Construction Equipment industry

2014 Annual Report and Forecast |          
Construction Equipment magazine

Best Schools -" US News"

Best Colleges | Best Graduate Schools | Online Schools - Best public high schools

World's Most Admired Companies 2014

Full List - Fortune

Seed-DB. Startups and funders

"A database of seed accelerators and their companies."

Bloomberg- China co's on NYSE

Screen on Equity Screener.
QSRC     (Hit GO)       97   Create custom Template  
14   (GO)  Countries of Domicile      China
UpDate (at page bottom right)  

     11 Exchanges
             2.  N. America
            25.  US
                       Update.   Can view  full record of each resulting firm.

Best Free Reference Web Sites Combined Index, 1999-2013

 RUSA Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS) | Reference & User Services Association ALA

2014 Top 500 Franchise Opportunities. US

Entrepreneur.com

Snack Food Industry

Symphony IRI Group.  about 80 pages.  detailed stats. market research.
appears to be mostly US focused.

Retail industry - Global

Annual. Top 250 retailers, top 50 e-tailers and more.  trends, market stats,etc.  Deloitte.

Bank rates. US

Formerly "Bank Rate Monitor," 
Mortgage Rates,  Credit Cards.  Refinance Home.  CD Rates.
National, state, city, zip code

Business in China . Market trends

McKinsey & Company: "Six big trends are shaping the country’s future, as investor Jeffrey Towson and McKinsey’s Jonathan Woetzel explain in this excerpt from The One Hour China Book."

Country Highlights

A new service from IFC- World Bank.  All the country reports are here too.
Country Reports - Enterprise Surveys - World Bank Group

Occupational Employment Stats. BLS

Annual, 1988 - current.  See also Economic Releases & Publications.

World Travel & Tourism Council

Country & regional stats. 1988 - current.  Monthly updates.  Covers economic impact, employment + more. Comparisons to other industries.

National Statistical Offices

Direct link to web-sites. Thanks, WTO.

Institute for Supply Management

Lots of free info here.  Purchasing Mgrs Index, regional data/
Manufacturing & non Manufacturing indicators.  Also Taiwan PMI.
(PMI =new orders, inventory levels, production, supplier deliveries and the employment environment.)

Nat'l US-Arab Chamber of Commerce

Hit Business & Trade tab.  Lots of worthwhile country trade data and profiles here.

Factiva Dow Jones database guide.

111 page detailed guide for simple & advanced searching.  (Using fields, e.g.)

Middle East / North Africa (MENA) and Sub-Saharan Africa Business Research Guide

This guide is being updated.  t

Repub. of S.Africa

Dept. of Trade & Industry. Trade + other stats. See also Investor’s 2013--14 Handbook  (Deloitte)  about 13 pages - Good.

Finding Historical Stock Prices | Research Guide

The New York Public Library

OTC Stocks. Global.

"Quotes and Investor Information for OTCQX, OTCQB, OTC Pink and other OTC Stocks"

How to Give a Killer Presentation

Free. Harvard Business Rvw.  Lessons from TED.  Includes 10  ways to ruin a presentation.

Annual Survey of Manufactures

US Census.  Includes manufacturing stats by state.

On-Line Publications for Investors. SEC

Everything you wanted to know about investments - and more.  Bountiful links.  e.g. What's a microcap stock?

Essence of Islamic Finance

Islamic Development Bank.  See also Understanding Islamic Finance in left frame.

UN Comtrade

Free Database. "The UN Comtrade database contains more than 3.1 billion trade records starting from 1962."

Int'l Trade Centre

Excellent.  Global country-region trade & FDI profiles.  Compare countries + more.
Some info is subscription based, but what's there is "cherce."

Business & Financial News | Reuters

This isn 't Free and Good; it's Free & Fabulous.  e.g.-search on Berkshire Hathaway.  You get daily BH news full text daily 2007 - current.  PLUS a big collection of current ratios.

Financial Ratios: A Guide to Library Resources

A comprehensive guide from U of Minnesota Libraries.  Well done!

The State of the News Media 2013

Annual.  Pew Research report on American Journalism.  Data-rich. Includes -Ethnic & Alternative.

BLS Data Finder. New.

US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Small business industry overviews.

"Audit Techniques Guide." IRS  e,g Childcare, Architects, etc. 

License! Global

Top Global Licensors, Licensees, Licensing Agents, License Finder.   Full text of License! magazine.

Health: Key Tables from OECD

• Global - includes non OECD countries.  Health Statistics     International Migration Statistics
• Social Expenditure Stats    Social & Welfare Stats.      Lots of data.

Survey of Current Business. BEA. Now online only

"Sign up for email notifications when each issue of the Survey is available on www.bea.gov."

IT Service & Consumption. EIU. Global.

Exec. summary.  5 pages.  Covers outsourcing + more.
Forecast survey of execs.

I'm off again!

This time to the South Pacfic.  I'll be back in early March.  In the meantime, continue to browse the tags ( I try to keep all the posts updated) for the free and the good. best to all, t

Timestamp-news wires

Timestamp-news wires   The official release time of corporate actions by  DJ, AP, Reuters and all the rest.

PR Newswire

Up to 180 days back of releases.  Searchable on several fields.  Good for earnings announcements, mergers, etc.

Global Product usage

Global TGI. (Kanter Media) About 52 products covered.  63 countries.  Free reg. req.

The Digital Consumer. US. Nielsen.

heaps of stats.  23 pages.  free registration required.

Enterprise Surveys. Country Profiles

IFC - World Bank Group

What a mess!

Dear vizidens (Value Information Zone) of the land of the free and the good.  Am in the middle of a muddled move of our residence.  Please bear with me while I get things straightened out.  ta, t

Manpower Employment Outlook Survey

ManpowerGroup   Global,  Quarterly.

Deloitte International Tax Source

 Country Guides and Highlights.  Investment climate.

Global market research reports

service.mail.com/      Sign on for free email alerts from US Commercial Service.
 Just a sample of current offerings below.
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Review of ALA Guide to Economics & Business Reference

After viewing some adulatory reviews, decided to post mine.
(from Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship)

American FactFinder. Census

"Find popular facts (population, income, etc.) and frequently requested data about your community."

State and County QuickFacts. Census

 "Fast, easy access to facts about people, business, and geography"  Latest data available