Research Sites

General Business Information:

www.allbusiness.com    General business information of all kinds

www.fastcompany.com    Great business magazine on line

American Demographics/Marketing Tools    - www.demographics.com and www.marketingtools.com

            Use websites that have useful information:

 www.cnnfn.com/index.html

 www.doc.gov               Department of Commerce

 www.industrylink.com Links to various industries

 www.onesource.com               Premier source for industry info, trends, current articles and company information

 www.wsj.com              Fee site for Wall Street Journal

 www.sec.gov/edgar.htm                       SEC Stuff

 www.businessweek.com/smallbiz       Good site for infom

 www.inc.com/incmagazine/                  Very good site

Link to NBVG Research Sites:

SALARY INFORMATION

www.salary.com    Good Site

www.wageweb.com -   On-Line Salary Surveys

www.nationjob.com

www.bls.gov/oco    Occupational Outlook Handbook - Bureau of Labor Statistics

www.ecomponline.com

www.pl-x.com

www.abbott-langer.com

www.acinet.org/acinet    Good Site - America's Career Info Net

www.businessweek.com

www.careerjournal.com

www.ioma.com/zone/index.shtml

http://jobstar.org/tools/salary/sal.prof.htm

www.gsionline.com

http://stats.bls.gov/oeshome.htm

www.salariesreview.com

www.associationcentral.com

www.compgeo.net

www.forbes.com

http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~gprice/listo.htm#ExecutiveCompensation

www.valuationresources.com

www.wmmercer.com

http://stats.bls.gov

eComp Executive Compensation Database - executive compensation info - design your own study using info from proxy statements of publicly traded companies

Idaho Department of Labor  --  Info about the Job Market & Unemployment Info

www.mnworkforcecenter.org/lmi/salary/s1/micode.htm - Salary Data for Minnesota

AREA SITES:

Ada County Web Site  --  Ada County Information

American Society of Appraisers  --  Appraiser Professional Organization

Bank of America Research  --  Market Research & Commentary

Boise Chamber of Commerce --  Boise Area Chamber of Commerce

Business Valuation Page   --  Business Valuation Page of Hyde Business Properties and Valuations, Inc.

Community Planning Association for Treasure Valley --  Demographics including Forecasts

www.ipo.com -  Info on emerging companies and IPOs

www.alertipo.com - Another source of information on IPOs

www.securities-pricing.com - Historical prices for stocks and bonds including obsolete or worthless securities for a small fee

www.djnr.com    - securities pricing

www.wallstreetcity.com    - securities pricing

Economic & Revenue Forecast (Oregon) -- State of Oregon Economic Forecast Information

ECONOMIC - REGIONAL INFORMATION:

Piper Resources -- State & Local Government Sites & Industry Info

The American Network of Chambers of Commerce & Industry - allows you to locate the www site for city of your choice.

American Journalism Review's Newslink - Local newspaper for state and region

Federal Reserve District Banks - Economic stuff for regions, in pdf format

National Association of State Information Resource Executives - state search service of state government info on web.  Organized by subject

Standard & Poor's U.S. Regional Economic Service - provides overview with charts & graphs - some old

ECONOMIC - U.S.

Piper Resources -- State & Local Government Sites & Industry Info

First Union Bank -- Economic Reports & Forecasts by Topic

Bank of America Research -- Economic & other research

Congressional Budget Office -- Economic Outlook & Forecast

Bureau of Economic Analysis - current & historical data on economic indicators

Cents Financial Journal - good source of economic overviews on variety of topics

Dr. Ed Yardeni's Economics Network - good source of data and links