Business News And Research
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This site allows you to get the latest business news and trends (on a local and national level), as well as news about the economy.

This site is a web business guide to over 46,000 companies across the country, listed in 208 different categories.  You can click on the company’s name and be directed instantly to their website, to further research the company and check out employment opportunities.

This site provides a comprehensive small business directory on the Internet, a business search engine, news, stock quotes, advice, and much more.

This site is the online version of Business Week magazine.

This site allows you to get the latest business news and trends (on a local and national level), as well as news about the economy in the Capital Region.

This site provides a listing of links to major media outlets including broadcast, newspapers, business news, and net/tech news.

                This site provides a vast amount of information and tools regarding business news, business research, and much more.

This site allows you to search for top entry level employers, search a database of more than 10,000 entry level employer contacts (real companies with real hiring managers with real hiring needs), go to the entry level careers page of many of the top employers (which also includes information about the company’s product, marketing position, benefits, career path and promotional opportunities), and search for employers who are hiring.

Pay a visit to the employer’s website.  This will give you a wealth of information about their product or service, customers or clients, mission and values, and much more.

This site is the online version of Forbes magazine.

This site is the online version of Fortune magazine.

This site allows you to search for business information in a variety of ways.  You can also browse companies by industry, by geography, and/or by using an A through Z index.

This site can be used a tool for conducting research about geographic areas across the country, different fields and careers, information about companies, and salary information.

This site is sponsored by the New York State Department of Labor.  It allows you to obtain the name, address, and contact information (including website in some cases) for businesses most likely to employ people in your occupation.  This allows you to then research these “target” companies.

This site provides a step-by-step process for finding free company and industry information on the web.

This site provides news and information about the Tech Valley region, as well as a listing of  Tech Valley employers.  This listing includes a brief description of the company’s product and/or service, a contact person, e-mail address, phone number, and company website.

This site includes information on using the internet for research to support your job search, to conduct business and employer research, to obtain business and employer rankings, to see stock market and financial information, to obtain international business information, to read newspapers/magazines/headline news, to acquire tools for finding more information, and to research other areas for relocation purposes.

This is a general career planning site that provides information on career and business research, self-assessment, resume development, interviewing techniques, job hunt strategies, finding a job (through its’ search engine), and much more.