Cambridge Dictionaries Online Center
http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk/esl/dictionary/This website allows you to search the Cambridge Dictionary of American English, Cambridge International Dictionary of English, Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs, or Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms.
Compute the Cost of a Bad Hire Calculator
http://www.advantagehiring.com/calculators/fs_hfcalcs.htmThis website provides calculators to compute the cost of a bad hire, to compute the cost of employee turnover, and to improve your selection process. Calculators for salary and moving as well as free school reports are also included. Advertising costs, candidate travel costs, interview costs, lost productivity/hidden costs, training/orientation, and relocation are used to compute the cost of a bad hire. Employee salaries, cost of benefits, and number of employees who left the firm statistics are used to compute the cost of employee turnover. The website is maintained by Advantage Hiring, an employment agency based in Pittsburgh, PA.
CyberSecuritiesLaw.com
http://www.cybersecuritieslaw.com/CyberSecuritiesLaw.com is devoted to securities law and the internet. It is intended for lawyers, business executives, and financial industry professionals. Some of the resources available on this website are a news archive, bibliography of articles and publications, a case digest, legislative alerts, SEC No-Action Letter summaries, SEC Release summaries, SEC litigation release bibliography, CyberSecuritiesLaw links, and Securities Law links. There is a search engine for the site. The site is maintained by Blake A. Bell, Senior Knowledge Management Counsel of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
Glossary of International Trade Terms
http://www.buyersguide.com/ace/glossary/a.htmlThis site is an alphabetical listing or international trade terms with their definitions. It is not searchable, but you can move through the glossary quickly by clicking on a letter of the alphabet menu at the top of the page.
Safe Shopping .org
http://www.safeshopping.org/This website is maintained by teh ABA Section of Business Law. It provides the user with links to guide them in smarter and safer shopping online. There is information on security, privacy, payment, seller, product, terms, delivery, records, complaints and tips.
Dr. Ed Yardeni’s Economics Network
http://www.yardeni.comThis website is maintained by Ed Yardeni of Deutsche Banc Alex. Go to the “Yardeni’s Year 2000” link then click on “Y2K Corporate Disclosure Project” to search a database of Y2K disclosure statements from the S&P 500 corporations. The information is derived from quarterly and annual reports the companies file with the SEC. The information dates from 1998. The database can be searched by company name or industry sector.
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