Best Websites for Financial Professionals, Business Appraisers, and Accountants, Second Edition

273 Pages·2003·6.78 MB·English

by  Eva M. Lang Jan Davis Tudor

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Critical Praise for the First Edition
“Eva and Jan have organized an amazing breadth of resources available on the
Internet. No financial professional should try to do research without reviewing this
book. It will make your research more efficient and expansive if you use the sources
highlighted here.”
Z. Christopher Mercer
CEO, Mercer Capital
“Through years of financial research and training, these two highly talented and
skilled professionals have provided not only a broad listing of available sites, but also
a carefully selected and thorough menu to direct practitioners to essential data for
their research engagements...This book serves as a highly useful and practical tool for
every valuation practice, helping all analysts to better understand the enormous
research possibilities available to them through the Internet. With thoughtful, qual-
ity guidance, it will help you overcome your research obstacles and maximize your
valuable research time.”
James L. (Butch) Williams,
CPA/ABV, CVA, CBA
Chairman of the AICPABusiness
Valuation Subcommittee, Dixon
Odom PLLC
“This is a highly practical reference tool for any business appraiser or financial advi-
sor. The authors are two of the best-known business valuation research professionals
in the United States.”
Shannon Pratt, CFA, FASA, MCBA
Managing Director
Willamette Management Associates
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“This book will save the appraiser significant time when looking for pertinent data. A
great resource to increase the quality of work product and credibility of the
appraiser’s conclusions.”
Michele G. Miles, Esquire
Executive Director
Institute of Business Appraisers
“An exceptional compilation of resources available to those looking for financial and
industrial information on the Internet. Those quite experienced with Internet
research as well as those just starting out will find helpful information in this book.”
Lisa Doble Johnson
Vice President Research
Mercer Capital
“Every appraiser who does research on the Web needs this book. Eva Lang and Jan
Tudor have collaborated on a work that will save appraisal researchers serious
amounts of time. Those new to research will learn more in the first few chapters than
in an entire day of training. It is the ability to find what you need when you need it
that makes the Web an essential research tool and this book helps the reader make it
happen.”
Edward J. Dupke
Rehmann Robson, P.C.
“With the second edition of Best Websites for Financial Professionals,Eva and Jan
have made the ‘Best’even better. The new chapters in this edition make this the most
complete resource available for business appraisers who are looking to the Internet for
information. This is not a book for your library, it is a computer tool to keep on your
desk top for daily reference.”
Jim Rigby, ASA, CPA/ABV,
Managing Director of the
Financial Valuation Group,
Los Angeles, CA
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BEST WEBSITES FOR
FINANCIAL PROFESSIONALS,
BUSINESS APPRAISERS,
AND ACCOUNTANTS
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BEST WEBSITES FOR
FINANCIAL PROFESSIONALS,
BUSINESS APPRAISERS,
AND ACCOUNTANTS
EVA M. LANG
JAN DAVIS TUDOR
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Lang, Eva M.
Best websites for financial professionals, business appraisers,
and accountants / Eva M. Lang, Jan Davis Tudor.— 2nd ed.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-471-33338-7 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Business—Computer network resources—Directories. 2. Web
sites—Directories. 3. Internet addresses—Directories. I. Tudor, Jan
D. II. Title.
HF54.56.L36 2003
025.06'65—dc21
2003006628
Printed in the United States of America
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Eva:
To Scott
Jan:
To Tim Berners-Lee, for creating the World Wide Web
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CONTENTS
Preface xxi
Acknowledgments xxv
About the Authors xxvii
Chapter 1 Searching the Internet 1
Search Results and Paid Placement 8
The Invisible Web 10
Searching Tips 12
Use That Advanced Search Feature 12
What about Those Meta Search Engines? 15
Put Google on Your Toolbar! 16
Fee-Based Sources 17
Conclusion 19
Chapter 2 Portals and Vortals 21
Portals 22
About.com 22
AccountingWEB 23
Business.com 23
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