Alibaba.com

Alibaba.com is the world's largest online business-to-business trading platform. Founded in 1999 by Ma Yun (Jack Ma), Alibaba.com as of 31 March 2009 had more than 40 million registered users and 5 million virtual storefronts, and reaches buyers and sellers in more than 240 countries and territories.

Bloomberg L.P.

Bloomberg L.P. (Limited Partnership) is a closely-held financial software, news and data company. It has a one-third share of the market, similar to Thomson Reuters. Bloomberg L.P. was founded by Michael Bloomberg (current Mayor of New York City) with the help of Thomas Secunda and other partners (Bloomberg's former coworkers from Salomon Brothers) in 1981 with the help of a 30% ownership investment by Merrill Lynch. The company provides financial software tools such as analytics and equity trading platform, data services and news to financial companies and organizations around the world through the Bloomberg Terminal, its core money-generating product. Bloomberg L.P. has grown to include a global news service, including television, radio, the Internet and printed publications.

Business.com

Business.com is an Internet search engine and web directory targeted primarily to an executive and corporate management audience. The company of the same name also operates a pay per click advertising network focused on the business-to-business market.

BusinessWeek

Bloomberg BusinessWeek is a global source of essential business insight that inspires leaders to turn ideas into action. Through content, context, and collaboration, Bloomberg BusinessWeek moderates global conversations and moves business professionals forward. Founded in 1929, Bloomberg BusinessWeek magazine is the market leader, with more than 4.7 million readers each week in 140 countries.

CNNMoney.com

CNNMoney.com is the world's largest business website. The site is the online home of Fortune, Money, and FSB: Fortune Small Business magazine, and serves as CNN.com's exclusive business site. The site, edited by Chris Peacock, together with the three titles, is part of the Fortune|Money Group, and attracts more than 10.8 million unique visitors per month, according to Nielsen/NetRatings 1H07 data. CNNMoney.com is a division of Time Warner Inc., the world's largest media company, and is available online or through Internet enabled mobile devices at CNNMoney.com. Poppy Harlow, an online and television journalist is best known for her work on CNNMoney.com's broadband video service.

The Economist

The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in an office in the City of Westminster, London. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September 1843. While The Economist calls itself a "newspaper", each issue appears on glossy paper, like a newsmagazine. In 2009, it reported an average circulation of just over 1.4 million copies per issue, about half of which are sold in North America.

Financial Times

The Financial Times (FT) is a British international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in the Borough of Southwark, London and printed at 22 sites. Its primary rival is New York City-based The Wall Street Journal.

Forbes Magazine

Information about companies and the people who run them. Forbes success lists including the Platinum 400 best-performing U.S. big companies, the Private 500 largest U.S. private firms, and the world's richest people.

Investopedia

Investopedia is one of the Internet's largest sites devoted entirely to investing education. The site was started by Cory Janssen and Cory Wagner in June 1999 at the height of the internet stock boom as an unbiased source to learn about investing. Based in the city of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada, the site has grown to become a well-respected source for financial information. In 2007, the site was purchased by U.S. publishing company Forbes.

The Motley Fool

The Motley Fool is a commercial website about stocks, investing, and personal finance. The Alexandria, Virginia-based private company was founded in July 1993 by co-chairmen and brothers David and Tom Gardner, and Erik Rydholm, who has since left. The company employs approximately 200 people.

TheStreet.com

TheStreet.com (NASDAQ: TSCM) is an American financial news and services website. TheStreet.com was founded in 1996 by Jim Cramer and registered on the NASDAQ Stock Market. The company is headquartered at 14 Wall Street in New York City.

Yahoo! Finance

Yahoo! Finance offers information including stock quotes, stock exchange rates, corporate press releases and financial reports, and popular message boards for discussing a company's prospects and stock valuation. It also offers some hosted tools for personal finance management. Yahoo! Finance Worldwide offers similar portals localized to assorted large countries in South America, Europe, and Asia.