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Business Sources

• General Business and Business Education
  • Accounting Resources on the Internet
    ...a comprehensive, classified list of links to accounting sources on the Net
  • Better Business Bureau
    ...an on-line site to foster a relationship between businesses and the public
  • Business Education Lesson Plans and Resources
    ...a growing set of links to all areas of business education, professional organizations, job searches, and business curriculums
  • Business Week Online
    ...current news and feature articles from this business magazine
  • CNN Financial Network
    ...includes up-to-the minute news, stock quotes, and articles
  • EntreWorld
    ...all types of tips and tricks for the business entrepreneur and starting up and maintaining a business
  • Marketing Teacher: Lesson Links
    ...a group of lessons to use with students in marketing class
  • Researching Companies Online
    ..."a step-by-step, interactive tutorial on researching companies using a wide variety of free resources on the Internet"
  • ThomasNet
    ...an online version of the directory used to find business suppliers and services
  • Yahoo Business List
  • Yahoo/Reuters Newsfeed : Business
    ...continually updated business news
• Economics
  • AmosWorld Economic Glossary
    ...a searchable index of over 1000 economic terms
  • Consumer Information Center
    ...an on-line version of the US Government's Consumer Information Catalog and publications
  • Consumer Price Index (Inflation) Calculator
    ...a fun classroom tool to find the worth of items in any year since 1800 compared to today's dollars
  • Discovery Channel School : Economics Lesson Plans
    ...curriculum tie-ins with the programs, vocabulary, and great activities to support this subject in the classroom, including money facts and budgets
  • EcEdWeb
    ...a site which "provides support for economic education in all forms and at all levels"
  • Econoclass
    ...activities, case studies, debate topics, and links to other sites to support the teaching of economics at the high school level
  • Economic Charts of Forty Countries
    ...graphs of the stock exchanges, interest rates, and currencies for the past few years worldwide
  • Federal Reserve Education
    ...links to instructional materials, lessons, and links for all levels of economic education
  • Yahoo Economy List
• Finance
  • Currency Exchange Rates from Yahoo
  • Edgar Database (SEC Filings)
    ...search the last two years of filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission
  • Holt Stock Report
    ...a daily summary of stock highs and lows, currency, gold prices, etc.
  • Hypertextual Finance Glossary
    ...over 36,000 finance and banking terms defined
  • Secrets of Making Money
    ...a site designed to include everything from how a bill is made to protection from counterfeiters
  • Standard & Poors 500 Index
    ...a chart of the current day's index
  • Universal Currency Converter
    ...compare up-to-date international currency exchange rates with pull-down menus
  • World Paper Money Homepage
    ...over 7000 scanned images of paper money from around the world
  • Yahoo Financial Glossary
    ...find out the definitions of hundreds of financial terms
• Personal Finance
  • Electric Money
    ...a series of five classroom (grades 9-12) activities and lessons which include great support material on the digital economy and credit cards
  • InvestorWords
    ...a glossary of over 5000 investing terms; great for an economic class
  • Microsoft Investor
    ..."one-stop investment tool that lets you monitor all your stocks and mutual funds at a glance"
  • Multnomah Country Library Homework Center: Personal Finance Sites
    ...resource to support teaching personal finance topics to students at all levels
  • Mutual Fund Search
    ...search for mutual fund information by company name
  • NETworth Quote Server
    ...get up-to-date stock quotes and past performance graphs here