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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

Annual Report Gallery
Over 2,200 annual reports online. Includes most of the "Fortune 500" companies.

Bplans.com
Tips on starting and marketing a business, sample business and
marketing plans, starting costs and cash flow calculators.

Business 2.0
Reports on innovative business practices and the people behind
them. "Web Guide" is an extensive annotated directory of "the
best business links on the Web" including many on e-business
and e-commerce.

The Business Plan--Road Map to Success
Tutorial from the U.S. Small Business Administration on preparing
a business plan. Includes a hotlist of online business plan resources.

BusinessWeek Online
Full-text articles form recent issues of Business Week. "Market
Info" section allows you to look up data on individual stocks.

EdgarScan
An interface to the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) filings. It includes annual and quarterly reports from 1994 on. Data may be displayed in Excel charts.

FirstGov Business Gateway
Easy access to online government services for U.S. businesses.

FXConverter
Exchange rates for 164 currencies.

Globalization 101
Dedicated to providing students with information and interdisciplinary learning opportunities on this complex phenomenon.

Hoover's Online
Through Hoover's Pro Online, the company's more than 80-member editorial staff delivers continuously updated intelligence on public and private companies worldwide. NOTE: subscription site. On-campus access only.

Standard Industrial Classification Search
U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA site which allows you to look up SIC codes.

ThomasRegister
An online directory of U.S. manufacturers.

U.S. Department of State Background Notes 

U.S. Small Business Administration
"America's Small Business Resource" Provides practical
information on starting, financing and managing a small business.

Yahoo ! Finance
This excellent resource for business students contains a wealth of financial information as well as facts for business and industry analysis projects. The home page contains a daily market summary, market indexes, currency rates, financial news, and links to educational tools.

Local Sites

Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce

Lehigh Valley Association of Realtors

Lehigh Valley International Airport

Lehigh Valley Planning Commission

LVIP: Lehigh Valley Industrial Park, Inc.

Two Rivers Area Chamber of Commerce