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WHERE TO FIND BUSINESS INFORMATION ONLINE
- U.S. – Bureau
of Labor Statistics
Provides an overall outlook nationally
and by geographic areas: Inflation and Consumer Spending;
Wages, Earnings,
and Benefits; Productivity; Safety and Health; International;
Employment and Unemployment; At a Glance Tables; Publications
and Research Papers, and Industries.
www.bls.gov
- U.S. – EDGAG database » top
The SEC provides the EDGAG database.
This allows you to look for free on line annual reports
for specific companies.
So, if you are looking for specific data on a specific
public company, this location should provide a resource.
www.freeedgar.com
- U.S. Small Business Administration
(SBA) » top
The following directions will bring you to the SBA home page, Small Business Advicacy and Demographics, SBA Library, and SBIR, STTR, and ATP awards sections.
The SBA offers significant information
on a variety of topics. It can sometimes serve as a gateway
to other government
publications. The above address brings you to the home
page. Business owners frequently look for grants. “The
SBA is not authorized to award grants to assist individuals
to start, operate, expand, rebuild, or purchase a business.
They do have certain grants and contracts for serving technology
needs the government may have.”
www.sba.gov
(general index to reach items noted below)
www.sba.gov/advo
(small business legal issues and demographics)
www.sba.gov/library/pubs.html
(to go to library)
The Small Business Innovation Research, SBIR, has contractual grants from the Department
of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services,
Transportation, Environmental
Protection Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National
Science Foundation.
Phase I is up to $100,000,
Phase II is up to $750,000,
Phase III is where you bring your product to market.
The Small Business Technology Transfer, STTR, offers grants through the Department of Defense,
Energy, Health and Human Services, National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
and the
National Science Foundation. Phase I offers awards up to $100,000; Phase II
awards up to $500,000. Phase three is bringing it to market.
www.sba.gov/sbir/indexsbir-sttr.html
(brings you directly to SBIR and STTR awards)
The Advanced Technology Program is a program from the National Institute of Standards Technology.
http://tech-net.sba.gov/index2.html
(brings you directly
to ATP awards)
Tech-Net is an electronic gateway to technology information and resources
for and about small high tech businesses. It is a search engine for researchers,
scientists, state, federal and local government officials, a marketing tool
for small firms and a potential “link” to investment opportunities.
http://tech-net.sba.gov/
(brings you directly
to Tech-Net)
- U.S. – Suggested
links from the Advocate
Provides an overall outlook nationally and by geographic areas: Inflation
and Consumer Spending; Wages, Earnings, and Benefits; Productivity; Safety
and Health; International; Employment and Unemployment; At a Glance Tables;
Publications and Research Papers, and Industries.
www.businesslaw.gov
(Issues of law/regulations and small business.)
www.dol.gov
(U.S. Department of Labor.)
www.export.gov
(Export Information.)
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