Connecticut

Online Resources on Personal Finances and Investing

These links are provided for your information only. The college does not endorse or necessarily agree with the information provided or the positions taken by authors of these web sites. These sites are primarily free, although they might lead you to additional services for which you must register and pay. Some of the very best online services for investors, such as Barrons' Online and the digital version of the Wall Street Journal, are at least cost effective, especially if one subscribes to the print version of those journals.

Financial Calculators Sponsored by HelpMeFinancial.com. These calculators are divided into categories; visitors can find information and advice on homes, autos, credit lines, credit cards, budgeting, saving, insurance, investing, and retirement.

American Association of Individual Investors, encyclopedic coverage of investing principles and opportunities -- for the beginner and the savvy veteran and everyone in between.

The Motley Fool: Finance and Folly, an irreverent site on finances. Be sure to read their primer.

Quote.com, an irreverent site on finances. Be sure to read their primer. (Not all services here are free.)

CNN Money.com, a monthly compendium of articles, strictly on mutual funds. (Most, but not all services here are free.)

Bloomberg.com Major stock indexes, U.S. and foreign interest rates, municipal bond yields, cross currency rates, and spot commodity prices, among other things.

MarketWatch

Forbes.com

Kiplinger Online, lots of full-text articles available, plus other services.

Merrill Lynch, free financial concepts and strategies, business planning center, delayed stock prices.

What is a Mutual Fund?, from the Vanguard group, this site takes you through the ABC's of investing, concentrating (but no exclusively) on mutual funds.

NYSE Euronext, for market summary and news, company stock profiles, etc.

The Nasdaq Exchange

Dun & Bradstreet Information See TopLine, their weekly electronic newsletter.

USA TODAY Money, daily headlines, stock quotes, up to date Wall Street summaries and analysis.

Kids' Money Covers all the issues, from allowance to kids with credit cards.

The Dollar Stretcher A weekly online column with advice for making every family dollar count.

Max's Investment World Articles filled with investment advice. Stock "games."