Synapse: Think the Web
Synapse delivers commentary and analysis by, for, and about online communities. Examining the intersections of technology with society, politics, and culture, Synapse combines key elements from three of HotWired's previous programs - The Netizen, Packet, and Brain Tennis - and adds unprecedented levels of interactivity and community. Synapse brings together an all-star lineup of contributors, including media critic Jon Katz (author, Virtuous Reality); reporter John McChesney (National Public Radio); technology writer Simson Garfinkel; and several others.

The Associated Press via The Washington Post
The Washington Post offers a search engine for the past two weeks of Associated Press news wires. To find words used together in an article, put single quote marks around the entire phrase. Search for any keyword in the article:

Barron's
A sophisticated site for individual investors, or the "financial elite" as they are deemed by the magazine. Barron's Online requires a subscription, but you can register for a free two-week trial.

Business Wire
"Divides news releases into corporate news, high tech, and health. Their list of corporate profiles is helpful, but not exhaustive. Search releases from the past 48 hours below.

Chicago Tribune Financial
A smattering of stories from the current issue. Some coverage of Chicago business.

CNNfn: The Financial Network
Daily news stories, culled from Reuters news service and CNN reporters and organized rather obscurely under the headings "deals," "companies," "economy," and "biz buzz." Their list of related stories to the left of each entry is very helpful, however. Free.

The Economist
Read in more than 180 countries. Good thing you don't have to be in one of them.
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Gina
The Global Internet News Agency. A press-release distribution service with a deep database of corporate information. "The first Internet PR presence."

Infoseek Premier News
Reuters and other news feeds updated daily. You can personalize this page to show only news you're interested in. Search the database for news from the past month.

Los Angeles Times - Business
Business news from the daily editions in a few useful categories: tech business news is in the Cutting Edge section while Wall Street, CA offers California business news. The design's confusing as hell, but don't forget to say hello to Hunter, their doggy mascot. A search for full text on the site costs a few dollars, but includes the entire LA Times archive.

Marketplace
NPR's droll daily business show keeps a transcript of each show, a searchable archive of past shows, and the Bluffer's Guide to high finance - so you won't have to drop out of the conversation at your uncle's cocktail parties.

The Miami HeraldLink
Full daily content, breaking news. Full archives go back to 1982, but you have to pay a fee to search them. If you're stuck on a fact, the Herald also has a FactLine service.

MMWIRE
Tech industry news.

My Yahoo!
This is Yahoo's customizable index organizer that also provides investing and business news, and stock quotes.

The Nando Times Business Section
Award-winning, up-to-the-minute electronic newspaper.

The New York Times Business Section
An elegantly presented site of the current day's paper. Fill out the quick registration forms to get on the site for free. Articles from the paper are searchable, but the archive isn't complete.

News.com - Business
CNET's "tech news first" site, written by staffers. Their Week in Review section rounds up big stories of the recent past, and Short Takes consists of quick hits on mostly tech companies.

NewsPage
Five hundred information sources and 25,000 pages refreshed daily. Scan the day's headlines. For full-text articles you need to be registered. Take a gander at the sources.

The Philadelphia Inquirer
Part of the Knight-Ridder conglomerate, the award-winning Inquirer is the San Jose Mercury News' East Coast cousin, sans the Silicon Valley reporting.

PR Newswire
While this press-release fountainhead may not be a significant source of hard news, you can glean useful financial data here. For example, look up a company's earnings as soon as they're posted. Search below for a company name or keyword for the past 72 hours, or go to the site and search by company.

The Red Herring
The source for overheard gossip on Silicon Valley technology and investments. Full archive and previews of upcoming issues.

San Jose Mercury News
The best Bay Area paper and oldest online news source often has the skinny on Silicon Valley business. You have to subscribe if you want to search the San Jose Merc's articles or read from the sections, but you can follow links off the front page for a free look at the day's news.

The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition
The established king of financial news on the Net. A subscription is US$49 a year, or $29 for subscribers to the print edition. While most news sources on the Net are free, the WSJ can charge for its content and still attract tens of thousands of e-subscribers. Various other services for money markets are also available.

The Washington Post Business Section
All stories from the day's business section, constantly updated. You can review columns from the past few weeks. Search the past two weeks of the whole Post, below. To find words used together in an article, you need to put single quote marks around the phrase.

Yahoo! Biz News
These Reuters, Business Wire, and other newswire feeds are posted on Yahoo!'s site at noon and 5 p.m. Eastern time weekdays. Search the database, below, which indexes the previous seven days of news.