The World Wide Web and other on-line resources can provide fertile ground for business reporters to mine. Here's a list of Web sites that might prove useful: American Stock Exchange (http://www.amex.com), Bizweb (http://www.bizweb.com), Business Web 100 (http://fox.nstn.ca/~at_info/w100_intro.html), Hoovers (http://www.hoovers.com), Investor Web (http://www.investorweb.com/company.htm), and the SEC/EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov).
Calculators are also available online, such as the Relocation Salary Calculator (http://www.homefair.com/homefair/cmr/salcalc.html). Government resources include the Census Bureau (http://www.census.gov), CIA World Factbook, Department of Commerce, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (http://stats.bls.gov/dolbls.htm). Other useful sites include the Patent & Trademark Office (http://www.uspto.gov), GPO Access for GAO reports, and Thomas for Congressional data.