| Economic Outlook
for East Asia [.pdf] Published by the Institute for Developing Economies
(IDE), the 1999 Economic Outlook for East Asia analyzes the East Asian countries in 1998
and presents forecasts for 1999 (in English and Japanese). According to IDE, Thailand and
South Korea will begin to see signs of recovery in the coming year, as the impact of the
new Miyazawa Initiative is felt, although Hong Kong will remain "afflicted" by
recession. Malaysia and Singapore are also expected to recover as will the Philippines,
Vietnam, and Taiwan. As a whole, the growth rate for the East Asian economies is predicted
to rise to 3.1 percent in 1999 from 0.1 percent, and general prices are forecast to
"swing back" to a single-digit inflation rate of 6.6 percent.
FindLaw Small Business Center
FindLaw
Consumer Law Center
FindLaw
One of the most comprehensive legal resources on the Internet, Findlaw has recently
expanded it’s site to include two new resource centers for small businesses and
consumers.
The first is composed of four sections, the most useful of which is the Small Office --
Home Office (SOHO) Guidebook, which contains thousands of pages of information "on
starting, financing, managing and marketing" small businesses. Other contents include
a collection of downloadable checklists, model business plans, forms, and other business
documents; breaking legal and business news from Reuters; and free email advice from the
Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE). In the Consumer Law Center, users will find
thousands of consumer-focused articles and resources in a number of different categories,
such as Banking, Credit, Discrimination, Intellectual Property, and Labor &
Employment.
CenterWatch
Clinical Trials Listing Service. 
This website contains an international listing of more than
7,500 clinical trials, a listing of government-funded clinical research studies being
conducted by the various National Institutes of Health, detailed profiles of more than 150
clinical research centers, and provides an email service to patient or patient
advocate seeking information about clinical trials. This directory contains profiles of
companies that provide a variety of contract services to the clinical trials industry.
Biotechnology
Industry Reference guide 
Published by the National Biotech Register, this is an up-to-date
reference guide on research and product development activity in the Biotech Industry.
Outlines the focus of 2200 leading companies indexed by research activity
and classified.
Agriculture Network
Information Center
AgNIC is a distributed network that provides access to
agriculture-related information, subject area experts, and other resources. It was
established by an alliance of the National Agricultural Library, land-grant universities,
and other organizations committed to facilitating public access to agricultural and
related information.
The
biotechnology and gene therapy web site
Biocentury
Source of newsletters,information on
conferences and research service. The site provides analysis, interpretation and
commentary relating to biotechnology industry development, corporate strategy and
shareholder value. «
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