Americans with Disabilities Act |
Information and technical assistance on the ADA by the U. S.
Department of Justice. |
BusinessLaw.gov |
Home page, operated by the U. S. Small Business
Administration, with links to legal and regulatory
information, and plain English guides for starting a
business, handling finances, managing employees, and other
topics. |
CIA, The World Factbook |
US government profiles of countries and territories around
the world |
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) |
EEOC site with basic introduction to employers’ rights and
responsibilities under the federal equal employ-ment
opportunity laws. |
Federal agencies (through Library of Congress site)
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A Library of Congress resource page with links to most
federal agencies. |
Federal Citizen Information Center (FCIC) |
Part of the U.S. General Service Administration, the FCIC’s
Small Business Links offer information for persons planning
or owning small businesses, including information on
procure-mentHome page, operated by the U. S. Small Business
Administration, with links to legal and regulatory
information, and plain English guides for starting a
business, handling finances, managing employees, and other
topics. |
CIA, The World Factbook |
US government profiles of countries and territories around
the world Bank of San Francisco
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The current FRBSF discount rate, used to determine the
usury ceiling in California, is posted at
http://www.frbsf.org/banking/data/discount/index.htEEOC site with basic introduction to employers’ rights and
responsibilities under the federal equal employ-ment
opportunity laws. |
Federal agencies (through Library of Congress site)
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A Library of Congress resource page with links to most
federal agencies. |
Federal Citizen Information Center (FCIC) |
Part of the U.S. General Service Administration, the FCIC’s
Small Business Links offer information for persons planning
or owning small businesses, including information on
procure-ment, taxes, woman and minority-owned businesses,
human resources, financial and legal issues. |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
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| Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) |
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) |
Home page with statutory, regulatory, and compliance
information regarding nondiscrim-ination requirements for
federal contractors. |
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
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Home page with links to reports and other resources for
banking industry professionals as well as public
inform-ation about the national banking system. |
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative |
Home page. |
Private International Law Database: Trade/Business
Transactions Law, U.S. Department of State |
Home page for businesses, with links to business
publications, advertising guidance, fair packaging and
labeling, antitrust law guide, and other topics. Information
concerning the Hart-Scott Rodino pre-merger notification
requirements is at:
http://www.ftc.gov/bc/hsr/introguides/introguides.htme United States, other
international instruments, and information on current
negotiations and projects concerning private international
law. Documents of the U.N. Commission on International Trade
Law (UNCITRAL), the Hague Conference on Private
International Law (Hague Conference), the International
Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), and
the Organization of American States (OAS) can be downloaded.
Updated through January 1, 2001. For treaty action since
President Bush took office, see
http://www.state.gov/s/l/c3428.htm.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) |
Home page with links to information for small businesses;
online access to proposed and final rules, SEC releases,
policy statements, and other commission notices and
information; search-able database of all electronic company
filings since 1994. |
SEC Edgar |
SEC Edgar main page, with access to electronic filings and
forms. |
Small Business Administration |
Home page with extensive links to federaHome page with statutory, regulatory, and compliance
information regarding nondiscrim-ination requirements for
federal contractors. |
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
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Home page with links to reports and other resources for
banking industry professionals as well as public
inform-ation about the national banking system. |
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative>U.S. Department of Commerce |
Home page. |
U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division |
Link to Antitrust Division Guidelines and Policy
Statements. |
U.S. Department of Labor |
Home page with links to statutory and regulatory
information, labor statistics, small business regulatory
compliance assistance, and other information. |
U.S. Department of State |
Home page with links to international commercial laws and
guides. |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
Home page. |
U.S. Government Printing
Office |
Home page with links to products and services, including
online searchable copies of the United States Code and the
Code of Federal Regulations. |
U.S. International Trade Commission
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Home page with rules, regulations, reports, and other
information including an extensive list of links to
international trade resources. |
U. S. Patent and Trademark Office |
Home page with downloadable forms and information on patent
applications and trademark registrations. |
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FreePatentsOnline.com provides fast, easy-to-use access
to millions of patents and patent applications. |
California Department of Corporations, Securities Regulation
Division |
Access to forms, departmental public-ations, Commissioner’s
releases, opinions, and notices, franchising information,
and other topics. |
California Department of Fair Employment and Housing |
Home page. |
California Employment DHome page with links to reports and other resources for
banking industry professionals as well as public
inform-ation about the national banking system. |
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative>bility insurance,
employment and training, labor market information, payroll
taxes, and other topics. |
California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) |
Home page, links to downloadable state tax forms and
publications. |
California Legislative Counsel |
Full text of bills, resolutions, and constitutional
amendments, as well as their status, history, votes,
analyses, and veto messages. |
California Online Professional Licensing |
Online licensing services |
California State Association of Counties |
Home page with links to all California counties except
Tuolumne County (for Tuolumne County, see its Chamber of
Commerce site at
http://www.tcchamber.com/) |
California State Board of Equalization |
Home page with access to information about sales and use
taxes, sellers’ permits, forms, and publications. |
California Secretary of State: California Business Portal |
Home page. |
Forms |
Directory of forms and samples for different business
filings including UCC forms; some in fill-in format. |
Business Filings: |
Corporations |
Corporations main page with links to filing tips to meet
statutory minimum requirements, name availability, FAQs and
more. |
Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) |
LLC main page with links to forms and fees, name
availability, FAQs and more. |
Limited Partnerships |
Limited partnerships main page with links to forms and fees,
name availability, FAQs and more. |
General Partnerships |
General partnerships main page with links to forms and fees,
name availability, FAQs and more. |
California Department of Fair Employment and Housing |
Home page. |
California Employment Development Department (EDD)ww.ss.ca.gov/business/resources.htm">Starting a Business |
A step-by-step guide for starting a business in California;
available in English or Spanish. |
e-file Statement of Information |
Fill-in boxes to Home page; information concerning job placement and
Home page; information concerning job placement and
referrals, unemploy-ment insurance, disability insurance,
employment and training, labor market information, payroll
taxes, and other topics. |
California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) taxes, and other topics. |
California Franchise Tax Board (FTB).gov/business/notary/notary.htm">Notary Public |
Notary public main page, with links to topics such as
obtaining a notary public commission, handbook,
authenti-cations, apostille or certification, forms and
fees. |
Uniform Commercial Code |
UCC main page with links to financing state-ment forms,
amendment forms, requests for information, revised Article 9
(as of July 1, 2001) and FAQs. |
International Business Relations Program |
Main page in English or Spanish with interna-tOnline licensing services |
California State Association of Countieslinks to forms, directories, and
resources on many topics. |
Angel Capital Electronic Network |
Site dedicated to helping individual accredited investors,
SBICs, and institutional venture capitalists find small,
growing companies through a secure Internet database, and
providing ongoing training and research for entre-preneurs
and small investors |
BenefitsLink
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Compliance information and tools for employee benefit plan
sponsors, service-providers and participants. |
Better Business Bureau |
Home page. |
The Biz-Tech Network by Brint Institute, LLC |
Portal with a meta-index of business, manage-ment, and
information technology topics; it also provides search
capabilities and full text articles on related issues. |
Business.com |
Business search engine and directory intended to help users
find companies, products, services, and other
business-related information; some features are fee-based. |
Business 2.0 Web Guide |
Directory of business links on the web. |
California Business Law Legislation
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Links to recent business law legislative developments, from
the State Bar of California, Business Law Section,
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CISG Database at Pace University School of Law, Pace Law
Library, Institute of International Commercial Law |
Site dedicated to U.N. Convention on Contracts for the
International Sale of Goods (CISG), with annotated text of
CISG, CISG in different languages, cases organi-zed by
countries, and related CISG material. |
CNN Money |
General business news offered by CNN and Money magazine.
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Corporate Finance Sourcebook |
Link for ordering popular guidebook published by National
Register Publishing, which features over 1500 top investment
sources and 1700 service firms for business entrepreneurs. |
Corporate Information |
Research reports on public, private, domestic, and foreign
corporations. |
Academic Info
Business & Economics Organizations |
Portal with annotated links to a variety of business-related
topics. |
Edgar Online, Inc. |
Edgar Online, Inc. is a private company, not affiliated with
the SEC, specializing in the extraction, packaging and
distribution of public company information contained in SEC
filings. |
Electronic Embassy Website |
Information on all foreign embassies in Washington, D.C.
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Enterpreneur.com |
Free access to Entrepreneur magazine articles back to 1997. |
Federal Gateway |
Free portal for federal government information, federal
agency index, as well as links to state and local
governments, operated by nonprofit Small Business Contracts
Council, Inc. |
California Business Searchinancial Accounting Standards
and other resources. |
Findlaw Business Center |
Portal with links to articles and guides on starting a
business, taxes and accounting, small business legal
concerns , and more. Part of West Group. |
Garage Technology Ventures |
Venture capital fund for emerging technology companies. |
Google Small Business Directory |
A directory of small business resources. |
Hieros Gamos Small Business Center |
Portal with links to topics such as starting a business,
choosing a legal structure, and financing. |
Hoover’s Online |
Subscription-based site with industry snapshots, company
profiles, earnings and other information. |
MarketResearch.com |
Free database of market research reports representing all
market and industry sectors. |
MegaLaw.com Small Business Portal |
Portal with links to federal agencies and other websites
related to small businesses. |
MultexInvestor (by Reuters Research, Inc.) |
Database providing research reports on companies and
industries. |
NASDAQ and
American Stock Exchanges (mirrored site) |
Comprehensive current information on market performance and
investments. |
National Association of Secretaries of State, Business
Registration and Filing Services |
Access to most state business and corporations divisions
from a single webpage. |
National Business Association |
Nonprofit association’s site for the self-employed and small
business community. |
National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) |
Home page with links to members and other resources. |
New York Stock Exchange |
Comprehensive, current information on market performance and
investments. |
News Cuts |
Free and fee-based small business news service. |
Open Directory Project – Small Business |
Free site with links to topics such as business plan,
finance, home office, and start-up, edited by volunteers. |
Public Register’s Annual Report Service |
Free access to annual reports of over 2200 companies. Site
also has links to the SEC’s Edgar database for filings. |
The Small Business Portal |
Links to topics such as starting a business, franchise
advice, financing, and home-based businesses. |
Tripod by Terra Lycos |
Portal with tips on starting an online business, yellow
pages, some free and some fee-based services. |
U.S. GAAP Website |
Comprehensive source of information on generally accepted
accounting principles in the U.S. |
Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition |
General business news. |
Washburn University School of Law Small Business Portal |
Portal with links to a forms library, business and economic
data. |
Yahoo! Finance |
Free company profiles and stock charts for over 9000 public
companies. |
Yahoo! Small Business |
Portal with links to topics such as creating a web-site,
promoting a business, and selling online. |
Expertise: Professional Resources for Women in
Business |
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