and it's free . . .

Ever complain about paying taxes? What does the government do for you? Well, one thing it does for small business is provide almost unlimted data and information. Oh, you'll work for it, but you'll find some amazing statistics about demographis, markets, consumer trends, etc.

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html - The U.S. Government Printing Office disseminates official information from all three branches of the Federal Government.

http://www.sec.gov/index.htm - Webpage for the Securites & Exchange Commision. Home of EDGAR.

http://www.census.gov/ - The folks who collect all the data.