| Finding what you're looking for
on the internet can be quite a daunting task. We've
made it a little easier by selecting a few of our
favorite sites.
New Employee
Forms
W4
Use this form to determine employee's federal
income tax withholding.
This form requires Adobe PDF Reader. If you
do not have it, you may download it
here.
I9
All employees must complete this form at time of hire for the Immigration and
Naturalization Service.
This form requires Adobe PDF Reader. If
you do not have it, you may download it
here.
Financial
Links
Microsoft MoneyCentral
MoneyCentral is the best source for all your personal finance needs. Get quotes,
stock research, portfolio tracking, news, and online bill payment. Keep informed
and on track with a broad range of personal finance topics.
CBS MarketWatch
This investment supersite provides links to stock quotes, IRA information, financial
news, mutual funds, stock recommendations, investment message boards and much
more.
Travelex
The largest airport foreign exchange, foreign currency, currency exchange, Bureau
de change and foreign money provider. Providing competitive exchange rates, travelers
cheques and online currency converters.
Government Links
The Internal Revenue Service
Downloadable tax forms and publications as well as a lot of great tax advice.
Social Security Administration
Learn how the Social Security Administration can help with your retirement, medicare,
disability, survivorship and other benefit questions.
U.S. Small Business Administration
You don't need an MBA to use the SBA. This site outlines everything in plain
English. The SBA site contains a wealth of information for entrepreneurs and
small business owners.
U.S. Department of Commerce
A thorough overview of the Commerce Department and the organizations under its
banner
Federal Consumer Information Center
Not only a catalog of free and low-cost federal publications of consumer interest,
but also a wealth of information on other subjects such as product recalls, the
latest scams and frauds, and more.
Consumer Advice Links
Consumer
World
Before you purchase a product or service, spend a few minutes at Consumer World
and save yourself the agony of buyer remorse. Research rates and comparison shop
until you drop, for everything - cars, travel, credit cards and much more.
ABC's of Real Estate
Ad-free, in depth, step-by-step tutorials on buying, selling, and mortgaging
your home. The site includes a comprehensive glossary of Real Estate terminology.
A must visit site for homeowners or prospective home buyers!
AutoAdvice Car Buyers Guide
This site, while not ad free, has first rate advice to car buyers. It is sponsored
by a company that provides quotes on cars. Nevertheless it is the best source
of information we've been able to find on the net for car buyers and is written
in plain English, including buy vs. lease, shopping around, negotiating, top
ten mistakes made by car buyers, sneaky stuff to look out for, and more.
Internet
Resource Links
The Best Search Engine - Metacrawler
Named the search engine of search engines.
Metacrawler provides fast and efficient searching
on multiple search engines like Yahoo, Alta
Vista, Excite, and more.
HotMail
Free e-mail accounts from Microsoft.
E-Bay
The buy and sell all of the internet auctions, trades, and commerce. Accounts
start with $10 of credit!
Priceline
Name your price on airplane tickets, cars, mortgages, hotel rooms, and home
equity loans!
Ensuring Fair Insurance Rates
Quotesmith Corp.'s site provides instant rates from 375 companies in the following
areas: auto, medial, Medicare supplement, life (no physical exam required),
and term life. Current fixed and annuity rates are also available.
News, Newspapers,
And Magazines
CNN.com
CNN.com is the best place for up to the minute news. Superb coverage of major
world events as well as a link to local news.
New York Times
An eight page digest of the New York Times presenting the highlights of the front-page
articles, the top foreign, national and business news, sports, results, the daily
crossword puzzle, and a selection of editorials and commentaries.
The Newspaper Association of America
The Newspaper Association of America provides a large list of U.S. magazines
with Web sites. Some contain the full content and back issues of the publication
and others are little more than advertising brochures. Most contain information
to help and appraiser looking for locational background.
Pathfinder Site
A site created by Time Warner with access to many newspapers, bulletin boards,
chat sessions and other media material. This site is in a constant state of radical
revision. Time, Time Daily, People, People Daily, Life, Nightly News, Money Daily,
Asiaweek and National Review online.
Money Magazine
Money Magazine online edition is a outstanding resource for tax, real estate,
insurance and retirement information.
Software Links
QuickBooks
Save up to 20% on premium business accounting
software when you buy from us.
Tucows
The Internet leader in software downloads and reviews. Software for every user,
Windows, Macintosh, PDAs, Unix, Linux and more.
C/Net Software
This is a huge search engine giving access to hundreds of thousands of programs
plus demos, drivers, upgrades and patches.
Download.com
A C/Net affiliated site offering shareware and freeware programs to download,
including software, music, and games.
AVG Anti-Virus
AVG Anti-Virus FREE Edition is a well-known anti-virus protection tool. AVG
Anti-Virus FREE is available free-of-charge to home users for the life of the
product! Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the
product, thereby providing the high-level of detection capability that millions
of users around the world trust to protect their computers. AVG Anti-Virus
FREE is easy-to-use and will not slow your system down (low system resource
requirements).
Ad-Aware
A download.com 5 star resource, Ad-Aware has the ability to scan your RAM,
registry, hard drives, and external storage devices for known data-mining,
advertising, and tracking components, usually referred to as spy ware. Ad-aware
SE can easily clean your system, allowing you to maintain a higher degree of
privacy while you surf the Web. Be warned that ad-aware may disable your file
sharing software.
FilesharingPlace.com
The legality of sharing files is questionable, regardless of what the distributors
of file sharing applications tell you. Also, many file sharing programs,
including the most popular, often include additional applications bundled with
the software's installer file.
Third-party applications bundled with these programs may record your surfing
habits, deliver advertising, collect private information, or modify your
system settings. This site will give you the complete scoop on your alternatives
in peer to peer (p2p) file sharing for personal use as well as utilities that
will help remove invasive spy ware that you may have inadvertently installed
on your machine.
Ardamax Keylogger
Ardamax Keylogger Lite is a free keystroke recorder that captures user's activity
and saves it to a log file. The log file can be viewed as a text or web page.
Use this tool to find out what is happening on your computer while you are
away, maintain a backup of your typed data automatically or use it to monitor
your kids. Also you can use it as a monitoring device for detecting unauthorized
access.
Naomi Content Filtering
Naomi is an Internet content filtering program, intended for families and parents
in particular. It constantly monitors all Internet connections for inappropriate
materials, and immediately closes down the browser if encountered. The programs
considerations include obscene or violent contents; pornography in the form
of images or texts, as well as sites that popularize drugs, gambling, terrorism,
hate propaganda and more.
Education
Links
SavingForCollege.com
Learn how to best save for your children's college education. Find out how 529
Plans and Coverdell Education Savings Accounts can help you save wisely.
U.S. News' College Center
A vast storehouse of information on higher learning. Take the College Personality
Quiz, view the rankings of America's best colleges, compare several schools with
customizable side-by-side comparisons, and that's just the beginning.
National Council of Higher Education
Based in Washington, DC, the National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs,
Inc. (NCHELP) represents a nationwide network of guaranty agencies, secondary
markets, lenders, loan servicers, collectors, schools and other organizations
involved in the administration of the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP).
Since its founding, NCHELP has represented its members on public policy and regulatory
issues with the legislative and executive branches of the federal government.
Just For
Fun
Industry Player
This is a free massive online gaming experience with more than 3500 players world
wide. This is real competition with real business people, so be prepared for
some real challenges. You start with $10 million to invest in up 5 companies.
Select from 150 products and begin production. A holding's rate of capital
growth depends entirely on how well a player manages borrowings, product
prices, profit margins, production of stock, up-sizing capacity and liquidation
to buy into more expensive licenses, as the Holding progresses up the "High Score Rankings".
Trades are in real time and can be with other players or the billions of
virtual consumers.
Investopedia Stock Market Simulation Game
Sign up free and $100,000 of virtual cash is placed in your account. Build your
portfolio with any stock that trades on a major North American exchange. Your
account simulates all aspects of investing with an online brokerage and tracks
what happens to your investments.
Continue to test investment strategies and learn advanced trading techniques
such as short selling, trading with margin, and buying options. You can even
create your own groups and challenge your friends.
Gazillionaire
Try the free shareware version of Gazillionaire, the award-winning game of
business strategy. Become a mogul or tycoon in this out-of-this-world economic
simulation game and build a financial empire. Yahoo! Computer Life Magazine
declares: "If
you've dreamed of becoming an extra-terrestrial Trump, Gazillionaire is the
answer to your greedy little prayers." |