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Great Sites: Business

 

• Comprehensive Canadian Sites
  

• Small Business Start-Up
  

• Seminars in Waterloo Region
  

• Company Lists - Waterloo Region
  

• Company Lists - Ontario
  

• Company Lists - Canada
  

• Company Lists - United States
  

• Company Lists - International
  

• Charities Canada-Wide
  

• Product Sources
  

• Market Research
  

• Sources of Financing
  

• Bankruptcy
  

• Exporting, Importing, Trade
  

• Copyright, Patents, Trademarks
  

• Magazines & Newspapers - Waterloo Region
  

• Magazines & Newspapers - Canadian
  

• Magazines & Newspapers - American
  

• Magazines & Newspapers - International
  

• Business Associations - Waterloo Region
  

• Business Associations - Canada
  

• Standards
  

• Industry Classification Systems
  

• Doing Business with the Canadian Government
  

• Personal Finance - Comprehensive Sites
  

• Personal Finance - Mutual Funds
  

• Personal Finance - Stocks
  

• Personal Finance - Bonds
  

• Personal Finance - Investor Education
  

• Personal Finance - Stock Exchanges

 

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Comprehensive Canadian Sites

 

• Canada Business Network

• Industry Canada - Strategis

• SmallbizXpress

 

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Small Business Start-Up

 

• Business Licensing - Kitchener

• MaRS Building Canada’s Next Generation of Growth Companies

• Ontario Centres of Excellence

• Registering a Business Name

• Your Guide to Small Business - Everything you need to know to start up and run your own venture in Ontario

• Starting a Small Business

 

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Seminars In Waterloo Region

 

• Company of Women – Waterloo-Wellington Region

• Kitchener Public Library

• Waterloo Region Small Business Centre

 

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Company Lists

 

 

Waterloo Region

 

• Cambridge Chamber of Commerce

• Canada's Technology Triangle
  Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge

• K-W Chamber of Commerce Directory

• Waterloo Region Manufacturing Innovation Network

 

Ontario

 

• For Registered Businesses in Ontario (Fees Apply)
  Cyberbahn Inc. or OnCorp Direct

 

Canada

 

• Canadian Company Capabilities

• Electro Source - Electronic Product Reference Guide

• SEDAR
  Canadian Public Companies

• Federal Corporations Database

• Canada IT
  Technology Companies

 

United States

 

• Edgar
  American Public Companies

• Forbes Largest Private Companies

• Fortune 500 Companies
  

 

International

 

• Best Global Brands by Interbrand

• GlobalEDGE
  Comprehensive International Site

• Kelly's Industrial Directory

• Ranking the Brands

 

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Charities

 

• Charities Directorate
  Provided by Canada Revenue Agency, this listing allows searching by a charity name, location, or postal code.  Financial information on the charity is available.

 

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Product Sources

 

• Canadian Trade Index

• Fraser's Canadian Trade Directory

• MacCrae's Blue Book

• Thomas Register of American Manufacturers

• Europages

 

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Market Research

 

• GDSourcing Research and Retrieval

• Statistics Canada

• Canadian Industry Statistics

• SME Benchmarking Tool – Small Business Profiles

• U.S. Census Bureau

• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

• CIA World Fact Book

• Mergent Industry Reports for Canada and the U.S.
  Available in Information Services, Main Library
  743-7502

 

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Sources of Financing

 

• Business Development Bank of Canada

• Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario

 

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Bankruptcy

 

• Bankruptcy Canada

 

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Exporting, Importing, Trade

 

• Canada - Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

• Canadian Importers Database

• InfoExport
  Canadian Trade Commissioners Services Abroad

• Trade Data Online

 

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Copyright, Patents, Trademarks

 

• Canadian Intellectual Property Office

• Canadian Patents Database

• Canadian Trade-Marks Database

• Trade-Marks Journal

 

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Magazines & Newspapers

 

 

Waterloo Region

 

• Exchange Magazine

• The Record (Daily)

 

Canadian

 

• Profit Magazine
  Business Guide for Canadian Entrepreneurs

• The Globe and Mail - Report on Business

• National Post

• Toronto Star

• Canadian Business Magazine

 

You can also access KPL's databases at any time, from anywhere, to find thousands of articles from many of the leading business magazines and newspaper sources.

 

American

 

• Bloomberg Businessweek

• Fast Company

• Fortune

• Harvard Business Review

• The Wall Street Journal

• New York Times

 

International

 

• The Economist

• Financial Times - U.K.

• The Times - London

• The Independent - U.K.

• Press Display - Instant online access to a wide selection of newspapers from around the world in full-color, full-page format. 
  

 

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Business Associations

 

 

Waterloo Region

 

• Cambridge Chamber of Commerce

• Greater Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber of Commerce

• Communitech
  Technology Association

• Canada's Technology Triangle - CTT

• Kitchener-Waterloo Business Women's Association

• Small Business Community Network

 

Canada

 

• Canadian Federation of Independent Business

• Canadian Marketing Association

• Canadian Youth Business Foundation

 

Standards

 

• Standards Council of Canada

 

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Industry Classification Systems

 

• NAICS
  North American Industrial Classification System Manual

• SIC
  Standard Industrial Classification System (U.S.)

• NAIC/SIC Correspondence Tables

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Doing Business with the Canadian Government

 

• MERX - Canada's Electronic Tendering Process

• Government Suppliers Directory

 

 

 

Personal Finance

 

 

Comprehensive Sites

 

• Canoe Money

• Consumer Complaints

• Yahoo Finance

 

Mutual Funds

 

• Fund Library

• Globefund

• Morningstar (Canadian)

• Morningstar (American)

 

Stocks

 

• Bloomberg-Markets

• Globe and Mail Investor Services

Bonds

 

• Standard and Poors - Canadian Ratings

• Dominion Bond Rating Service

 

Investor Education

 

• Investor Learning Centre

 

Stock Exchanges

 

• TSX Venture Market Information

• New York Stock Exchange

• NASDAQ

 

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