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several. This section is therefore kept intentionally short.
The U.S. Commerce Department's Economic and Statistics Administration offers
STAT USA (http://www.stat usa.gov/), which provides statistical information on
economy, energy, foreign trade, business, and industry. Fee based subscription
required.
Then try The White House , the subject index of online government information,
and The Government Information Locator Service.
The National Technical Information Service provides access to more than 100
U.S. Government operated bulletin boards and online systems.
Official Gazette is a weekly publication from the United States Patent and
Trademark Office covering new patents and trademarks, expired and reinstated patents,
re examination and re issue applications, announcements, changes in procedures and
requests for comments. Its archive contains every issue from the last 20 years.
The US Patent Database offers bibliographic information about the patents,
claims, reference and abstract information. You can view the images, and order patents
online. The the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is at http://www.uspto.gov/.
Statistics Canada is the country's national statistical agency. Kompass is also an
interesting source.
PRESSline is a database of press releases, pictures and logos that is available free
of charge. Companies and organizations are charged a small fee for storing their
releases. In English, German, and French.
Information on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is available
from several sites, including http://www.nafta.net/.
Russia and Eastern Europe
InfoMarket brings Russian Securities Market News in English, and is an invaluable
source for Russian commercial financial information. The Russian Industry
Enterprises Web contains information about over 100.000 Russian enterprises within
agriculture, oil processing, electric energy, communications, and more.
Russian Regional Database combines official statistics with survey data to present
a comparative picture within areas such as economic competitiveness; labour market
change; social cohesion and stability.
Dow Jones offers BizEkon News, and others. Commercial vendors LEXIS NEXIS,
Data Star )7 3URILOH DQG Reuters also have many interesting sources.
The St. Petersburg Business Journal is at http://www.spb.su/. For more
newspapers covering the region, visit Editor & Publisher Interactive.
The European Information Network, a Prague based Web publishing company,
posts daily Russian news reports . The site offers a databank of information about
election laws, Russian government addresses and the Russian constitution.
Friends and Partners, jointly "developed by citizens of the US and Russia to
promote better understanding between the people of our countries," has a a
Commerce/Business section.
Maximov News Information And Guide To The Russian Federation offers
full text news, contact and information sources from the former Soviet Union. In English
and Russian.
Business Central Europe offers the latest monthly or quarterly statistics and
annual historical data going back to 1990 for most countries in the region. Through
DATATIMES, you can research English language versions of The Budapest Sun and
the Prague Post.
Czech Economy Internet Resources has similar information for Slovakia,
Poland, Hungary, Albania, Bulgaria, Serbia Montenegro, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia,
Bosnia, Kosovo, and Macedonia. The Prague, Budapest and Warsaw Business
Journals are in English and covers business news and industry information from Central
Europe.
The Central Europe Online Navigator publishes daily news an industry reports
on Czech and Slovak Republics, Hungary, Poland, and Russia. Includes political and
economical analyses.
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