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INSURANCE NEWS NETWORK - Excellent WEB site! Lots of
information about life insurance. This site contains a ratings infor-
mation area with information about the financial strength of life in-
surance companies as well as other information you can use when
making your decision about purchasing life insurance.
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LIFENET - One of the best life insurance related WEB pages I have
found! Includes an interactive life insurance needs & cost calculator.
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THE DISMAL SCIENTIST - One of the best sites on the WWW
for economic data and analysis.
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THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FINANCE SITE LIST - a very
large, useful list of links to financae journals, institutional working
papers, personal working papers, and financial professionals on the
WWW.
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66 WAYS TO SAVE MONEY - Brought to you by The Consumer
Literacy Consortium (CLC). The CLC is a working group of repre-
sentatives from federal and state government agencies, consumer
groups, business organizations, and educational institutions that
seeks to develop and disseminate essential messages to inform and
educate consumers.
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BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS (BEA) - The BEA is an
agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce that prepares estimates
about key national, international, and regional aspects of the U.S.
economy.
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BRADFORD & BINGLEY BUILDING SOCIETY - Life Insurance
(or as they say in the U.K., Life Assurance) British syle. Interesting
British WEB site that discusses life insurance from a British perspec-
tive.
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INVEST WISELY: ADVICE FROM YOUR SECURITIES INDUS-
TRY REGULATORS - This is an article from the U.S. Securities &
Exchange Commission that gives consumers advice about selecting
a stock brokerage firm and a stockbroker. If you are thinking about
opening an account at a stock brokerage firm or if you already have an
account with one of these firms, READ THIS ARTICLE because it is
really good and you will learn a lot of things you should know before
you invest your hard earned money. Pay particular attention to the sec-
tion titled, "The New Account Agreement".
Some interesting links:
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THE STRAIGHT DOPE HOMEPAGE - The official internet home
of Cecil Adams, A.K.A. The World's Smartest Human Being. This
entertaining WWW page is filled with information about all sorts of
things that have been researched by Cecil in reply to questions by
readers. Have a question about something? Ask Cecil!
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PANORAMIC MAPS - Brought to you by the Geography and Map
Division of the U.S. Library of Congress. This site features a collec-
tion of historical panoramic maps of cities and towns throughout the
United States and Canada. The collection of maps covers the period
between the years of 1544-1996. Use one of the many search utilities
at this site to find an historical map of a city you are interested in lear-
ning about.
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INFO-MINE - This WWW site, brought to you by the University of
California, is a powerful online search engine for doing "scholarly"
research. Try it, you'll like it.
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VICTIMS OF CREDIT REPORTING - Turned down for credit, not
happy about your credit report? Here's the place to learn about credit
reports and what you can do about them.
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TAXPAYERS AGAINST FRAUD - THE FALSE CLAIMS ACT
LEGAL CENTER - Nonprofit public interest organization dedicated
to combating fraud against the Federal Government through the qui
tam provisions of the federal False Claims Act. This group will help
people file actions (the law provides that the person filing the action
gets a percentage of the money recovered) against crooks, scam art-
ists, and other types of white collar vermin who rip off the Federal
government. If you are sick and tired of our Federal Government
being ripped off and know where some of the crooks doing the rip-
ping off are, & can prove it, call TAXPAYERS AGAINST FRAUD.
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INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE- This site gives you all sorts of
detailed information about movies, actors, actresses, and others in-
volved in the movie making process. Let's see, what were the names
of those singers from that British rock band starring in that movie
"A HARD DAY'S NIGHT"?
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CATO INSTITUTE - Nonpartisan public policy institute, headquar-
tered in Washington, D.C., promoting public policy based on limited
government, free markets, individual liberty, and peace.
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INTELLICAST (USA AND WORLDWIDE WEATHER INFOR-
MATION - Does the "rain in Spain fall mainly on the plain"? Maybe,
maybe not. However, you'll be able to find out where it's raining and
where it's not around the world when you choose this WEB page.
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THE VISIBLE HUMAN PROJECT - You see, they took these male
and female cadavers and collected a bunch of one milllimeter thick
transverse CAT, MRI, and cryosection images so everyone could
study the human body in finite detail.
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U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES - A list of Federal
agencies on the internet. This is a gateway into the WEB pages of
different Federal Agencies on the internet.
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CDC MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT - We
finally found something more depressing than the I.R.S. homepage. |