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Business
Bloomberg.com
A gold mine of up to date fiscal information.
Hoover's Online
Authoritative and compelling financial and business research.
Motley Fool
All about investing. And finances. And home-owning. Solid stuff.
MSN Money
Got money? Want money? All money questions answered here.
SmartMoney.com
Intelligent advice about getting your money to work for you.
TheStreet.com
Expert advice on repairing the shirt that you nearly lost.
Employment
America's Career Infonet
Sponsored by the Dept. of Labor, useful for those beginning to explore career options or interested in wage and employment trends.
Jobhunters Bible
Online supplement to "What Color Is Your Parachute?"

jobQUEST
Find job postings in Massachusetts from the Mass Div of Employment
Jobstar
Well rounded, informative and interactive this site is a practical place to begin your search for career and salary information
Massachusetts Career Information System
Provides occupational and educational information for better career decisions
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Career Information by Occupation supplied by U.S. Dept. of Labor
Salary Expert
Database for salary and benefit statistics for over 30,000 job titles across the USA
Wetfeet.com
Good general advice, with a corporate focus, to career changers and first-time job seekers.
Health
CHRC (Consumer Health Reference Center)
Massachusetts General Hospital's Treadwell Library provides access to consumer health information
healthfinder®
A free guide to reliable consumer health and human services information, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Medicare
User-friendly site includes a participating physician directory, comparisons of Medigap insurance plans, Medicare pubs, and links to other web sites
PubMed
A service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 11 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals.
Law
ABA LawInfo.org
Basic information on a variety of consumer-related topics including answers to routine legal questions or determination of rights.
Consumer Gateway
Resource for consumer information from the Federal Government
DivorceNet
Comprehensive family law site provides state-by-state resource center for divorce law. 
FindLaw for the Public
Comprehensive site for searching anything legal, including a lawyer, created by legal publisher Westlaw. Links to primary materials, such as cases and codes. 
Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries
If it's about Massachusetts law, you'll find it here. Extensive array of legal information, forms, how-to's and referral sources. Contains Mass General Laws and Code of Regulations
Nolo Law Centers
Abundance of free information on 22 topics offered by longtime self-help legal publisher. Included excellent Legal Encyclopedia and FAQs.
Massachusetts
Commonwealth Communities
Arranged alphabetically you can find information on the 351 cities and towns in Massachusetts
Mass.gov
The single doorway through which citizens can reach all information and services provided by the Commonwealth
Taxes
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Massachusetts Department of Revenue
Travel
TripAdvisor
Unbiased reviews of hotels, resorts and vacations submitted by real travelers.
Fodors.com
The famous Gold Guides and much more.
Frommer's
Go away and stay away. For less.
Lonely Planet
Useful information on a world of destinations, submitted by real travelers.
SmarterTravel.com
Details the latest airfare sales, travel deals and special promotions. Searches other online travel sites to compare airfares from a number of different airlines.
Airfarewatchdog.com
A team of airfare experts reporting all the latest deals on air travel.
Travelocity.com
Your friendly online travel agent.
United States Federal Government
Government Blue Pages
Connects people to agencies of the US Federal Government as listed in the phone book
Gov Spot 
Designed to be the best and most relevant at accessing government information
GPO Access Online
Official Federal Government Information at your finger tips
Thomas
Tracks federal legislation