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Business & Marketing (BUSA): Websites

This research guide is intended to help students in Marketing courses find research relevant to marketing trends and industries.

Recommended Business Websites

Annual Reports.com -- Provides free access to thousands of annual reports, including those for most of the "Fortune 500" companies.

 

Better Business Bureau -- Consumers use this website to file formal complaints against businesses, and to investigate complaints that have been brought against companies.

 

Bloomberg BusinessWeek -- Full-text articles from recent issues of Bloomberg BusinessWeek magazine. The "Markets" section allows you to look up data on individual stocks.

 

Bplans -- Offers tips on starting and marketing a business, sample business and marketing plans, starting costs, and cash flow calculators.

 

Currency Converter (sponsored by OANDA) -- A tool for finding the latest exchange rate for more than 160 currencies.

 

ThomasNet.com -- An online directory of U.S. manufacturers.

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