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Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Fortune 500 (Monday, 4/1/02)
Here's the latest list of the 500 largest American industrial corporations in terms of annual revenues from Fortune magazine. As you will see, a well-known retailer is now the largest, "so help me Sam." In fact, Wal-Mart, the company that Sam Walton created, is now the largest corporation in the world as well.
In the "ain't life strange" department, you may be interested to know that Enron, number 7 on the Fortune list last year, is number 5 this year. However, if you check the Enron details page, under "profits" you will see "NA," which may mean "not applicable" or "not available," or, with painful accuracy, "not any," and that's an understatement.
Incidentally, in addition to demonstrating that accounting can be a creative line of work after all, it's important to note that Enron's position on the latest list is a consequence of Fortune's extrapolating the annualized data from those available for the first three quarters of 2001, ending September 30 last year, which is before all the Enron stuff hit the fan.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Brookings Economic Studies (Tuesday, 4/2/02)
The Brookings Institution is a major Washington, D. C.-based "liberal" think tank with the objective of helping to find ways to improve the functioning of American institutions of all kinds. Here's their economic studies page.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Interagency Telework/Telecommuting (Wednesday, 4/3/02)
In some cases, federal government work can be home work. Here's the Interagency Telework/Telecommuting site from the General Services Administration Office of Personnel Management.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: World Executive Hotel Directory (Thursday, 4/4/02)
If you're a business traveler who not only expects luxury, but who also wants to make most efficient use of your time, the World Executive Hotel Directory can help you find just the right accommodations in hundreds of destinations around the world.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Dictionary Of Occupational Titles (Friday, 4/5/02)
There are a LOT of ways to make a living. This alphabetical index of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles from the United States Department of Labor provides a sense of just how many.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Tax Center (Saturday, 4/6/02)
There's a sense in which the IRS is an organization that does both auditing and consulting, but it's certainly not Arthur Andersen. With the big April 15 a few days away, you might be interested in some independent help or advice. Check in Tax Center from CNN and Money magazine.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Overview of Germany (Sunday, 4/7/02)
From the latest CIA World Factbook, here's an overview of Germany, which has the largest economy in Europe and the third-largest in the world.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: National Skills Standards Board (Monday, 4/8/02)
The National Skills Standards Board is a voluntary organization intending to work toward the development of a national system of skills standards, assessment, and certification to enable to the U.S. workforce to compete more effectively in the global economy.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: jobscience (Tuesday, 4/9/02)
jobscience is a jobs site specializing in healthcare-related occupations.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Job Analysis and Personality Research (Wednesday, 4/10/02)
Professor Robert Harvey at Virginia Tech conducts job analysis and personality research. You can read about it, and also participate.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Tax Guide (Thursday, 4/11/02)
With T-Day approaching shortly, you may find the Arizona Republic's Tax Guide helpful. Of course, the information about state taxes will apply only to those of you in Arizona, but the remainder should be of interest to Americans anywhere.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: 2003 Graduate School Rankings (Friday, 4/12/02)
Here are the latest 2003 Graduate School Rankings from U.S. News.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Help! It's April 15! (Monday, 4/15/02)
If you're scrambling here at the last minute in order to get your taxes filed by the end of the day, some advice and assistance might be helpful. Here's MSN's Tax Guide, as well as the Tax Time guide from the Washington Post and some tips for last-minute filers.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: FAIRMODEL (Tuesday, 4/16/02)
FAIRMODEL comes to you from Yale University and allows you to perform large-scale macroeconomic analyses yourself. The site should be of special interest to business and government analysts and researchers, as well as students and their teachers.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Index of Economic Freedom (Thursday, 4/18/02)
The Index of Economic Freedom offers detailed economic policy information for more than 160 countries. It comes to you from The Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: National Archives (Friday, 4/19/02)
Here's the UK's National Archives.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: CorpsWatch (Saturday, 4/20/02)
If you want to hold corporations accountable, CorpsWatch wants to help, and you can do your own research on individual companies on their site.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Money: What It Is and How It Works (Sunday, 4/21/02)
Money is one of those things everybody thinks they know about, but many people find they really don't, as soon as questions move slightly beyond the surface appearance of things. William Hummel is a retired aerospace engineer with an impressive background and varied interests. His detailed examination of money is worth a read and can be highly instructive.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Sloan Work and Family Research Network (Monday, 4/22/02)
The Sloan Work and Family Research Network is supported by funds from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and is located at Boston College.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: World Bank Experts (Tuesday, 4/23/02)
The World Bank makes a panel of experts available to the media.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Best Corporate Citizens (Wednesday, 4/24/02)
Business Ethics magazine has released its latest list of 100 Best Corporate Citizens in terms of social responsibility, and, according to them, IBM tops its list..
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Halfing World Poverty by 2015 (Thursday, 4/25/02)
Here's a report from the United Kingdom's Department of International Development that outlines a plan for reducing the number of people in the world who live in extreme poverty from 30 percent to 15 percent by 2015.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: National Compensation Survey--Wages (Friday, 4/26/02)
Here's the National Compensation Survey on Wages from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. It provides wage data for localities, regions, and the nation as a whole.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: A Guide to Sources of Labour Information (Saturday, 4/27/02)
The ILO's Guide to Sources of Labour Information will be of special interest to libraries and information centers, according to its developers. The ILO is the International Labor Organization, an agency of the United Nations that predates the UN itself.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: South Asia Network of Economic research Institutes (Sunday, 4/28/02)
So far, more than 40 countries participate in the South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes, including India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: B-SPAN (Monday, 4/29/02)
You know about C-SPAN, now here's B-SPAN, the "webcasting station" from the World Bank that allows you to attend from a distance seminars and conferences held at the Bank's headquarters in Washington, D. C.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Getting Through Customs (Tuesday, 4/30/02)
Here's a helpful collection of articles for business people who do a lot of international travel. It comes from the same people who have authored Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands: How to Do Business in 60 Countries.
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