Business, Business News & Investments

Finance/Investments

• CNNfn - the financial network
• Yahoo! Finance Stock Screener
• BigCharts - Charting a World of Investment Information
• Morningstar
• Hoover's Online Varied lists of business rankings, links to other business information and to corporate web pages 
• Dallas Business Journal
• Yahoo Finance's Index to Annual Reports on the Internet
• Annual Reports.com
• The Annual Reports Library
• Edgar : Corporate financial reports
  Selected, publicly available filings with the SEC 
• New York Stock Exchange
• The Nasdaq Stock Market
• Dow Jones Indexes  
• Chicago Mercantile Exchange
  Commodity market prices, currency exchange rates 
• Chicago Board of Trade
• Kansas City Board of Trade
• Best Rates from Bank Rate Monitor: Mortgages, Credit Cards, Savings, CDs
• Federal Reserve Banks
  • Dallas, 
  • Atlanta, 
  • Boston, 
  • Chicago, 
  • Cleveland, 
  • New York, 
  • Philadelphia, 
  • San Francisco
• National Foundation for Consumer Credit

Business

• ReferenceUSA
  A business and people directory with a customizable search by geography, business type, business size, executive name, and more.  A Richardson Public Library card is required to access this resource.
• Thomas Register
  A directory of products and manufacturers 
• The Blue Book of Building and Construction
  Regional construction directory with listings for contractors, architects, engineers, & material suppliers.  A listing of Texas expositions, trade shows and conferences  
• SBA: Small Business Administration Home Page
  Information on starting, expanding & financing small businesses, directory of SBA offices, and links to other resources 
• Patent and Trademark Office
• Bureau of Business Research - University of Texas-Austin
• Texas Department of Economic Development
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Government Contractor Resource Center
• Safety Info.Com: safety programs, training information & services for business & industry
• Dallas Convention Center