Business Researchers Network articles from May 2003

Business Researchers Network archives from May 2003

Business guide for Iraq.
May 1, 2003... http://www.export.gov/iraq/ commercial/businessguide_current.html The Business Guide for Iraq, available at the above link, is designed to provide U.S. companies with up-to-date information about prospective commercial conditions and...

False Claims in Spam.
May 1, 2003... http://www.ftc.gov/reports/spam/030429spamreport.pdf The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) examined a random sample of unsolicited commercial e-mail (Spam) to determine the likely truth or falsity of claims contained in the messages. The...

All your government benefits.
May 1, 2003... http://www.govbenefits.gov/jsp/GovBenefits.jsp Whether it's government grants, loans, scholarships, insurance, or any other benefits, the above link is an easy and quick way to locate the full scope of your potential entitlements. ...

End those unwanted phone calls.
May 1, 2003... http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/donotcall/index.html Starting July 1, 2003, you can sign up for the National "Do Not Call" Registry. Starting on that date, you'll be able to put your telephone numbers on the national registry,...

Free upgrade to BRN 2.0.
May 1, 2003... Business Researchers Network can now be delivered via e-mail as a Microsoft Word document. An advantage will be the ability to click on any links to visit featured sites. There's no charge for this "new version" of BRN, and you'll also continue...

The services sector.
May 1, 2003... The service sector is expected to play a substantially more significant role in the U.S. economy over the next decade with most of the gain in U.S. employment coming from service related jobs. According to figures from the Bureau of Economic...

State data centers.
May 1, 2003... Every state collects statistical data on its industries, much as the Bureau of the Census does at the federal level. Look for the State Data Center for information. Uniform Commercial Code Offices: For service companies that are dependent...

Financial services.
May 1, 2003... Comptroller of the Currency, http://www.occ.treas.gov/ Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, http://www.fdic.gov/ Federal Reserve System, http://www.federalreserve.gov/ Office of Thrift Supervision, Treasury Department,...

Telecommunications.
May 1, 2003... Federal Communications Commission, http://www.fcc.gov/

Transportation.
May 1, 2003... Surface Transportation Board, http://www.stb.dot.gov/ Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration, http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/ National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/ Federal Maritime Commission,...

Computers/information services.
May 1, 2003... Office of Information and Telecommunications Technologies, ITA, http://web.ita.doc.gov/ITI/itiHome.nsf/(HotNews)/H otNews Department of Education, http://www.ed.gov/Technology/index.html

Environmental services.
May 1, 2003... Environmental Protection Agency, http://www.epa.gov/ Environmental Technologies Export Office, ITA, http://environment.ita.doc.gov/

Utilities.
May 1, 2003... Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, http://www.ferc.gov/ Department of Energy, http:/www.energy.gov/ Tennessee Valley Authority, http://www.tva.gov/

Healthcare.
May 1, 2003... Multiple offices within the Department of Health and Human Services including the Health Resources and Services Administration, the National Center for Health Statistics, and the Health Care Financing Administration, http://www.hhs.gov/

Construction.
May 1, 2003... Manufactured Housing Program of Housing and Urban Development Department, http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/mhs/mhshome.cfm Building and Fire Research Laboratory of National Institute of Standards and Technology, http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/

Tourism.
May 1, 2003... Travel and Tourism Industries Office, ITA, http://www.tinet.ita.doc.gov/ Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Transportation Department, http://www.bts.gov/ U.S. Customs Service, http://www.customs.gov/

Private sector sources.
May 1, 2003... Private sector sources--people, organizations, websites, publications, and databases--will help you fine-tune your services sector research. If you are researching a company in the services sector, you may need to first understand the...

Telephone tips.
May 1, 2003... By using people sources, you may uncover information you won't find anywhere else. However, many researchers are uncomfortable with conducting interviews over the telephone. They don't want to impose on people, are afraid of rejection, or are...

Motor vehicle fuel economy trends.
May 1, 2003... http://www.epa.gov/otaq/cert/mpg/fetrends/r03006.pdf A new report by the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) provides details on fuel economy and technology trends related to model year 1975 through 2003 light vehicles sold in the United...

Worldwide news of the hotel industry.
May 1, 2003... http://www.4hoteliers.com/index.php 4Hoteliers, at the above link, provides hotel news from countries throughout the world. BRN's recent test drive found headlines and full-text articles the Arab travel market, InterContinental Hotels...

Plastics industry: worker safety/health info.
May 1, 2003... http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/plastics/index.html A new website, sponsored by the Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), is found at the above link. It provides information on workplace safety and health for...

Retail price data for meat.
May 1, 2003... http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/meatscanner/ The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service provides a useful and authoritative database, at the above link, that contains monthly average retail price data for selected cuts of...

Board members and corporate policy.
May 1, 2003... http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID4 05101_code030508590.pdf?abstractid=405101 Board Member Preferences and Corporate Policy Choices, 42 pages, available at the above link, explores whether firms that share common directors...

Free guide to state information.
May 1, 2003... http://www.rcfp.org/tapping/index.cgi? Tapping Officials' Secrets is at a new location on the web. It's a complete compendium of information on every state's, and the District of Columbia's, open records and open meetings laws. ...

CI software report updated.
May 1, 2003... http://www.fuld.com/Products/ISR2003/ The Intelligence Software Report 2003P Leveraging the Web is available through the Fuld & Company website, above. It reviews 16 intelligence-gathering software offerings, discusses trends, and offers...

What's in the cards for this year's grads?
May 1, 2003... http://www.brook.edu/dybdocroot/gs/cps/search.pdf "America's college graduates could not have entered the job market at a more difficult moment in economic time. Unemployment is up, hiring is down, the economy is sluggish, and pink slips...

Canada's state of trade.
May 1, 2003... http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/eet/pdf/SOT_2003-en.pdf The Fourth Annual Report on Canada's State of Trade (2003), is a 39-page report, available at the above link, provides details on Canadian trade performance for 2002 and makes projections...

Sci-tech infrastructure in all 50 states.
May 1, 2003... http://www.technology.gov/reports.htm Detailed information on the science and technology infrastructure of each of the 50 states is contained in a new study, State Science & Technology Indicators 2003, available at the above link. ...

Free sample from our home page.
May 1, 2003... http://pennyhill.com Visit the Penny Hill Press home page at the above link. Click on any category of interest (ranging alphabetically from Abortion and Agriculture to Welfare and Women's Issues). There are also subdirectories, such as...

Directory of Corporate Archives updated.
May 1, 2003... http://www.hunterinformation.com/corporat.htm The Society of American Archivists has updated their Directory of Corporate Archives in the United States and Canada, the online version of which resides at the above link. Entries in this...

Info technology trade opportunities: China.
May 1, 2003... http://web.ita.doc.gov/ITI/itiHome.nsf/($All)/7D45B 83A1D21DFB485256DOC006888BE/$FILE/Export IT_China.pdf/ New report on the information technology, telecommunications and electronic commerce markets in China has been released by the U.S....

Update on OPEC.
May 1, 2003... http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/opec.html The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has just released an OPEC Brief, available at the above link, that provides the latest estimates of OPEC's production and capacity. Also included are...

Rankings of top 200 global retailers.
May 1, 2003... http://www.stores.org/pdf/GlobalRetai103.pdf The world's top 200 retailers are ranked at the above link. Commentary on many of the top performers, including the rationales behind their upward or downward placement on the top 200 list is...

World Steel in Figures 2003.
May 1, 2003... http://www.worldsteel.org/wsif.php The International Iron and Steel Institute's reference World Steel in Figures 2003, available in both html and pdf form at the above link, is a treasure trove of data on that industry. In the...

Data on Futures Commission merchants.
May 1, 2003... http://www.cftc.gov/tm/tmfcm.htm The Commodity Futures Trading Commissions provides financial data on futures commission merchants at the above link. Data include adjusted net capital, net capital requirement, risk based capital...

Effects of war risks on financial markets.
May 1, 2003... http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/feds/2003/2003 18/200318pap.pdf A new report by authors at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Federal Reserve measures the effects of the risks associated with the war in Iraq on financial markets....

Long Distance Telecom Industry statistics.
May 1, 2003... http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Reports/ FCC-State Link/IAD/ldrpt103.pdf The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has just released a report, Statistics of the Long Distance Telecommunications Industry, available at the above...

Financing business in Eurasia.
May 1, 2003... http://www.bisnis.doc.gov/financesurvey.cfm The U.S. Department of Commerce recently conducted a survey in 8 Eurasian countries and 10 Russian cities on how local companies finance their trade and investment deals. The survey's output...

BEA updates information guide.
May 1, 2003... http://www.bea.gov/bea/dn2/iedguide.htm The Industry Economics Division of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) prepares and publishes a variety of economic statistics on industries. Specifically, it prepares...