- America's Business Funding Directory
http://www.businessfinance.com/
Locate potential funding sources for business or real estate projects
- Commerce Business Daily
http://cbdnet.access.gpo.gov/
CBDNet is the online version from the Department of Commerce
- More Business - Resource Center
http://www.morebusiness.com
A compilation of useful information for entrepreneurs everywhere.
- Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
http://www.thomasregister.com/
Search this list of manufacturers by company, product, and location.
Provides contact information for each company and some online catalogs.
Must register to use.
- U.S. Small Business Administration
http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/
Resources on starting, financing, and expanding your business,
a guide to disaster assistance,
and a shareware library of programs to run a business.
-
Portland Business Journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/
Full-text articles about local companies and industries, with a
searchable archive back to 1996.
- Oregon Secretary of
State Corporation Division
http://www.sos.state.or.us/corporation/
Guides to starting and running a business in Oregon, with links to the
necessary forms. Also includes information about becoming a Notary Public and
the Uniform Commercial Code, with searching capabilities of the business name
and UCC databases.
- Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services
http://www.cbs.state.or.us/
Contacts, forms, and online laws and rules for businesses and consumers.
Includes small business information, a workers' compensation guide, building codes,
brochures about filing insurance and investment complaints, and information about
licensing, certification, registration, and permits.
- Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
http://www.cfda.gov/
A listing of federal money available for grants and loans to State and
local governments. Includes sections on how to write applications for
assistance.
- EDGAR: Company Financial Information
http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system from the US
Securities and Exchange Commission. Full-text of registration and periodic
reports filed by public companies in the United States.
- Hoover's Online
http://www.hoovers.com/
Provides information on more than 10,000 companies, Can be searched by
location, industry, and/or sales. Also provides a directory to company home
pages, corporate job listings, and links to other business sites.
- Report Gallery
http://www.reportgallery.com/
A front-end pointing to websites and annual reports for over 2000 public
companies.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/
Provides economic data, consumer price indexes, producer price indexes, and
unemployment statistics.
- Census Bureau Home Page
http://www.census.gov/
Search for census data on local areas by place names and zip codes, as well
as other statistics.
- US Patent and Trademark Office
http://www.uspto.gov/
Extensive information about intellectual property, with guides to applying
for patents and trademarks. Includes searchable databases for patents and trademarks.
- Global Edge - Michigan
State University
http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asp
An extensive guide to Internet sources for conducting international business.
Developed and maintained by the Michigan State University Center for International
Business Education and Research.
- Yahoo! Finance
http://finance.yahoo.com/
Stock and money market quotes, market news, and articles with background
and research information.
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