Business Researchers Network articles from February 2003

Business Researchers Network archives from February 2003

Automate searches with Googlert.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... http://www.googlert.com/index.html Google has added an automated search service, Googlert, available at the above link. Enter your search criteria and Googlert will perform searches for you automatically at a frequency of your choice, and...

Advice from a pro on using the FOIA.(Freedom of Information Act)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Using FOIA for Competitive Advantage is a meaty, 11-page report providing guidance on using the Freedom of Information Act as well as its state and foreign equivalents. The author, William R. Crowley, heads Competitive Analysis...

Economic Report of the President.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... http://w3.access.gpo.gov/usbudget/fy2004/pdf/2003erp.pdf The recently released Economic Report of the President, together with The Annual Report of the Council of Economic Advisers, are available at the above link. In nearly 400 pages,...

Guide to Federal Register and CFR.(Code of Federal Regulations)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... http://www.llsdc.org/sourcebook/fed-reg-cfr.htm The Law Librarians of Washington, D.C. has issued A Research Guide to the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations, available at the above link. It provides detailed information on...

The cable industry.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... The Cable Center offers links to a full range of organizations involved in the cable industry, including: 84 Cable Associations http://www.cablecenter.org/resources/links.cfm?section=4 Entries range alphabetically from Advanced...

FY2004 budget of the United States.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... http://w3.access.gpo.gov/usbudget/fy2004/maindown.html The FY 2004 U.S. federal budget documents, available at the above link, include the Budget of the United States Government, Appendix, Analytical Perspectives, Historical Tables, and...

Private foundations' tax returns.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... http://www.grantsmart.org/search/search001.html Grantsmart, at the above link, provides free, on-line tax returns (Form 990-PF, "Return of Private Foundation"). The search mechanism allows extensive flexibility, permitting searches by name,...

Using eBay for competitive intelligence.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... http://www.ftc.gov/be/workpapers/wp257.pdf A new study by the Economics Division of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), available at the above link, analyzes the value of using data from online auctions to determine product market...

Are Internet Polls reliable?(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... http://www.icmresearch.co.uk/reviews/2002/internet%20report%20final.pdf Internet Poll Trial Research Report, 28 pages, available at the above link, reports on a trial of Internet polling conducted by the United Kingdom's ICM Research on...

50 million national archives records online.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... http://www.archives.gov/aad/ The Access to Archival Databases (AAD) System, at the above link, gives you online access to electronic records that are highly structured, such as in databases. The initial release of AAD, inaugurated February...

Short-term forecasts of economic indicators.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... http://www.forecasts.org/economic-indicator/ The Financial Forecast Center, at the above link, offers free forecasts for several U.S. economic indicators over the forthcoming six months. Included are indicators such as: * Consumer...

Healthcare research news and trade leads.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... http://www.oceac.com/buyusa/med/index.html In an effort to assist U.S. firms in the medical industry to increase their export sales and easily see which reports have just been submitted from the overseas medical industry specialists of the...

Audio and video from state legislatures.
February 1, 2003... A growing number of state legislatures are providing audio and/or video feeds of floor activity as well, is some cases, committee proceedings. The links provided here are those we've found. We would welcome hearing from any of our readers who...

Top 100 Arab banks.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... http://thebanker.easypress.net/rankings/top_100_arab/index.epml The Banker magazine, at the above link, ranks and provides data on the top 100 Arab banks. Data includes rankings (1 through 100) based on assets for 2001 and 2002,...

Sector and country market profiles.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... http://www.tradepartners.gov.uk/About_our_services/ Trade Partners UK, at the above link, provides free market profiles by industrial sector and by country. Although written specifically for firms in the United Kingdom who are seeking...

Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... http://www-cpr.maxwell.syr.edu/cprwps/pdf/wp50.pdf The Center for Policy Research has issued a working paper, available at the above link, that analyzes the links between the activities of entrepreneurs' activities and overall economic...

Prospects for world hotel & tourism industry.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector /papers/tourism/impact.pdf The International Labor Organization (ILO) has released a new 40-page study on prospects for the world tourism industry, The Impact of the 2002-2002 Crisis on the...

ILO studies U.S. tobacco sector.(International Labor Office)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector /papers/tobacco/wp183.pdf The International Labor Office (ILO) is likely not among the first resources a researcher would seek out when researching a domestic U.S. sector, but their recent...

New name, new home for pensions.(Employee Benefits Security Administration)
February 1, 2003... http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/ The former Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration is now the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), and it's new web home is found at the above link. EBSA is your top source for employee benefit...

United Kingdom's long-term energy plan.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... http://www.dti.gov.uk/energy/whitepaper/ Our Energy Future--Creating a Low Carbon Economy, available at the above link, defines the United Kingdom's long-term strategic plan for energy policy, including environmental, security of supply,...

Source for Midwest economic data.
February 1, 2003... http://www.chicagofed.org/ The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago offers a wealth of publications providing regional as well as industry-specific data, all available through the above link. Available publications include: AgLetter...

Supplement EDGAR with CAROL & SEDAR.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... http://www.carol.co.uk/ CAROL, at the above link, is an on-line service offering direct links to the financial pages of listed companies in Europe [as well as the United States--for which EDGAR (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml) is your...

Treatment of leases, public/private ventures.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... ftp://ftp.cbo.gov/40xx/doc4035/02-03-LeasesReport.pdf A new 78-page study by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), available at the above link, examines recent trends in the use by federal agencies leases and public/private ventures and...

Report focuses on access to information.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... http://www.globalcormptionreport.org/ Although its title, Global Corruption Report 2004, available at the above link, doesn't suggest it as a source for information on the topic of worldwide information access, its focus is, indeed, on just...

Free videos focus on Afghanistan.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... http://www.usaid.gov/afghanistan/videos.html The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has produced several short videos, all viewable through the above link, that focus on developments in Afghanistan. Included are...

Protecting your facility: metal detectors.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/193510.pdf The National Institute of Justice, at the above link, presents a 64-page guide that describes performance requirements and testing methods for active walk-through metal detectors used to find...

Texas' top gas producers.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/divisions/og /information-data/stats/ogist02.html The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC), at the above link, provides data on Texas' largest gas producers for the period January through December 2002. Data...

Market research firms in Argentina.(Directory)
February 1, 2003... A&C Group Cons. de Est. y Marketing Dr. Carlos Kaplan, President Salta 1007 C1074AAU Buenos Aires, Argentina Phone/Fax: 54-11-4307-3423 E-mail: ayc-cons@act.net.ar Analogias S.R.L. Luis Sthulman, Director Av. Callao 66, Piso 5...

Who's working for peaceful uses of space.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs collects and disseminates information on the activities of countries around the world on their activities related to international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space. Currently...

Info. on Georgia transportation contractors.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... Three newly updated directories provide contact information on hundreds of contractors qualified to do business with the Georgia Department of Transportation. The Directory of Prequalified Contractors is found at...

Listen to or view California EPA hearings.(Environmental Protection Agency)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... http://www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/ California, of all the states, is at the forefront of monitoring and legislating against air pollution. You can go inside the meetings of the California Environment Protection Agency and listen to live or...

The future of genetically engineered fish.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... http://pewagbiotech.org/research/fish/fish.pdf The Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology has issued a new report, available at the above link, on issues surrounding transgenic fish. Future Fish: Issues in Science and Regulation of...

One-armed-bandits at racetracks.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... http://www.commonwealthfoundation.org/economy/pb03-02.pdf With an increasing number of states considering whether slot machines should be permitted at race tracks, Pennsylvania has issued a new study on the impact such arrangements will...

The future of digital services in Europe.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... http://www.ebu.ch/departments/legal/pdf /leg_pp_digital_television_140203.pdf A newly-released report by the European Broadcasting Union, available at the above link, discusses issues affecting how the information society will be achieved...

Health care reform agenda.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... http://www.ethanallen.org/publications/specialreports/modelhealth.pdf A Health Care Reform Agenda for Vermont is a just-published 14 page report, available at the above link, that is touted as containing guidelines suitable for any state,...

Barriers to high-speed Internet access.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... http://www.pacificresearch.org/pub/sab/techno/telecrisis.pdf A newly published 123-page report by the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy, available at the above link, describes how the current regulatory environment is hampering...

Polish market for textile fabrics.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... http://www.mac.doc.gov/ceebic/countryr /Poland/MARKET/plTextileFabrics.htm A just-released report by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Central and Eastern Europe Business Information Center (CEEBIC), available at the above link, presents...

Specialists at the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.(Directory)
February 1, 2003... The following directory contains contact information for topical specialists at the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. They are available to assist you by providing, or steering you to, information in their...

Minnesota labor force projections thru 2030.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2003... http://www.mnplan.state.mn.us/demography /Laborforceproj/LaborForceProjections.pdf A newly released 23-page report, Minnesota Labor Force Projections 2000-2030, is available at the above link. Minnesota's labor force is expected to...