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 Bank Rate Monitor- Bank Rate Monitor provides online consumers with financial data, research and editorial
information on non-investment financial products.
Basic Legal Forms
- Provides good examples of basic legal forms. Categories include: Basic Agreements, Buying and Selling, Credit and Collection, Employment, Leases and Tenancies, Loans and Borrowing, Personal and Family, Transfers and Assignments and Other Legal Forms.
Copyright Forms
- The Copyright Office application forms are available in the Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
Tax Forms: All States (1040.com)
- A well organized site with links to state and federal tax forms, and general tax sites and information.
Calculators
- Links to mortgage calculators (should you pay points? should you refinance?), credit card
calculators, savings calculators (retirement savings, college savings), auto leasing calculator, and
loan calculators. (See also Currency calculators in Foreign Language Page).
Companies Online (D & B)
- Search for information on over 100,00 public and private companies.
Forbes Toolbox - Most useful for its links to all of the Forbes' lists (Top 500 companies, richest people, etc.)
Thomas Register of American Manufactures
- Thomas Register online and searchable on the web.
Patent Search
- Search patents registered from 1921 to present, including 23 years of images.

Annual Report Gallery
- links to the home pages and annual reports of more than 2200 companies traded on the U.S. stock exchanges, including most of the Fortune 500
Franchises - choose a franchise for your new business

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Country Information

Embassies in Washington D.C.
CIA World Factbook
CIA - Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
WWWVirtual Library International Affairs Resources - this is an excellent site for information on all issues of the Model UN - topics, countries, issues
Country Studies - Area Handbooks from the Library of Congress
U.S. Department of State - regional briefings
Background Notes - State Department Background Notes provide information on geographic entities and international organizations and are updated periodically.
Library of Congress Country Studies
Atlopedia - atlas and information on countries
United Nations Home Page - this site has information on the structure of the UN as well as Human Rights information, Humanitarian Affairs postings, Peacekeeping data, and Economic and Social Development reports on everything from narcotics trade to environmentalism and crime prevention.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Statistics Division of the UN
United Nations Documents
Ask Asia - links to information about Asia
World Wide Web Virtual Library - Asian Studies
Encyclopedia of the Orient - the Middle East and North Africa
E-Conflict World Encyclopedia
Governments on the Web
Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices - these reports are produced by the U.S. Department of State; an excellent resource for learning about other countries tariffs and trade laws

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Forming Your Own Business

The Business Plan    Analysis    Operation    Financing

The Business Plan 
Home Business Opportunities -list 14 business opportunities
FrannNet - lists hundreds of regional, national and international franchise businesses
BPlans - this site offers thousands of business plans
American Express Small Business Exchange - this site has interactive tools dealing with business plans, fraud protection, hiring policies and procedures; go to access information
Franchise Zone - use this site from Entrepreneur magazine to locate franchises from their annual franchise 500
SBA - offers a complete business plan from the Small Business Association
SBA Online Courses - online modules including The Business Plan, How to Raise
Capital for a Small Business and How to Start a Business
New Jersey Economic Development - this site will help you secure financing for your business
Entrepreneur Magazine - find information on franchising and starting your own business

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Analysis of Business Situation
Census Bureau - use this site to research population, housing and geographic data 
New Jersey Business Sources - This is an excellent site for statistical information. Be sure
to scroll down to Demographic and Statistical Information
State of New Jersey - find information on counties and communities and businesses in the garden state
Gloucester County - use this to look up information on the municipalities in Gloucester County
Yahoo Travel - scroll down for links to countries
USA DATA - use this site for demographic reports, corporate reports and targeted market research
City Search - This site provides an overview of cities in the United States

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Operation of the Business
SBA - information on starting and financing your own business
Hoover's - provides information on companies and their initial IPO's
Thomas Register - can search for American manufacturers
SEC - provides information on companies, investor's information and small businesses
Employee Theft - this is a chapter summary of a book on this topic
Copyright Web - this site provides information on copyright laws
United States Copyright Office - everything you know about copyright
United Parcel Service - check out its business section
United Postal Service
- has a section called Small Business Tools

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Financing
Quicken - this site provides help for anyone starting a business
Pacifica
- accounting software
MoneyHunter - the site to help you raise money for your business
StartUp - this site boasts that it has helped over 20,000 people start their own business; includes templates that you can use to start your own business
Business Finance - links to 78,000 sources of finances
Venture Associates - Information on Initial Public Offerings, IPOs, Internet Direct Public Offerings, DPOs, Reverse Mergers, Venture Capital, Business Plans and Planning, Small Business Financing
The Idea Cafe - this is an excellent site for small business online help
International Franchise Association - choose franchise by subject.

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