Economics and Finance

Business Applications

Business Packages (SCM, ERP, CRM)

Adempiere (wiki)

http://adempiere.red1.org/

Averiware Free

http://www.averiwarefree.com

BS1 Accounting

http://www.dbsonline.com/accounting/

BUSY UL

http://www.busy.in/index.php?p=fas

Compiere Community Edition

http://www.compiere.com/

Cubit (SaaS)

http://www.cubit.co.za/

Dolibarr / DoliWamp (SaaS)

http://www.dolibarr.org/ and http://www.nltechno.com/pages/dolibarrwinbin.php

ERP5 (wikipedia)

http://www.erp5.com/ and http://www.myerp5.com/express/

GNU Enterprise (GNUe)

http://www.gnuenterprise.org/

Infotrak (service to create/track invoices)

http://invotrak.com/

jFin (derivatives trade processing)

http://jFin.org/

JFire (wikipedia)

https://www.jfire.org/modules/content/

LedgerSMB (wikipedia, wiki)

http://www.ledgersmb.org/about

Microsoft Dynamics

  • SCM
  • ERP
  • CRM

http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/product/productoverviews.mspx

here

here

http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/CRM/Default.mspx

NolaPro (QuickBooks Converter)

http://www.nolapro.com/index-5.html

Office Accounting Express 2008

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/accounting/default.aspx or http://www.ideawins.com/

Openbravo Community Edition

http://www.openbravo.com/product/get-openbravo/community-edition/

OpenERP (was TinyERP) (wikipedia)

http://openerp.com/

opentaps

http://www.opentaps.org

Oracle Small Business Suite

http://www.netsuite.com/

PostBooks (wikipedia)

http://postbooks.sourceforge.net/

QuickBooks Simple Start 2008

http://quickbooks.intuit.com/product/accounting-software/free-accounting-software.jhtml

SQL-Ledger

http://www.sql-ledger.org/

Stoq (wiki, Linux)

http://www.stoq.com.br/

Sugar Community Edition

http://www.sugarcrm.com/crm/index.php?option=com_downloads&task=downloads&Itemid=305

TurboCash

http://www.turbocashuk.com/

Virtual Appliance Marketplace

http://www.vmware.com/appliances/

vtiger CRM

http://www.vtiger.com/

webERP

http://www.weberp.org/HomePage

XTuple PostBooks Edition

http://www.xtuple.com/postbooks

Zoho Online Collaboration

  • Office Apps
  • Business (office suite)
  • CRM
  • Invoicing
  • People/Recruitment Mgmt
  • Testing

http://www.zoho.com/

Writer, Sheet, Show, Wiki, Planner, Notebook, Chat, Mail, Creator, Reporting, Meeting, Project Management

http://business.zoho.com/

http://crm.zoho.com/crm/login.sas

https://invoice.zoho.com/login/jsp/login.jsp and here and here

http://people.zoho.com/?home

http://zohochallenge.com/OnlineTest/Candidate.do

Business Information

Annual Reports

http://yahoo.ar.wilink.com/

Business Portal

http://www.brint.com/

Business Journals

http://www.bizjournals.com/

Business Magazines

http://www.ceoexpress.com/

Business Wire

http://www.businesswire.com/

Consumer Agencies

http://www.diamondcertified.com/consumeragencies.html

Investor’s Guide

http://www.investorguide.com/

Edgar Company Search

http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html

SEC Filings

http://edgarscan.pwcglobal.com/servlets/edgarscan

Company Classification Systems

Global Industry Classification Standard

http://www.msci.com/equity/gics.html

U.S. Standard Industrial Classification

(SIC)

http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/sic.html

http://www.sec.gov/info/edgar/siccodes.htm

http://www.osha.gov/oshstats/sicser.html

http://faculty.gsm.ucdavis.edu/~data/sic_codes.html#3500

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

http://www.naics.com/search.htm

http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html

http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics/framesrc.htm

http://www.bls.gov/bls/naics.htm

North American Product Classification System (NAPCS)

http://www.census.gov/eos/www/napcs/napcs.htm

Market Research

Business Intelligence

http://cyberatlas.internet.com/

Competitious

http://competitio.us/

Demographics

http://www.easidemographics.com/

Salary Ranges

http://www.salary.com/

Silicon Valley Venture Capital

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/financial_markets/venture_capital/

Venture Capital Database

http://www.networkworld.com/bg/vc3/vc.jsp

Calculators (also see Applications > Calculators)

Cost of living

Cost of Living Comparison

http://www.bankrate.com/brm/movecalc.asp

Cost of Raising a Child

http://www.babycenter.com/cost-of-raising-child-calculator

HomeFair Salary Calculator

http://www.homefair.com/homefair/calc/salcalc.html

Relocation Essentials COL Calculator

http://www.relocationessentials.com/aff/www/tools/salary/col.aspx

Compare Cost of Living

http://homeadvisor.msn.com/pickaplace/comparecities.asp

Currency

Currency Conversion

http://oanda.com/convert/classic

http://www.xe.com/ucc/

http://www.geocities.com/currconv2/

Economist Currency Tools

http://www.economist.com/markets/currency/

Inflation

CPI Inflation Calculator

http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl

National Debt Clock

http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock

Economist Big Mac Index

http://www.economist.com/markets/bigmac/

Purchasing Power (from 1774)

http://www.measuringworth.com/calculators/ppowerus/

Financial

The xth wealthist person in the world

http://www.globalrichlist.com/ (type in your income and see your ranking)

Choose to Save

http://www.choosetosave.org/calculators/

Credit Calculators

https://www.creditexpert.com/creditexpert/creditmanager/017_0_cm_tools.html#calculator

FinanCenter

http://www.financenter.com/consumertools/calculators/

HSH Consumer Loan Information

http://www.hsh.com/

Meriwest CU Calculators

http://www.meriwest.com/mw/CDA/CONT/?strTemplate_Id=CALCULATORS

Mortgage and Financial Calculators

http://www.hughchou.org/calc/

NYTimes Rent versus Buy Calculator

here

Retirement

Electronic Deposit Insurance Estimator

http://www.fdic.gov/edie/

Life Expectancy Calculator                                     

http://www.livingto100.com/

Nest Egg Index

http://www.agedwards.com/public/content/sc/invedu/nest_egg_savings/nest_egg_index.html

Schwab Retirement Assessment

Requires an account

SimplePlanning Retirement Calculator

http://simpleplanning.com/Financial%20Calculators/Retirement%20Calculator.html

Social Security Benefit Calculators

http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/ANYPIA/

Social Security Retirement Estimator

http://www.ssa.gov/estimator/

Stocks & Bonds

Capital Gains Calculator

http://www.gainskeeper.com/

GStock

http://www.gstock.com/

Price Check Calculator

http://www.smartmoney.com/pricecheck/?story=worksheet&symbol=emc&nav=pc_ra&priceCheck=Check

RiskGrades

http://www.riskgrades.com/

Stock Valuation Calculator

http://www.passionsaving.com/stock-valuation.html

U.S. Savings Bonds

http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/sav/savcalc.htm

Credit

Annual Credit Reports

http://www.annualcreditreport.com/

Cardweb (find good credit cards)

http://www.cardweb.com/

National Foundation for Credit Counseling

http://www.nfcc.org/

Credit Reporting Agencies

Equifax

http://www.equifax.com/

Experian

http://www.experian.com/

TransUnion

http://www.transunion.com/

Credit Scores

FICO

http://www.fairisaac.com/fairisaac

How Stuff Works

http://money.howstuffworks.com/credit-score.htm

The Credit Scoring Site

Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)

http://www.creditscoring.com/

Economic Indicators

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

http://www.bea.gov/

M2 (Money Supply)

http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h6

Consumer Price Index (CPI)

http://www.bls.gov/cpi/home.htm

Producer Price Index (PPI)

http://www.bls.gov/ppi/home.htm

Consumer Confidence Survey

http://www.consumerresearchcenter.org/

Current Employment Statistics

http://www.bls.gov/ces/home.htm

Retail Trade and Food Services Sales

http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/briefroom/BriefRm

Housing Starts

http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/briefroom/BriefRm