Interesting Business Sites on the Web

This is a relatively small (less than 50) list of sites that cover most of the exciting business uses of the Web, plus some reasonable international and industry coverage

The Virtual Library: Business and Economics

The VL is the oldest catalog of the web, started by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the web itself. Unlike commercial catalogs, it is run by a loose confederation of volunteers, who compile pages of key links for particular areas in which they are expert; even though it isn't the biggest index of the web, the VL pages are widely recognised as being amongst the highest-quality guides to particular sections of the web.

Yahoo Business Index

A subject oriented view of business and commericial sites

Open Market's Commerical Sites Index

An extensive listing of commericial sites on the Internet with a search engine

A Business Researcher's Interests

A resource for researchers, academics and practitioners with interest in Information Processes, Information Systems and Information Technologies that are relevant to Contemporary Organizational Issues. A very densely packed site.

Electronic Commerce

Electronic commerce' is an integrative concept, designed to draw together a wide range of business support services, including inter-organizational e-mail; directories; trading support systems for commodities, products, customised products and custom-built goods and services; ordering and logistic support systems; settlement support systems; and management information and statistical reporting systems.

The IBM Patent Server

The IBM Patent Server lets you access over 26 years of U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) patent descriptions as well as the last ten years of images. The first entries date back to January 5, 1971. You can search, retrieve and study over two million patents.

Economics

Fairmodel

FAIRMODEL is a macroeconometric model of the U.S. economy. You can use it to forecast the economy, do policy analysis, and examine historical episodes. It is a resource for business forecasters, government policy analysts, macroeconomic researchers, teachers, and students. This Web site brings the power of large scale macroeconometric analysis to anyone with access to the internet, and it is completely free

National Budget Simulation

This simple simulation should give you a better feel of the trade-offs which citizens and policy makers will need to make to balance the budget.

Services

Federal Express

Information and track a FedEx package

United Parcel Service

Information and UPS package tracking