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!
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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
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Kaiser Family Foundation
www.kff.org
Health policy analysis/research
News/information clearinghouse
Health reform, Medicare, global health,
& more
www.PhelpsResearch.com 5
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
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How I learned to love SEC filings
Search 10K filings: EDGAR (edgar.sec.gov)Information about
Industry trendsMarketsCompetitorsFinancesManagement
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SEC filings – mining for gold
FormDs.com
WordsAnalytics
Morningstar Document Research
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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
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Nielsen: Newswire
www.nielsen.com/us/en/newswire.html
Large-scale surveys and reports on media trends
How people consume information
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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
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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
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Country Insights
http://snipurl.com/27voclf
Country profiles from Centre for Intercultural Learning
Overview, history, geography, culture, politics, economy, etc/
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