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Interesting Web Sites

If you already have a business or are thinking of establishing a new business, you will want to check out the Internet for information that can be useful to you. Listed below are the business and finance websites that are frequently accessed:

BizWeb
http://www.bizweb.com/

Bureau of Economic Anallysis
http://www.stat-usa.gov/BEN/Services/beastat.html

Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://stats.bls.gov/

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
http://www.sec.gov/

Export/Import Data
http://www.serraintl.com/

CPI Calculator
http://www.newsEngin.com/neFreeTools.nsf/
Thomas Register
http://www.thomasregister.com/index.html

CNN Financial Network
http://www.joc.com/

Oregon Business Channel
http://www.oregonbusiness.com/

Oregon Employment Department
http://www.emp.state.or.us

Oregon Community Profiles
http://www.econ.state.or.us

City of Medford
http://www.ci.medofrd.or.us

The Business Information Center (503) 986-222 (no 800 number) will mail packets containing all necessary forms and information for starting a business in Oregon, including Tax ID numbers.
For those of you looking for information on voluntarism or ways to volunteer, Pacific Non-Profit Network (PNN) has found the following Internet sites useful.

Presidents' Summit for the Future of America
www.citizenservice.org

The Corporation for National Service
www.cns.gov

Energize (a for-profit publishing organization specializing in voluntarism)
www.energizeinc.com

For information about the IRS and IRS Nonprofit Assistance
www.irs.ustreas.gov/bus_info/eo

Nonprofit Resources Catalog (full of excellent links to specific nonprofit issues)
www.clark.net/pub/pwalker

The Nonprofit Center
www.main.org/nonprofit

For information on philanthropy and charitable activity in the U.S. and abroad, the following are some great Internet Sites:

Policy.Com (giving trends, news, events)
www.policy.com

Philanthropy Journal Online (news and information)
www.pj.org

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