Business and Investing

Financial Rating Series

Financial Ratings Series, published by Grey House Publishing, combines the strength of Weiss Ratings and TheStreet Ratings to offer the library community with a single source for financial strength ratings and financial planning tools covering Insurance, Banks, and Credit Unions. Plus, build your own customized Medicare Supplement Insurance Planner.

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JobNow

Live coaches [available 2:00-11:00 pm daily] help users strategically target jobs best suited to their interests and qualifications, work on interview skills, and craft effective résumés and cover letters. Includes 24/7 access to a carefully-selected library of job resources.

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Grants to Individuals Online

Available at Headquarters. Note: This is not available remotely.

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Headquarters only

Grants Connection [Directory of Virginia Foundations]

Available for use in the Headquarters library and at Porter and Salem Church branches. Please ask a librarian for assistance.

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Value Line - Expanded Library Edition

Weekly online presentation of Value Line's Investment Survey. The service includes full-page reports with analyst commentaries as well as Timeliness™, Safety™ , and Technical™ ranks on over 3,500 large, small, and mid cap size companies. Includes, as well, information and rankings on an additional 4,500 companies and three-to-five year projections of key financial measures, and concise, objective commentary on current operations and future prospects.

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ReferenceUSA

Business and residential information for entrepreneurs, businesses, students, job-seekers or anyone wanting access to information on tens of millions of businesses and hundreds of millions of consumers in an easy to search format.

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800.808.1113

Morningstar Investment Research Center

 Research, data, and analysis to help make sense of the complicated world of investing.

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Business Insights: Essentials

 Includes industry news, company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies and periodicals. 

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