Korea Focus is a bimonthly journal featuring articles and commentaries on Korean politics, economy, society, and culture selected from leading Korean newspapers, newsmagazines, and academic papers

This is “the official source for U.S. export and import statistics” and a great place to go for U.S. “import or export statistics, information on export regulations, commodity classifications, or a host of other trade related topics.”

Searchable by country, company name and industry. Gives fast facts for each country, links to sources of company information, a list of and definitions of extensions (such as Inc.) found after company names, and research reports for 15,000 companies.

Originally a virtual tour of the home of the last Tsar and his family, the site has evolved into a general resource for information on the last years of Imperial Russia. “Here you can browse from a wide range of options – from rare online books, to palaces, recipes, antique cars and travelogues.”

A resource for economic data, such as GDP growth, inflation rate, and budget deficit, of select European countries. This site may not work with some browsers, though a text-only version of the information is also available.

“The Electronic Embassy links the staffs and resources of the Washington D.C. embassy community to their constituencies in business and industry, education, the press and government.” This searchable Web site includes the following sections: Foreign embassies on the World Wide Web, and comprehensive information from the rest of the Washington D.C …

“The mission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world.” This site offers statistics and reports on the OECD’s key topics, including health, education, corporate governance and nuclear energy.

Provides deposit and savings rates of the leading banking and financial institutions, as well as risk data, for an extensive list of countries to enable effective assessment of risk and return by market. All data is collected from the public websites of the relevant financial institutions.

“Congress created the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in 1974 as an independent agency with the mandate to regulate commodity futures and option markets in the United States.”

“The ultimate Middle East business resource” includes company news and news from selected industries, exhibitions and events, travel guide, country facts, a business directory and more.

“ALB is the only independent magazine dedicated to the latest legal news, events and developments in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, Asia and the international business community … With coverage on all the important and emerging areas of practice and business, ALB provides the most updated legal and business news from in and around the re …

Globalization 101 is “dedicated to providing students with information and interdisciplinary learning opportunities” on the issue of globalization. Includes issue briefs, news analysis as well as resources for teachers.

Read articles about Microsoft’s solutions for people working in the retail, hospitality, consumer goods, and professional services industries. Includes news, features, case studies, and opinions.

Canada’s department of industry site offers resources for businesses and consumers. Program areas include developing industry and technology capability, promoting investment and trade, promoting tourism and small business development, and setting rules and services that support the effective operation of the marketplace.

More than 140 countries provide annual commodities trade data to the United Nations Statistics Division, which is reported in the website.

Provides access to both abstracts and full text articles for all the journals published by the Clute Institute for Academic Research. Not all the journals are current and the site is continually being updated. The journals focus on areas such as business and economics as well as teaching.

BNET offers current perspectives on business and human resources issues, business news and stock market information.

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is an international organization that serves as a bank for central banks. It contains many original resources including economic and monetary statistics and research papers and “forum to promote discussion and policy analysis among central banks and within the international financial community.”

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization that was established to contribute to the growth of the world economy. It contains many original resources including statistics and research papers.