Smart stops on the Web. (The Internet).SMALL BUSINESS SITES Survival Tips home3.americanexpress.com/smallbusiness/tool/security/protect.asp This page of the American Express American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. The company is best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler's cheque businesses. Web site offers small business owners articles such as "Protect Your Business: Stop Fraud Before It Starts," as well as quizzes on security risk including "Are You Vulnerable to Fraud and Theft?" Other resources provide guidance on running a small business with tips on creating effective financial controls and guarding intellectual property. Resources for Entrepreneurs www.sbaer.uca.edu For CPAs looking to start their own business or expand the services they currently offer, the Small Business Advancement National Center page of the University of Central Arkansas The University of Central Arkansas is a state-run institution located in the city of Conway, the seat of Faulkner County, north of Little Rock. The school is most respected for its programs in Education, Occupational Therapy, and Physical Therapy. Web site features sections such as Counseling and Consulting, Research and Dissemination dissemination Medtalk The spread of a pernicious process–eg, CA, acute infection Oncology Metastasis, see there , Strategic Alliances, and Training and Education. The center also provides a free e-mail See Internet e-mail service. newsletter and links to information on effective Web marketing. Advice from the Advisor www.isquare.com The Small Business Advisor's Web site offers CPA (Computer Press Association, Landing, NJ) An earlier membership organization founded in 1983 that promoted excellence in computer journalism. Its annual awards honored outstanding examples in print, broadcast and electronic media. The CPA disbanded in 2000. firm owners a free electronic newsletter that gives Internet tips and tricks, and marketing, sales and software assistance. Visitors can read up on legal issues and starting or selling a business. The site also includes a section on tax advice and answers to frequently asked questions. Government Links for Businesses www.business.gov The U.S. Business Advisor's goal is to "make the relationship between business and government more productive." It helps do that by "providing one-stop access to federal government information, services and transactions" on its Web site. Links to government Web pages also offer input on business development, financial assistance, international trade, taxes and workplace issues. Small Business Links www.bizmove.com CPAs who wish to enhance their existing Web presence will want to surf this Web site--"the small business knowledge base." A free subscription to its e-zine, BizTips, includes a download of the e-book 101 Tips and Strategies to Small Business Success. Users also can link to applications for free government grants and business plan templates. Online Business Information smallbusiness.yahoo.com This section of Yahoo includes links to assist small business owners in finding online resources for creating a Web presence and managing and promoting their businesses. CPAs also can link to articles on business incorporation and financing, such as "How Attention to Safety Can Boost Your Profits" and "Is It Better to Lease or Buy Equipment?" This site also offers information on business, marketing and planning a Web strategy. GENERAL INTEREST SITES Online Investment Information bigcharts.marketwatch.com Personal financial planners Financial Planner A qualified investment professional who assists individuals and corporations meet their long-term financial objectives by analyzing the client's status and setting a program to achieve these goals. and financial analysts looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. current investment data will want to check out this page of CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. MarketWatch.com's Web site. Other sections worth noting include Market Diaries, MarketPulse and Market Summary, which give users current stock information, including how well, or badly, a particular stock performs. Become a member by registering for free: You will receive gratis GRATIS. Without reward or consideration. 2. When a bailee undertakes to perform some act or work gratis, he is answerable for his gross negligence, if any loss should be sustained in consequence of it; but a distinction exists between non-feasance and e-newsletters and financial news alerts. A Wealth of Economic Data www.bea.gov The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis' (BEA) Web site offers visitors data on the national economy including fixed asset, income and product account tables. Users also can find charts on the government's current receipts and expenditures, as well as current and archived issues of the BEA's monthly journal, Survey of Current Business. Money Matters www.economagic.com With more than 100,000 data files on the economy, this Web site is worth a visit. Site topics include data on daily and monthly interest rates from the Federal Reserve Board, bank prime lending rates The lowest rate of interest that a financial institution, such as a bank, charges its best customers, usually large corporations, for short-term unsecured loans. The prime lending rate is an economic indicator and is often used as a measuring point for adjusting interest that combine current and historical data, as well as senior loan officer opinion-survey information. EP Phone (From) Home www.en-parent.com For entrepreneurial parents (EPs) working from home, this Web site aims to help "EPs make a living and a life." The site features topical topical /top·i·cal/ (top´i-k'l) pertaining to a particular area, as a topical antiinfective applied to a certain area of the skin and affecting only the area to which it is applied. top·i·cal adj. articles such as "Six Ways to Work-Family Balance" and "The Top Ten FAQs About Starting a Business." It also includes links to administrative, entrepreneurial and home business Web sites. For Father to Know Best www.fathersworld.com Geared toward all kinds of fathers--single, divorced, stay-at-home or traditional--this Web site offers information on leisure activities in the "Goofing Off" section with tips on how to start up a friendly poker poker, card game, believed to have originated in Asia and first played in the United States in the 19th cent. A traditional cutthroat gambling game at first, it is now also an internationally popular social pastime. game with other dads, for example. The legal area gives advice on child custody The care, control, and maintenance of a child, which a court may award to one of the parents following a Divorce or separation proceeding. Under most circumstances, state laws provide that biological parents make all decisions that are involved in rearing their and divorce settlements, and the news section links to articles related to children, family and the home. |
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