Top 100 -- Gov't Contractors

"  based on their annual prime contracts in IT, systems integration, professional services and telecommunications."
by Washington Technology

Nat'l US-Arab Chamber of Commerce

Hit Business & Trade tab.   Country trade data profiles. Separate database for US trade, by state.  Latest data: 2017

Global Liveability Rankings & Report. 2018

Country analysis, industry analysis - Market risk assessment
EIU- THE ECONOMIST.  Free registration required.

Charities & other qualified donees - Canada.

BMW’s additive manufacturing journey - Automotive Industries

Bureau of Transportation Statistics. N. America

US Dept of Transportation.

Automotive Industries.

"Founded in 1895, the world's first trade magazine covering the automotive industry"  Daily, 2002 - current.

Research & Business Intelligence - Canada

Industry sector data, financial benchmarks, labour trends and business statistics.

CountrySTAT UN

Food & Agricultural Org.

"free access to food and agriculture data for over 245 countries and territories and covers all FAO regional groupings 
from 1961 to the most recent year available"

World's Most Valuable Brands List. Forbes

United Nations Population Division |

 Department of Economic and Social Affairs
World Population data.

Japan - Market Overview | export.gov

US Country Commercial Guides

USAspending.gov

Search on Agency, Budget Function, Object Class -- State

Business -News Xinhuanet . China

Xinhua News Agency. "the official press agency of the People's Republic of China"

Mobile News/Trends

BGR | Mobile     Updated daily.  and hourly.
(Thanks, Glenna Rhodes)

Top 100 food & beverage companies. US & Canada. Annual

 w/company info (brands & execs)    2009 - current.
 Food Processing magazine

Internet & Technology - Pew Research Center

Loaded w/ stats!  See also the other topics.
Free registration required.

Gold-Eagle

 global gold and metal markets.   silver.  platinum.
up-to-date.

Int'l Telecommunications Union. UN 2017

Statistics galore!
Including "New data visualization on Internet users by region and country, 2010-2016"

Thanks,

Anna Liypko

2018 World Drug Report. UN

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime 

National Energy Board Canada

Alibaba.com

"Manufacturers, Suppliers, Exporters & Importers from the world's largest online B2B marketplace"
A Chinese company.

Interbrand | Best Retail Brands

Global. Annual.  rankings. Company info. Free reg. req.
Hit Best Brands.  

UNSD — Industrial Statistics

United Nations.  New.  Huge - packed w/ important stats.

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

Sign up for regular releases from BEA.
Scroll down to Email Subscriptions Service.   Invaluable.

Business Today : India newspaper

Daily Business News, Latest Stock Market and Economy news

ACM Career Center Jobs

"media, design, user-interface, HCI, security, gaming, graphics, hardware or software"
Academic & corporate.  

Int'l Railway Journal

News

Nat'l Charity Report Directory- US

also lists jobs
brief charity info

Asian Development Bank

Data and Research | Great for up-to-date stats on less covered countries.

OECD Observer Monthly

The journal of Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development. Excellent articles and links.
Includes latest economic data and country stats.

The fDi Report 2018

"our annual assessment of crossborder investment based on the fDi Markets service from the Financial Times "–

Corporate culture - Grant Thornton

See also Beyond Compliance: the Building Blocks of strong corporate culture.    32 pages.

Corporate Governance 2.0

Harvard Business Review.  from a 2015 issue but relevant today.

CRSP - The Center for Research in Security Prices |

The Big Picture 2018      Global
1926 - current.
Stocks, Bonds, Prices, Inflation.

McKinsey: The ‘Chinese Consumer’ No Longer Exists.

"Here's Why" | Alibaba

UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2017 -

" unparalleled access to cross-country comparable sets of global data"

Finance Asia. League tables

Dealogic  Investment Banking co's. Rankings.

Internal Revenue Service. Tax stats 2018 release

Statistics of Income.     Individual & Partnership Returns.
Aggregate data for 2015 & 2016.

Yahoo Finance

Yahoo Finance - Business Finance, Stock Market, Quotes, News
Free and really good.  Company & Industry Ratios + much more.

Requests for Proposals. Nonprofit jobs. US

Philanthropy News Digest.  (Foundation Center)

Emerging Trends in Real Estate- US & Canada 2018

See also link to the Global version.

Energy Markets Factbook Canada

by Natural Resources Canada 

2018 Guide to the National Endowment for the Arts | NEA

Annual.  "provides details on the programs and activities that the NEA supports, as well as funding deadlines for our various grants."

Crunchbase: Startups

 "Discover innovative companies and the people behind them: Latest insights and analysis"

Official Source US Export and Import Statistics -

Foreign Trade - US Census Bureau: "the official source for U.S. export and import statistics"

Venture Monitor - US. Quarterly

"a complete look at venture capital activity, reporting on fundraising, investments, exits and other relevant industry analysis in one comprehensive report each quarter."

Free reg. may be req.

50 Company Stocks to Watch in 2018 Global

Bloomberg. "out of the 6000 companies they track"
from Business Week magazine.  Slow loading.

Global Economic & Financial Data Trends | CEIC Blog

"Curated news and insights covering emerging and developed markets directly from CEIC's analysts worldwide"
This is free.  The full database is fee based.