Quick Reference
Applicable Federal Rates
http://www.timevalue.com/afrindex.aspx
Assessing Department-City of Boston
http://www.cityofboston.gov/assessing/search.asp
Bank Rate Monitor
http://www.bankrate.com
Boston Business Hub -City of Boston
http://businesshub.boston.gov
Boston Redevelopment Authority
www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org
Business Plans and Profiles Index
http://www.carnegielibrary.org/subject/business/bplansindex.html
Car/Truck Buyers Guides (Edmunds)
http://www.edmunds.com
CenStats Databases. U. S. Census Bureau
http://censtats.census.gov
Consumer Price Indexes
http://www.bls.gov/cpi/
CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
(CPI-U) Boston, MA
Currency Exchange Rates (Olsen & Associates Currency Counter)
http://www.oanda.com/
Economic Census (Manufacturing, Retail, etc.)
http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml
Federal Reserve Discount and Federal Funds Rates
http://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/statistics/dlyrates/fedrate.html
Firm Size Data
http://archive.sba.gov/advo/research/data.html
Federal Reserve Selected Interest Rates
http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/H15
Jobs and Community Services -City of Boston
www.cityofboston.gov/jcs
MassStats
http://lmi2.detma.org/Lmi/Occupations.asp
Massachusetts Corporations Division Database
http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/corp/corpsearch/corpsearchinput.asp
NAICS Codes (with corresponding SIC codes)
http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html
NASDAQ
http://www.nasdaq.com
Patents & Trademarks
http://www.uspto.gov/index.html
Polson Enterprises: How to learn about an industry or a specific Company
http://www.virtualpet.com/industry/howto/search.htm
A very good jumping off point for doing research. Well organized and easy to use with many links to information sources.
Prime Rate
http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/data/PRIME.txt
OFFSTATS Official Statistics on the Web
http://www.offstats.auckland.ac.nz/
This site from the University of Auckland Library pulls together internet sources of statistics that are free and easily available. Search for statistics by country, region or topic.
RN Numbers
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/rn/index.shtml
SEC Filings EDGAR
http://www.sec.gov
SIC Codes
http://www.osha.gov/oshstats/sicser.html
Salary Relocation Calculator
http://www.homefair.com
State Corporations Databases
http://www.bpl.org/kbl/websites/state-corporations-databases
Stock Quotes Past 10 years
http://www.bigcharts.com/historical
ThomasNet
http://www.thomasnet.com
Thomas Global/Solusorce
http://www.solusource.com/index.htm?r=www.thomasglobal.com&r1=t