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State Taxes

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides tax information about each state in the United States simply by clicking on the name of the state. Links further down the page can be used to find specific state taxes, such as payroll and sales taxes.
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University of Massachusetts: Merchandise Inventory

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents quiz questions and problems regarding merchandise inventory, complete with solutions. The site discusses the purchase and sale of inventory, its disposition on financial statements, the merchandise inventory turnover...
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University of Massachusetts: Accounts Receivable

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents quiz questions and problems, complete with solutions, that illustrate various aspects of accounts receivable. Included are the accounts receivable turnover ratio, uncollectible accounts, and aging accounts receivable.
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University of Massachusetts: Closing Entries

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents quiz questions and problems, complete with solutions, that illustrate the closing entries for a corporation.
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123 Jump

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a vast amount of information from which students can research investment options. The focus is on IPOs (Initial Public Offering). Presents a great learning opportunity for students interested in finance.
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What Makes a Great Manager

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes key elements that it takes to be a great manager so that your business can thrive.
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Western Michigan University: Writing Positive Messages

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent and in-depth site on how to write short, positive messages. Gives information on structure, pace, positive replies, announcements, and apologies (used as positives).
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Western Michigan: Writing Persuasive Messages

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive guide to writing persuasive and sales messages and letters. Includes information on requests, sales, letters that sell ideas, and collections.
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Get Safe Online

Get Safe Online: Businesses

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive guide to protecting your business in today's digital world.
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University of Waterloo (Canada)

University of Waterloo: Centre for Accounting Ethics

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the web site of the Centre for Accounting Ethics. The site describes the history and mission of this Canadian organization. In addition it provides a bibliography, realistic cases in ethics (click on "Cases and Copyrights"), and...
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Cornell University

Cornell University: Law School: Liquidation

For Students 9th - 10th
This page from Cornell University outlines the sections of Chapter 7 of the U.S. Federal Bankruptcy Code. Each paragraph within the four subchapters has its own link and the site has its own search engine as well.
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U.s. Small Business Administration

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is the homepage for the SBA, or Small Business Administration.
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The Delphi Group: Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
Home page to The Delphi Group. contains links to various Knowledge Management information: what's new, articvles, methodology, books, research, papers, throughts, and surveys and statistics.
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Wolters Kluwer

Biz Filings: Capital Assets and Depreciation

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource gives an overview of depreciating plant assets and the reasons for doing so. A chart also provides a comparison of the straight-line and declining-balance methods of depreciation.
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Wolters Kluwer

Business Owner's Toolkit: Personal Strength and Weakness Assessment Checklist

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource contains a checklist rating your strengths and weaknesses as a small business owner. The necessary skills for starting a business are displayed in a chart.
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Other

American Bankruptcy Institute

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the web site of the American Bankruptcy Institute. It features current media articles about bankruptcy and information for consumers.
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Other

Faa: Office for Commercial Space Transportation

For Students 9th - 10th
The official homepage of the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation, a section of the Federal Aviation Administration dedicated to commercial launches into space
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Cato Institute

Cato Institute: Free Trade, Free Markets: Rating the 105th Congress

For Students 9th - 10th
This article is about the dispute between a totally free market and one in which the government intervenes.
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Free Management Library

Managementhelp: Introduction to Management

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief introduction to the world of management. Many links are provided to specific management points.
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Wolters Kluwer

Business Owner's Toolkit: Steps to Take to Improve Cash Flow Management

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource begins a discussion on preparing a cash flow budget. Click the links on the page to go to additional steps in preparing this budget or click the 'Next' button at the bottom of the page. This page also includes a...
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Accentuating the Positives in Business Letters

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Online resource from Purdue on business and technical writing. Details how to write positively through embedded position and effective use of space.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: The Basic Business Letter

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson from Purdue's online writing lab details both the parts of a business letter and the various formats for one, including block, modified block, and semi-block. Great resource for getting started writing a professional letter.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Writing for a North American Business Audience

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson gives guidelines for business writing in Western (North American) culture. From Purdue University.
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Other

Rulemaker Portfolio: The Most Important Financial Statement

For Students 9th - 10th
This article, from September, 1999, proposes that analyzing cash flow is a better measure of a company's stock than analyzing net income. Examples are given from the stock exchange.