Finance

"BusinessFinanceMag.com has one simple
mission: to be the source of the best new ideas and business practices for senior executives creating, leading, and transforming the finance function."

Provides "real-time financial market coverage and business information..."

Note: This site provides interactive charts.

From the Financial Times Group.

"The idea behind VCDB (or Venture Capital Database) was pretty simple. I thought, “Wouldn’t it be cool to see every venture firm in the US on an interactive map?” One would see loads of markers dotting the New England and Silicon Valley areas and a smattering of folks in between."

Note: This site supplies historical prices for each stock.

"HBS Working Knowledge is a forum for innovation in business practice, offering readers a first look at cutting-edge thinking and the opportunity to both influence and use these concepts before they enter mainstream management practice."

"Minimal mathematics, accessible language, and a student-oriented tone ease readers into complex subjects like money, interest rates, banking, asymmetric information, financial crises and regulation, monetary policy, monetary theory, and other standard topics. ... Read full book free online."

"MunicipalBonds.com is the premier site for municipal bond investors. We provide individual investors with real-time trading data, ratings information, search tools, archived trade data, education, analytics, and state-by-state features to help them make informed decisions about their municipal bond investments. Most of our site is free; some features of our site are available to premium members."

"Risk management will be a major focal point of business and societal decision–making in the 21st century. A separate focused field of study, it draws on core knowledge bases from law, engineering, finance, economics, medicine, psychology, accounting, mathematics, statistics and other fields to create a holistic decision-making framework that is sustainable and value- enhancing. This is the subject of this book. ... Read full book free online."

The Data Catalog provides download access to over 2,000 indicators from World Bank data sets.