{
  "id": "1996-august-doing-business-on-the-web",
  "slug": "1996-august-doing-business-on-the-web",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1996-august-doing-business-on-the-web.html",
  "year": 1996,
  "month": "August",
  "monthNum": 8,
  "headline": "Doing business on the Web",
  "kicker": "On the Internet",
  "author_name": "Neil Reisner",
  "author_title": "NICAR staff",
  "affiliation": "NICAR",
  "summary": "Neil Reisner provides a curated list of essential online resources and websites for business reporters. The list includes financial data providers, government agencies, and useful online calculators.",
  "keywords": [
    "Internet",
    "Business",
    "Websites"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Business & Economy",
    "Technology",
    "Data & Databases"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "World Wide Web",
    "Internet"
  ],
  "full_text": "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.",
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    "extracted_at": "",
    "verified": true
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