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Standard & Poor's Research Services
Software provides analytical flexibility needed to anticipate and respond to changes in the global economy. Offers custom, industry-specific queries that help manage assets and plan budgets effectively and detailed investment strategy reports.

 
European Union Finance News Network
Topics covered include daily prices and news, banking and finance IT, interviews with Prime Ministers, Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors and specialised editorials from national and multi-national companies.

 
BizBuySell.com
Database of businesses for sale.

 
FinancialMinds.com
Community of like minds in finance providing knowledge, skills and solutions with access to books, ideas and services.

 
ZAWYA
Provider of news, analysis, research, market prices, macro-economic and company information for businesses in the Middle East and North Africa.

 
Stat-USA Internet
A service of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The site for the U.S. business, economic and trade community, providing authoritative information on U.S. and international economic indicators.

 
Evanomics
Offers excellent information and references/links to EVA.

 
CFOnet
Online version of CFO Magazine magazine with articles on financial topics from benchmarking to best practices to reengineering to EVA to knowledge capital to e-commerce, and more.

 
FINWeb
FINWeb is a financial economics web site managed by James R. Garven, PhD. The primary objective is to list Internet resources providing substantive information concerning economics and finance-related topics.

 
Financial Scandals
Links to sources of information on major financial scandals, bank frauds, money laundering, corruption, scams, organized crime, etc.

 
Wall Street Net
Research and reference information on current, upcoming, and featured mergers and acquisitions, as well as many other finance-related resources.

 
Briefing.com
Internet provider of live market analysis, in-depth coverage and live US bond market commentary. Economic and political commentary, and market quotes provided as well as economic forecasting. Fee-based service.

 
Wall Street Research Net (WSRN)
Thousands of resources and links to help professional and private investors perform fundamental research on actively traded companies and locate news that moves markets.

 
PlacementTracker
Research, reporting and analysis on private placements by public companies.

 
Cannex
Gathers, compiles and distributes interest rate and product information/surveys for a variety of retail financial products offered by financial institutions in Australia, Canada and the US.

 
Worldwide Directory of Finance Faculty and Professionals
Directory to locate phone numbers, addresses and home pages of faculty and finance professionals worldwide.

 
XOLIA.com
Uses advanced artificial intelligence technology to build decision centers that help visitors make commerce decisions for such services as online brokers, banks and credit cards.

 
Deutsche Bank Research
Responsible for macroeconomic research in the Deutsche Bank Group. Includes publications, research on topics, regions, and more.

 
Financial Net
Sponsored by EDS, provider of financial industry services on the Internet. From web site development and hosting plans to comprehensive network-centric business solutions.

 
e-roadshows.com
Electronic roadshow specialist that allows issuers to make presentations to professional investors via the Internet.

 
Investopedia.com
Glossary of financial and investing terms.

 
iMoneyNet Inc.
iMoneyNet Inc. is the result of a merger between IBC Financial Data, a provider of information about money market mutual funds, and The Bradshaw Financial Network, which tracks banks, thrifts, credit unions, mortgage companies, credit card issue.

 
Latinvestor
Financial reports from brokers and consulting firms on Latin American economies, companies and industries.

 
Economic value added
Site includes academic and commercial resources, as well as other resources, readings, and company applications.

 
Zagury.com
Financial directory and bookstore.

 
EVA Electronic Resources
Provides links to EVA resources.

 
Wallstreet Session
Directory of finance-related sites.

 
GE Commercial Finance: Financial Services Reference
Provides financing reference for companies, including white papers, newsletters and an asset-based learning guide.

 
Corpfin
Global provider of corporate finance transactional data and analysis.

 
Road-Show.com
Serves self-directed investors through the Internet by aggregating and publishing information on publicly traded companies.

 
companyfinance.com
Impartial capital matching firm helping middle-market companies find the right lending institutions. For companies seeking financing up to $100 million.

 
eFinance.com
Provides point-of-sale, real-time credit decisioning to facilitate the financing of online B2B transactions. Enables e-marketplaces and portals to deliver financing solutions.

 
International Monetary Fund: World Economic Outlook
Promote international monetary cooperation, exchange stability, and orderly exchange arrangements; foster economic growth and high levels of employment; provide temporary financial assistance to countries.

 
RateNet
Tracks financial institutions in US markets, analyzes interest rate performance and financial stability. Connection to banking sites and link to financial products.

 
Standard & Poor's
Capital markets, fund services, investment services, research and rating services.

 
S&P Personal Wealth
Provides information on markets, stocks, funds, economy, IPOs, industries and bonds.

 
Zacks.Com
Provider of online investment research services. Services are provided to private investors. This company was capitalized by corporate investment.

 
Superstar Investor
Information in most financial services areas, asset classes and research related to finance.

 
Federal Reserve's Functional Cost and Profit Analysis (FCA)
FCA uses company specific data to create a customized Individual Report. This information can be used to analyze income and expenses in key operating areas, measure an institution's current profitability against last year's data, and compare per.

 
CorpFiNet
Corporate Finance Network provides news, information and links related to the corporate finance world.

 
FinanceNet: improving accountability of taxpayer resources
Improving accountability of taxpayer resources: US government's official home for all world government sales, auctions, surplus, for government newsgroups, and for improving financial management in governments worldwide.

 
U.S. Business Advisor
Federal agencies worked together to build this one-stop electronic link to all the information and services the government provides for the business community.

 
Principles of Finance
Class notes covering the principles of macroeconomics, microeconomics, money and banking and international finance.

 
Investtrek.com
Provider of current stories in funds, stocks, markets, securities and real time quotes.

 
Virtual Portugal
Index of finance, insurance & real estate, linking to subindexes or directories or information pages.

 
IBC Conferences
Global database of Financial & Insurance events, journals and information products; users can search by country and subject area.

 
Investments Direct
Online news source offering investment articles and advice from an investor's perspective.

 
FundsXpress
Focused on delivering secure Internet financial transactions to banks, credit unions and other financial institutions.

 
InvestmentSeek.com
Online directory of individual investment web sites.

 
WinStar Business Research Center
Provides credit reports, profiles, and news on specific domestic and international companies, as well as other market and industry trends.

 
AAAdir
Directory of world banks, credit unions, finance, economy and banking information.

 
NatWest Global Financial Markets
Comprehensive site that offers ressearch, rates, charts and reports.

 
Bridge Information Systems
Bridge's three main business lines include: financial information and news products, trading and transaction services, network services.

 
Bloomberg.com
Web portal for financial news, information and tools from this large provider of financial information and services.

 
Journal of Financial REsearch
Publishes referred academic financial research.

 
IQ Chart: Silicon Investor
Users can view and modify technical parameters and save multiple chart templates. Portfolios can include number of shares owned, transaction prices, and commission costs.

 
Thompson Financial Securities Data
Worldwide Merger & Acquisitions database covers transactions and is used by investment banks, law firms, and media outlets around the world. Updated daily, the data goes back to 1979 (U.S.) or 1985 (non-U.S.) and covers more than 273,000 transac.

 
OneCore
Provides small- and mid-sized businesses with financial services through an online account. Provides one vendor relationship for multiple services.

 
Financialpiece.com
Portal that provides general financial news and links.

 
International Chamber of Commerce Directory
Searches for chambers of commerce, cities, states, provinces. Site includes hotlinks to their web sites and email addresses.

 
NVST Academy
Internet portal serving the business-to-business needs of the private equity, merger and acquisition, and venture capital industries.

 
Intelbrige
Directory of banks for all regions, republics, and autonomous units of Russia, CIS, and Baltic States.

 
Thomson Investors Network
Exclusive online broker research and industry reports. Thompson I-Watch tracks market makers activities. Mutual Fund Center.

 
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Published quarterly by the University of Washington. Topics include corporate finance, investments, capital and security markets, and quantitative methods of particular relevance to financial researchers.

 
Global Investor
Online resource for international investors that provides updated news as well as information on market performance, world exchanges, ADRs, and currencies.

 
National Financial Services Network
Comprehensive directory listing of commercial banks, investment banks and individual financial service providers broken down by state.

 
BanxQuote
The network is a source of updated rates and quotes from financial service providers. Features state-by-state, regional and national composite benchmarks, as well as useful links and snapshot profiles of financial institutions.

 
Finance Online - Thomson Financial Publishing Asia Pacific
Reference for Australia and New Zealand's financial industry.

 
GlobalEDGAR
Database of annual and quarterly reports, SEC filings for over 30,000 companies worldwide. Offers alerts and global text search for one fee.

 
CNNfn
Coverage of world business news, financial markets and live market data. Round the clock news produced by a global network of correspondents, producers and writers. CNN is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

 
Federal Filings Inc.
A Dow Jones company, disseminates market affecting news extracted from complex documents that companies file with the SEC and other federal regulators.

 
Lexis-Nexis
Comprehensive database that provides access to thousands of worldwide newspapers, magazines, trade journals, industry newsletters, tax and accounting information, financial data, etc.

 
BizMat: Advice & Resources for Construction Contractors
Industry experts provide customized answers to specific questions relating to pricing, profits and planning in the construction industry.

 
VentureLine
Provides sophisticated MBA-level tools and services over the Internet that are easy to understand and simple to use.

 
UK-iNvest.com
Guide to business and investing. Provides daily content, analysis, and commentary by portfolio managers.

 
Thomson Financial Publishing - Asia Pacific
Financial information providers.

 
Dun & Bradstreet
Provider of business-to-business credit, marketing, purchasing, and receivables management and decision-support services worldwide.

 
Rapid Fire Swing Trading
Provider of resource information on methods of market entry and exit.

 
Economagic
Comprehensive site of free, easily available US economic time series data useful for economic research and in particular, economic forecasting.

 
LatinStocks.com
Provides information, analysis and commentary on Latin American markets.

 
eCredit.com
Provides real-time credit, financing and related services for ebusinesses through the eCredit.com Global Financing Network.

 
Policy.com
A division of VoxCap Properties, Policy.com serves as a public policy resource showcasing leading research, opinions and events shaping public policy on dozens of issues, including education, technology and healthcare.

 
Financial Data and Resource Locators
Singapore-based site that provides a huge selection of links to material on international finance, banking, stocks exchanges.

 
QuickMBA
Provider of tutorials and explanations of financial, accounting and management subjects, as taught at MBA programs.

 
BigCharts
Investment research web site providing access to professional-level research tools like interactive charts, quotes, news, industry analysis and intraday stock screeners.

 
Plunkett Research: Finance and Investments
Provider of tailored research reports on industry sectors. This portion of the site offers free brief overviews of industry trends and links to statistics.

 
Business and Technology Research Library
A business researcher's interests: BizTech Research Library & Searchable Knowledge Map.

 
Wallstreeter
Directory of Central Banks, exchanges, historical data, Ministries of Finance, world market indices and AFRs.

 
SmartMoney.com
Daily stock and mutual fund recommendations, hourly market updates, personal finance investing research tools and advice, and current stock and mutual fund quotes and charts.

 
Financial Services UK News
Email news service and coverage of UK financial services industry activities such as acquisitions, new projects, expansion plans, strategy and other developments.

 
Financial Data Finder
Online research engine that provides extensive financial market data, current and historical security quotes, and business libraries. Created by Dept. of Finance at Ohio State University.

 
Asian Company Profiles
Provider of credit reports, credit ratings and risk analysis of companies in China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Pakistan, Myanmar and Indonesia.

 
CEOExpress Company
Provider of online organization of Internet business communities for specific audiences.

 
Access Global Business Intellibase
Online resource designed to find and use the business, economic, and trade information that is needed to succeed and have a competitive advantage in international markets. Search results are provided to registered users for a transaction-based f.

 
Thomson Financial BankWatch
World's largest bank rating agency, providing research and analysis on financial institutions around the world.

 
Buyers Guide
American Bankers' Association online directory of companies supplying products and services.

 
Financial Information Link Library
Links to worldwide financial resources.

 
Morningstar: Exclusive Stock Research
Provides independent research and analysis on more than 1,000 stocks. Membership is free. Sign up today and get a free Analyst Report.

 
Thomson Global Banking Resource
Comprehensive, global database of financial institutions, including contacts, correspondents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and financial & payment information.

 
UK Business Net
Comprehensive business-to-business information resource and marketing forum on the Internet.

 
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