Business & Economics


General Financial Sites

CNN Financial Network
www.cnnfn.com
E-Commerce Times
www.ecommercetimes.com
EDGAR Database
www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
www.chicagofed.org
Free Patents Online
www.freepatentsonline.com/
The FreePatentsOnline search engine is one of the most powerful, fastest and easiest patent search engines on the web.
International Trade Administration
www.ita.doc.gov
IRED: International Real Estate Digest
www.ired.com
The Mint
www.themint.org
The United States Mint
www.usmint.gov
Oanda.com, The Currency Site
www.oanda.com
Public Libraries Briefcase
www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/brass/brasspubs/publibbrief/publiclibraries.htm
American Library Association’s online business reference magazine
Social Security
www.ssa.gov
State & Country Census Quickfacts
quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html
SumoBrain
www.sumobrain.com/
SumoBrain provides intellectual property searching for attorneys, corporate researchers and inventors. All our services are completely free
Thomas Register of Corporations
www.thomasregister.com
World Chambers of Commerce
www.worldchambers.com
Yahoo! Finance.com
finance.yahoo.com

Local Economic Information

ePodunk: Jacksonville, Florida
www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=8614
Florida Census.com
www.censusfinder.com/florida.htm
Jacksonville Daily Record
www.jaxdailyrecord.com
Jacksonville Economic Development Commission (JEDC)
www.jaxdevelopment.org
Jacksonville's official economic development and community redevelopment agency.
Jacksonville Business Journal
www.amcity.com/jacksonville
Local Economic Indicators
www.leipjax.org
Small Business Assistance Providers
www.jaxsmallbizhelp.org/home/
U.S. Census Quickfacts: Duval County
quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/12/12031.html

Business Startup

AllBusiness
www.allbusiness.com
Florida Department of State: Division of Corporations: Forms Download
www.dos.state.fl.us/doc/form_download.html
Florida Small Business Development Center Network
www.floridasbdc.com
Registering a Non-Profit in Florida
sun6.dms.state.fl.us/dor/businesses/nonprofit.html
Sample Business Letters
www.4hb.com/letters/index.html
SCORE: Counselors to America’s Small Business
www.score.org/
Small Business Administration
www.sbaonline.sba.gov
Starting a Business in Florida
www.dos.state.fl.us/startbus/index.html

Economic Statistics & Information

EPI: Economic Policy Institute
epinet.org/epihome.html
Economic Statistics Briefing Room
www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html
Federal Reserve Beige Book: Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions
www.federalreserve.gov/FOMC/BeigeBook/2006
Free Business Statistics and Financial Ratios
www.bizstats.com
National Compensations Survey
www.bls.gov/ncs
Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
stats.bls.gov/oes/oes_data.htm

Investments

BigCharts
www.bigcharts.com
Stocks & commodities
ClearStation
www.clearstation.com
Stock statistics, histograms and trending graphs
Closed-Ended Fund Center
www.closed-endfunds.com
Morningstar.com
www.morningstar.com
The Motley Fool
www.fool.com
Mutual Fund Investor’s Center
www.mfea.com
NASDAQ
www.nasdaq.com
NYSE
www.nyse.com
SmartMoney.com
www.smartmoney.com
Treasury Bill, Note, and Bond Auction History
www.publicdebt.treas.gov/of/ofaicqry.htm
U.S. Savings Bonds Online
www.publicdebt.treas.gov/sav/sav.htm

Residential/Home

Zillow.com
zillow.com
Estimated Values and More on Over 70,000,000 Homes

Taxes

1040.com - Tax Information
www.1040.com
AARP: Tax-Aide
www.aarp.org/taxaide
Essential Links to Tax Sites
www.el.com/elinks/taxes
Florida Department of Revenue Tax Information
sun6.dms.state.fl.us/dor/taxes
H&R Block
www.hrblock.com/tax/homepage.asp
IRS: Internal Revenue Service
www.irs.ustreas.gov
TaxWorld
www.taxworld.org
TaxZone
www.taxzone.com/taxnews.htm
US Tax Code Online
www.fourmilab.ch/ustax/ustax.html
Yahoo! Tax Center
biz.yahoo.com/taxes