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ABCNEWS.om: Business Index The ABC News Web site is particularly valuable for the commentary it offers on the day's business news. This doesn't mean you won't find the usual market information and the day's headlines because all that can be found here as well. But the site's hosts have assembled a good staff of writers to offer insight into what the day's business developments are likely to mean for the market, the economy, and consumers. |
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Business Etiquette Sponsored by Thomson Learning, this Web site provides a helpful gateway to online resources for various aspects of business etiquette, a key component of which is communication. The links are divided into five main sections: Test Your Business Etiquette; Value of Business Etiquette; Basic Guidelines of Business Etiquette; Aspects of business Etiquette; and International Business Etiquette. In the final section, be sure to check out Gestures Around the World, a guide to body language in many countries. |
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BusinessWeek Online Business Week boasts that it is the world's most widely read business publication. You'll have to register (free of charge) to access most of the site, and only subscribers to the print version of Business Week are able to access everything. One of the mostvaluable free features is the site's Daily Briefing. Updated throughout the day, this section is loaded with market information and financial news. The Enterprise Online section offers practical advice and tools for smallbusiness owners. Calculators enable you to answer such questions as: "Should I borrow or pay cash?" and "Does refinancing pay?" |
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CNNfn: The Financial Network Of the U.S. Web sites devoted to coverage of businessand financial news, this one seems by far the most comprehensive. The Time-Warner cable television newsgiant has such extensive resources that it's hard to imagine a more complete look at what's happening in business than is available here. Updated at least every half hour, the information is reliable current. The day's top headlines are linked to the complete stories. Full coverage of market activity is available, as is information helpful to small businesses and business travelers. |
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EcEdWeb: Economic Education Web This Web site is from the University of Nebraska, Omaha, and provides standards, lesson plans, and educational links to economic information.You can search the site by standard, economic concept, teaching resource, and grade level. |
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EconEdLink A program of the National Council on Economic Education and a member of Marco Polo consortium, thisWeb site is centered on curriculum standards and the essential principles of economics. It provides a premier source ofclassroom tested, Internet-based economic lesson materials for 1-12 teachers and their students. |
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Forbes.com The online home of Forbes magazine, this Web site contains some of the features that contributed to the success of its print counterpart, among them the Forbes 500 Annual Directory (a listing of the largest U.S. Public corporations) and the Forbes International 500, which ranks the top companies worldwide. You'll also find the magazine's annual report on American industry, which profiles more that 1,200 companies in 20 industries, and its listing ofthe 200 best small companies in America. The Toolbox includes guides to mutual funds, Forbes indexes, and a stock watch, along with calculators that help you calculate IRA conversions,fund expenses. tax rates, and growth flow ratio. Additionally, Forbes.com has selected articles from recent issues of Forbes and the contents of FYI magazine, which is not available of the newsstand. |
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Fortune.com Fortune magazine has long been one of the united States' most distinguished business publications. Its Web site is an excellent resource for anyone surveying the contemporary American business scene. Prospective investors will also find helpfu advice here. An interactive version of the fortune 500 is an interesting feature: it allows you to rank leading U.S. companies by your own criteria, such as industry, revenue, assets, or earnings per share, or you can rank companies by criteria found in the drip-down menu. You'll also find information for investors and consumers. The site also has special sections for small business owners and for those interested in business life. High school business classes, as well as other financially geared students and professors,will find this a very useful site.
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The Foundation for Economic Education Each month the foundation provides lesson plans to go along with several articles from their monthly magazine, Ideas on Liberty (formerly The Freeman). The magazine can be read from the Web site, It also has teacher resources in the form of archived articles that can be researched by subject. Subjects include environment, money, labor, anti-trust, private property rights, and education. |
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The Foundation for Teaching Economics Sponsored by the Gillette Company and the John Templeton Foundation this Web site offers graduate level educational opportunities for teachers to take weeklong programs to learn more effective methods in teaching economics. It also has teacher lesson plans and hot topics that teachers can use for class discussion andteaching. There is also a student section that offers information in such areas as "Economics and Leadership," among other things. |
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Harvard Business Review One of the most respected business publications in thecountry, Harvard Business Review not surprisingly takesa scholarly approach to its subject matter. It offers sections for educators, entrepreneurs, managers, and trainers. The magazine offers insight not available elsewhere into current business management thinking. Unfortunately, you cannot access the full text of the current contents for free, but youcan read fairly lengthy extracts from key articles. You can order full-text versions for a fee. Also available here, free of charge, are HBR cartoons, the current issue's letter from theeditor, and a preview of articles that will appear in upcoming issues. |
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Kiplinger.com The Kiplinger family of publications, which covers a variety of financial matters, is widely respected. This site is packed with useful information and calculators. Departments include Investments, Retirement, Saving and Borrowing, Your Home, Insurance, Taxes, Kids and Money, Small business, and Spending. The site also has some of the most up-to-date free market tickers found virtually anywhere on the net, which is great if you handle many of your investments online. You can access articles from Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine, view sample issues of some of the other publications, and even receive Kiplinger's Stock Pick of the Day to get an early edge on some worthwhile investments. |
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Morningstar.com An independent financial publisher headquartered in Chicago, Morningstar Inc. made its name with guides to the massive mutual fund market during the boom in funds in the early 1980s. Its online location. updated throughout each market day, offers an enormous amount of data about the market, the latest news affecting the market, as well as feature articles and interviews. You can obtain Quicktake Reports on more than |
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The New York Stock Exchange With a total market capitalization of more than $11 trillion (and still growing), the New York Stock Exchange is the world's largest equities market. You can read about its history and its role in the world of high finance (click on The NYSE). Also available here is market information, including stick prices, a market summary, and a data library. Under International View, you can learn more about global investing and raising capital internationally. a frequently updated list of Big Board companies can also be browsed here and there is a list of links to the Web sites of the exchange's listed companies. |
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OWL: Professional Writing Handouts and Resources Here's a virtual library of helpful tools for all your business communication projects. Assembled by Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University, the collection includes helpful advice to those who are writing resumes, cover letters, and academic letters of application. as well as tips for writing general business communication projects, the site's samples and models should prove especially valuable. |
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Shelbyvill Central Schools: Technology Department: Keyboarding Skills A K-12 school district's Technology Page with numerous links to programs to teach keyboarding skills and integrating technology into the classroom. Lesson plans and teaching ideas are also available. |
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U.S. Census Bureau Check here for up-to-date data on business (agriculture, constriction, international trade, manufacturing, mining, retail, services, and wholesale) and people (income, poverty, labor force, and households), as well as a schedule of forthcoming data releases, a page of frequently asked questions, and links to figures on gross domestic products, wages and prices, and so forth. |
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The Washington Post Online: Business: Business Glossary The key to any form of successful communication is a sound knowledge of the language being used to communicate. Like any specialized field, business has a language uniquely its own, and this site from the Washington Post provides a handy glossary of business terms. If you don't know a "put option "from a "call option," this collection of more than 1,250 business terms should be a big help. The glossary, arranged alphabetically and cross -referenced, may be browsed or searched by keyword. You will have to sign up to use the glossary, but it is free. |
From: Web Feet©: Guide to Search Tools, Search Engines, Directories, and Tutorials, Thomson Gale, 2004. |
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