World Population Review

demographic data:  graphs, charts, analysis and visualizations.
"World Population Review is an independent organization without any political affiliations."

Merck Manuals Medical Information

"Thousands of topics in all medical fields"
Impressive!  Switch between Professional and Consumer
version.  Both equally detailed.

Stock Market - Countries -

"accurate information for 196 countries including historical data and forecasts for more than 20 million economic indicators, exchange rates, stock market indexes, government bond yields and commodity prices."
by TradingEconomics.com

BRICS: Sources of Information. Library of Congress

(Business Reference Services.  (Includes Terry's guide)
Brazil, Russia, India, China.

OECD Science, Technology and Innovation Outlook

" a biennial publication that aims to inform policy makers and analysts on recent and future changes in global science, technology and innovation (STI) patterns and their potential implications"
All OECD countries  +  Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, the Russian Federation and South Africa

Hidden Corners of the Global Economy – IMF F&D | September 2019

F&D (Finance & Development) magazine.
Many interesting articles, including The Art of Money Laundering.

Global Liveability Index 2019 EIU

 The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
 on CNBC site

CSI 300 Index | MarketWatch

"a capitalization-weighted stock market index designed to replicate the performance of top 300 stocks traded in the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges."      MarketWatch
Bonus:  Top 20 performers w/ company profiles & financials.

U.S. Travel Association. a trade ass'n

Hit Research for FREE industry facts & figures.

The Index is fee based.

Rare Book and Special Collections Reading Room NEW!

(Library of Congress)

'Thanks to the digital age, the stacks are open and searchable—everyone can access these untold treasures through our newly released web portal."

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services

Foreign Trade Division.     1991 - current.
Loaded, top to very bottom!

Small Business | USAGov

"Learn the steps to start a small business, get financing help from the government, and more."

Top 100 Digital Companies List . Forbes

Company profiles.
While you're there, see links to other Forbes rankings.

Top 50 Chinese Global Brand Builders 2019 -

Kantar & BrandZ

OECD iLibrary: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

All the OECD publications & stats

Top Markets. US Dept of Commerce

"meant to help exporters determine their next export market by comparing opportunities across borders"

Securities Class Action Clearinghouse:

"The SCAC team maintains a Filings database of more than 4,000 securities class action lawsuits filed since passage of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995."
Stanford Law School. (Thanks,Kara Van Abel)

World Energy Outlook - (EIA) Monthly

Short-Term Energy Outlook - U.S. Energy Information Administration

General Services Administration

"Resources and guidance to becoming and succeeding as a GSA vendor."
There's a lot to look at here.   (gsa.gov)

LMC AUTOMOTIVE

News + global car sales and production data | 
+ US Retail sales.

A History of the American Public Library

How American Cities Got Their Libraries - CityLab
Atlantic Monthly

Nigerian Communications Commission

Industry Statistics

State of America's Libraries Report 2019

Academic  Public, School Libraries
ALA

Mexico in figures INEGI

"autonomous public body responsible for regulating and coordinating the National Statistical and Geographic Information System"   Hit Data  Also Research

Historical Ads database

Print. 1930 - 1969. TJS Labs Gallery of Graphic Design

Mexico in Figures

"autonomous public body responsible for regulating and coordinating the National Statistical and Geographic Information System" 

Top 500 most valuable US brands

Brand Finance 

Export Information by Industry | export.gov

"Find the latest market intelligence, trade events, and trade leads for your industry."

DATA GEMS: How to Navigate data.census.gov

You'll get new notices from the Census nearly every day if you sign on.   

WIPO Global Brand Database

World Intellectual Property Org.

Statistics | Internal Revenue Service

" a wide range of tables, articles, and data that describe and measure elements of the U.S. tax system"   No company reports.

Updated 2020 Census Website

Census Bureau Launch

Patents US, Europe, World

uspto.gov -- US     Espacenet/ -- Europe   
         
www.wipo.int/ -- World. Also links to (scroll down) Global Brand Database & Patentscope.

Global Powers of Retailing | Deloitte |

Top 250 companies.  44pp.
 Consumer Business industry reports

American Marketing Association

 Marketing Services companies Search

"Click on specific categories (12) or search by keyword, category, or location."

Travelers' Health | CDC

"provides information and health recommendations for US residents who are planning to travel abroad"
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Industry Overviews, Descriptions. IRS

Provided for Internal Revenue Service Auditors, these are guides to small businesses (e.g. art galleries, childcare providers)

U.S. Median Household Income US CENSUS

Get a free subscription to:

America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers

 "It features stories on various topics such as families, housing, employment, business, education, the economy, emergency preparedness, and population."US Median Household Income

State Economic Monitor . Urban Institute

 "tracks and analyzes economic and fiscal trends at the state level. Its interactive graphics highlight particular differences across all 50 states and the District of Columbia in employment, earnings, housing, and taxes."

FDIC: Details and Financials . US Banks.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.  
"Find a bank or bank holding company, generate comprehensive financial or demographic reports, and find bank locations or groups of banks."

Statistics Sweden

by Government Agency. See also Statistics news; Salary search.

America’s Top Colleges. Forbes

        Other Annual College Rankings:
1)US NEWS    usnews.com/best-colleges

2) The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings.  

timeshighereducation.com/rankings/united-states/2019#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats/

3.   The World University Rankings. 2020/

timeshighereducation.com/

RetailWire . Free news

 The Week's Top 5 Discussions

S&P 500 Environmental & Socially Responsible Index .

 After you see the list of Constituents, then you must google [co. name sustainability] for details.

Data Breaches, 2005 -current

Searchable  "from 9,046 DATA BREACHES made public since 2005"

(Nonprofit)

Worldometers - real time world statistics

"The meters are running before our very eyes."
"one of the best free reference websites by the American Library Association (ALA)"
(Thanks, Regina Beard)

Top 10 Information Technology (IT) Companies in World 2019 |

 Best Software Companies.  Company profiles.
by MBASkool.com/

Greenfield Investment. Definition

a type of foreign direct investment (FDI) where a parent company creates a subsidiary in a different country,

(Thanks,   investopedia.com/terms/)=

Trade stats by State >> globalEDGE:

+ Trade services directory.  and more. Michigan State U.

Trade Law Compendium

"trade law summaries for 30+ jurisdictions prepared by law firms located there. Includes most significant US trading partners." GlobalEdge