Delaware State Chamber of Commerce: An organization set up to foster local businesses. 
     * New Castle County Chamber of Commerce

Delaware Small Business Development Center: Information for those wishing to start their own businesses. Offers business information, training and counseling.

OOLMI: Delaware Department of Labor's Office of Occupational and Labor Market Information.  Includes information on latest developments, labor market information data and  analysis.

SCORE of Delaware:  SCORE helps local entrepreneurs start and develop local businesses.

Small Business Resource Partnership Directory:  Annotated links of Federal, State, and non-profit agencies that assist small businesses.

Wilmington Women in Business:Organization supporting Wilmington Business Women.  Information about the organization, events, links to other sites for business women and more.  The introductory page listing current news is www.wwb.org.

Wilmington Convention & Visitors Bureau: Find out about local Wilmington attractions.

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Better Business Bureau:  Check out a company or file a complaint.  You will also find consumer tips and other services BBB offers.  Delaware office.

Big Charts: Offers current and historical stock quotes.  Business news provided by CBS MarketWatch.com.  One can also find industry information.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance:  Searchable catalog of Federal grants, programs, projects, and services.  Includes information on how to apply for Federal Assistance and how to write a grant proposal.

EDGAR: Searchable database of corporate information from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.  Go to US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Hoovers Online:  Hoovers online provides news articles and business travel information for free.  In-depth company information is for paid subscribers.

Nasdaq: Look up stock quotes, find a ticker symbol, get Reuters business news summaries, check IPOs and more.

Oanda.com: Foreign exchange and currency converter.  One can obtain up-to-date rates and some historic rates.  Good source for business travelers figuring out travel expenses.

ReferenceUSA: Database that searches 11 million businesses in the United States.  Information includes: addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, some toll free numbers, owners or business executives, estimated sales and credit rating code.  This resource is paid for by the Delaware Division of Libraries. You will need a library card and pin number from a Delaware library to access this database.

Standard Industrial Classification System (SIC) and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS):  Two different classification systems used by the United States government to identify different types of businesses.

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis: Source for researching a specific market.  Contains information, statistics, and analysis of U.S. economic activity.  Survey of Current Business is also online.

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