Best Business Sources

Best Business Sources

Searchers Academy

Marcy PhelpsPhelps Research

www.phelpsresearch.com

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Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)

http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2

Time series economic data

U.S. regional/international coverageMoney, banking, financePopulation, employment, labor marketsPrices, production activity, and more!


Industry Statistics Portal

census.gov/econ/isp/

Link to all of the different types of Census Bureau data for an industry, including:

The Economic CensusAnnual, quarterly, & monthly statistics, where available


Kaiser Family Foundation

www.kff.org

Health policy analysis/research

News/information clearinghouse

Health reform, Medicare, global health,

& more


The World Bank: Data

http://data.worldbank.org

Development reports, global economic/trade data, country/regional info, and more

Data organized by country, topic, indicator


How I learned to love SEC filings

Search 10K filings: EDGAR (edgar.sec.gov)Information about

Industry trendsMarketsCompetitorsFinancesManagement




SEC filings – mining for gold

FormDs.com

WordsAnalytics

Morningstar Document Research


NYTimes.com: DealBook

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/Times articles covering M&A, Investment Banking, IPO Offerings, etc.

Also – Reuters.com: Dealswww.reuters.com/finance/deals


Nielsen: Newswire

www.nielsen.com/us/en/newswire.html

Large-scale surveys and reports on media trends

How people consume information


Deloitte Insights for CIOs

http://deloitte.wsj.com/cio/

Research, technology perspectives and analyses, case studies, and more

Also:2013 Industry Outlook reportshttp://snipurl.com/26kjtma

Deloitte Industrieshttp://snipurl.com/253wjdn


J.D. Power: Blogs & Social Media

jdpower.com/about/blogs-social-media.htm

Ratings, study results, industry info

In-depth coverage of automotive, banking, energy, telecom industries


Country Insights

http://snipurl.com/27voclf

Country profiles from Centre for Intercultural Learning

Overview, history, geography, culture, politics, economy, etc/

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