Business & Investments

Iowa Business Services
Forms, applications and searchable databases needed by businesses, lending institutions, and interested citizens from the Iowa Secretary of State.

IASourceLink
Provides business-building services for Iowa small businesses, including marketing, financial planning, sales loans, technical help, product development, education, government contracts, and operations.

U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
Access to forms, reports/studies, financial assistance, small business planner, applicable laws/regulations, podcasts, web chat and more.

U.S. Government Business
The official business link to the U.S. Government; provides a single access point to government services and information to help the nation's businesses.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Consumer and producer price indexes, wages, earnings, unemployment and the Occupational Outlook Handbook among other statistics and reports.

Wall Street Journal's Big Charts Stock Quotes
Historical stock quotes from 1970 to the current hour, as well as interactive charting, stock screeners for over 50,000 stocks, mutual funds, and market indexes.

Bankrate.com
Daily updated rates for mortgages, credit cards, automobile loans, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, checking and ATM fees, home equity loans and online banking fees.

Business Source Elite (EBSCO)  
Full-text for nearly 1,100 business publications, including full-text for nearly 500 peer-reviewed magazines and journals. Provides information dating back to 1985. Updated on a daily basis.

Reference USA  
Phone numbers or addresses for millions of friends or businesses—and all their next-door neighbors.

Regional Business News (EBSCO)  
Full-text coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. Updated on a daily basis.