The Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) of the American Library Association has put together several guides filled with great resources for a range of business topics

Stay informed about public accounting by reading articles from Accounting Today. Topics include "tax law, accounting standards, technology, audit and assurance, and wealth management."

A free financial report service that offers PDF versions of company annual reports and HTML versions of their Form 10Ks.

"Since 1975, CBO has produced independent analyses of budgetary and economic issues to support the Congressional budget process. Each year, the agency’s economists and budget analysts produce dozens of reports and hundreds of cost estimates for proposed legislation."

Basic contact information for local Deloitte offices; highlights fact sheets (1-3 pages); and lengthy Tax and Business Guides -- all for 126 countries and jurisdictions.

"The mission of the Tax Foundation is to educate taxpayers about sound tax policy and the size of the tax burden borne by Americans at all levels of government." The site offers many free reports on current tax issues of interest to the general public.

"The mission of the SEC is to protect investors; maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets; and facilitate capital formation. The SEC strives to promote a market environment that is worthy of the public's trust."