Internet Prospector
February 1998
Internet Prospector
CORPORATE INFORMATION
This is a SUPER site for information on U.S. and international companies,
particularly privately held companies. The U.S. companies are also categorized
by region and by business sector. Try this. You'll like it.
http://www.corporateinformation.com/
SMALL BUSINESS EXCHANGE: STARTING YOUR BUSINESS
For the budding entrepreneurs among us -- you'll find a start-up guide,
funding sources, and help in deciding how to price your product or service.
Learn about copyrights, patents and trademarks, taxes, insurance and more.
You'll also find tips on managing your new business, and then expanding
it. A small business advisor is available to answer more specific questions.
All this is courtesy of American Express.
http://www.americanexpress.com/smallbusiness/resources/starting
SMALL BUSINESS EXCHANGE: UNDERSTANDING FINANCIAL RATIOS
Do you need a quick indicator of the financial condition of a company?
Use ratio analysis. Here are short, simple definitions
of different types of ratios. Ratios are useful for making comparisons
of companies within industries, for deciding if a company is a good credit
or investment risk, or for determining how efficiently a company is being
run.
http://www.americanexpress.com/smallbusiness/resources/managing/ratios.shtml
U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
This is the official government site for the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office, with up to the minute news about . . . patents and trademarks.
IP featured this site a while back, but you may want to revisit it to see
the latest listing of top corporate inventors. Learn, too, how the Patent
and Trademark Office is handling issues of intellectual property rights
in cyberspace.
http://www.uspto.gov/
USPTO Announces Top Patent Earners
Who received the most patents for inventions in 1997? The answer is IBM,
for the 5th year in a row, with 1,724 patents. The top eleven include
three U.S. corporations, seven Japanese corporations, and the U.S.
government.
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/speeches/98-1.htm
(that's numeral 1)
Trademark Examination of Domain Names
Can a term which is a
domain name
also be registered as a trademark? Find the answer here.
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/tac/domain/tmdomain.htm
KIPLINGER ONLINE
Here's a nicely organized site with financial information on a number
of topics - investing, charities, insurance, your car, home, travel, etc.
For business information see the Investing area, which has an edited, annotated
list of good financial links.
http://www.kiplinger.com/linkhome.html
Hate to bring this up, but you might also want to check Kiplinger's
Tax Cut and Tax Tips pages for 50 ways to cut taxes, tax law changes, tax
planning, and links to other helpful tax pages.
http://www.taxcut.com/taxtips/index.html
(From Beverly Goodwin)
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