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HERE ARE 10 WEBSITES, ALL FREE AND ALL DEVOTED TO BUSINESS NEWS, INFORMATION, ANALYSIS, AND INSIGHT INTO HOW PEOPLE RUN THEIR BUSINESSES. TASKER RYRIE
The number 10 is of course a psychologically satisfying number for us humans. Most of the information available on these 10 sites is free, though naturally they would like you to buy some of their other services. Every site issues some sort of daily or weekly email newsletter, and some provide more than one. Email newsletters are actually good value because they are easy to read quickly and you need only click on the articles you are interested in.
Readers may note the absence of the Australian Financial Review website (www.frcom.au). It's a good site but it is largely fee-based. BusinessGene (www.business gene.com) is absent for the same reason. Also excluded are search sites such as Corporate Information (www.corporate information.com), nor have I included accounting sites such as Anet (www.csu.edu.au/anet/index.html), Eccountancy.com (www.eccountancy.com), and the Tax and Accounting Sites Directory (www.taxsites.com).
BOSS
www.boss.afr.com.au
BOSS has three main sections: People, Strategy and Friends of BOSS.The first two sections provide articles, while becoming one of the Friends of BOSS gets you the weekly email newsletter You can also pose questions to BOSS mentors.These change, and when I looked they included Professor Bill Ford of the University of NSW, Narelle Kennedy, CEO of the Australian Business Foundation, an independent business think-tank, and Jane Hemstritch, managing partner of Accenture's Communications and High Tech Market Unit in Australia and New Zealand. BOSS also stages seminars and provides links to AFR, BRW and Personal Investor, along with the usual share information and trading facilities.
BusinessWeek Online
www.businessweek.com
BusinessWeek Online, a McGraw Hill company, has an American flavour,...