Business
Company Information
Annual Reports Online
http://zpub.com/sf/arl/arl-www.html
The site provides information on how to access and read annual reports. There is also a guide to the reports of non-profit entities.
Hoovers Online
The website is provided by Hoovers, the publisher of business books. The web site is searchable by company name, ticker symbol, and keyword. The site also contains news.
Corporate Information
http://www.corporateinformation.com/
Provides links to corporate information worldwide. The site is known for the corporate profiles provided but it requires you to register before you can use the service.
Forbes Lists
Forbes produces a number of “top” lists. A number of lists are available. Full text requires a subscription.
Researching Company Reports
http://toby.library.ubc.ca/subjects/subjpage2.cfm?id=435
The University of British Columbia has produced this guide to company research.
Corporate Entities
http://www.123world.com/corporate/
Web links to the home pages of major corporations.
Directories
Kompass
http://www3.kompass.com/kinl/en/
International company directory provides a number of databases, searchable by product, company name, location, trade name and executives.
Thomas Regional
Web site of the Publisher of Thomas’s Register. Primarily searchable by product.
Webster’s Business Guide
http://www.webdir.net/default.asp
This directory is searchable by product, company name, SIC codes and NAICS codes.
Accounting Sources
Accountants Home Page
This is the home page of Cohen Computer Consultants. They are computer consultants specializing in the accounting industry. The site contains accounting links.
SmartPros
http://accounting.smartpros.com/
The web page is maintained by accountants. It contains links to societies and associations as well as a terminology search engine.
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
http://www.aicpa.org/index.htm
The AICPA is the primary professional association for Certified Public Accountants. This is a very large site that contains news, conference information, links to state board with certification affecting accountants. The Association is also an advocate for the accounting profession, it has links to federal legislative and regulatory information. The AICPA is the primary professional association for Certified Public Accountants. This is a very large site that contains news, conference information, links to state board with certification fecting accountants.
American Accounting Association
The site describes itself as "promoting worldwide excellence in accounting education, research and practice."
AuditNet
The site was developed by Jim Kaplan who is both an auditor and a journalist. Kaplan has developed and extensive site of information and links dealing with the topic of auditing.
Financial Accounting Standards Board
FASB is a private organization that develops the standards of financial accounting and reporting.
Government Accounting Standards Board
The web page describes its mission "as 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."
International Accounting Standards Board
The organization describes itself as "an independent, privately-funded accounting standard setter based in London, UK. Board Members come from nine countries and have a variety of functional backgrounds."
Internal Auditors WWW
The site is a clearing house for information pertaining to internal auditing.
Rutgers Accounting Web (RAW)
http://raw.rutgers.edu/raw/rarc1/rarc/rarchome.htm
Developed and maintained by Rutgers Accounting and Research Center, the site is part of the International Accounting Network. The site advertises itself as the largest accounting resource on the Web.
New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants
This is an information resource for and about CPA's in New Jersey.
New Jersey State Board of Accountancy
http://www.state.nj.us/lps/ca/accountancy/acc2.htm
Licensing and regulatory agency for accountants in New Jersey.
Accounting and Tax Sites Directory
The site provides links to a variety of accounting resources.
The Corporate Library
http://www.thecorporatelibrary.com
The Corporate Library focuses most of its information on the topic of the governance of public corporations. The information deal with issues encountered between corporate management, boards and shareholders.
Sarbanes Oxley Act sites
Guide prepared by accounting firm: Deloitte, Touche & Tohmatsu
http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/article/0,2297,sid%253D11468%2526cid%253D15159,00.html
A number of articles about the Sarbanes Oxley Act are available at this site.
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
This board was created as part of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 as a division of the SEC. It overseas the financial practices of public companies and accounting firms.
SEC—Sarbanes Oxley Information Pages
http://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/faqs/soxact2002.htm
US Securities and Exchange Commision
http://www.sec.gov/spotlight/sarbanes-oxley.htm
SEC information about the Sarbanes—Oxley Act.
Financial Executives International
http://www.financialexecutives.org
The organization focuses on information, continuing education, advocacy and networking for financial executives.
Advertising and Public Relations
Ad Access
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/adaccess/
The web site contains more than 7,000 advertisments. The ads appeared between 1911 and 1955. The site is maintained by Duke University.
Advertising Age
This is the web page of the publication Advetising Age. Feature portions of the print publication.
American Association of Advertising Agencies
The AAAA is the primary trade organization for advertising agencies.
American Marketing Association (Marketing Power.com)
This is a worldwide organization of marketing professionals. The organization has collegiate divisions. The site is primarily about the AMA and its programs. Access to their publications is contingent upon membership.
Public Relations Society of America
This is the largest organization of public relations professionals. The site includes access to its monthly magazine Tactics. The careers in public relations gives a good overview of the field.
Banking, Finance and Investing
Big Charts Market Watch
http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/
The site provide news and stock market quotes. The service is free.
Bureau of Public Debt
http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/bpd/bpdhome.htm
Federal government web site provide information about investing in a variety of federal bonds.
CNN Money
The site provided by CNN and the publisher of Money magazine. It contains articles about investing.
Investing In Bonds
http://www.investinginbonds.com/
The site specializes in providing information about investing in all kinds of bonds.
Investor Guide
The site contains a financial newsletter as well as an investors university. The university contains a number of articles about investing.
Morningstar
Morningstar is the primary publisher and provider of information on mutual funds. A subscription is required to obtain detailed information from this web site.
Mutual Funds Investors Center
The site contains information on how to invest in mutual funds.
Motley Fool
Financial Forum for the individual investor.
Municipal Securites Rulemaking Board
The site specializes in providing information about municipal bonds.
Quicken
The page covers a wide variety of topics in the area of personal finance.
Research Mag
Research Magazines web pages. Full access requires a subscription. There are company and industry reports accessable to everyone.
Smart Money
Magazines web site. Provides a variety of personal finance news and information.
Standard and Poors
http://www.standardandpoors.com/
Standard and Poors is a rating service. Its web page states "Standard & Poor's was established in 1860, to provide independent insight, analysis and information to the financial community to help them value in the marketplace."
The Street
Online magazine provide a variety of personal investment advice, news, quotes, research and analysis. A subscription is needed for full access.
Value Pro
The web site uses discounted cash flow to determine the value of a stock.
Stock Market
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Nasdaq
General Business Resources
The Biz Tech Network
The site bills itself as an information portal in the areas of e-business, information, technology and knowledge management.
Economic Indicators
http://www.economicindicators.gov/
Compares exchange rates, gross domestic product, devaluation and appreciation between countries.
The Conference Board
http://www.conference-board.org/
The conference board describes itself on it's website , as a "global, independent membership organization in the public interest, we conduct research, convene conferences, make forecasts, assess trends, publish information and analysis, and bring executives together to learn from one another." The conference board has been in existance since 1916. It is dedicated to the objective analysis of business information.
Harvard Business School, Working Knowledge
http://hbsworkingknowledge.hbs.edu/
Harvard Business school hosts this web site which, provides information on diverse management topics.
Knowledge @ Wharton
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu
The web site is maintained by the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. It is a general business site with articles covering a variety of topics.
Price's List of Lists
http://www.specialissues.com/lol/
Gary Price of George Washington University has assembled these lists that provide a number of industry and company rankings.
Washington Post Business Glossary
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/specials/glossary/index.html
The site defines 1,250 business terms. Requires free registration.
Marketing
Marketing
This marketing company provides free demographic marketing information. It is a tool that promotes their services. Follow the "You are where you live link."
Duke University has provided access to over 7,000 advertisments that appeared in print from 1911 to 1955.
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