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Code of Federal Regulations

May 1, 2017

The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government. It is divided into 50 titles that represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation. Each volume of the CFR is updated once each calendar year and is issued on a quarterly basis. Each title is divided into chapters, which usually bear the name of the issuing agency. Each chapter is further subdivided into parts that cover specific regulatory areas. Large parts may be subdivided into subparts. All parts are organized in sections, and most citations in the CFR are provided at the section level.

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https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/cfr/

Congress.gov

May 1, 2017

This web site is great for finding information on U.S. Congressional legislative activity. You can find information on and the full-text of bills, committee meetings, roll call votes, and many other activities and issues that the U.S. Congress debates and act on. Information goes back to 1995.

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https://guides.lib.unc.edu/go.php?c=23608509

Doing Business

May 1, 2017

Doing Business is an annual report from the World Bank that provides rankings, evaluations, and measures of business regulations and laws and their enforcement for small and medium sized domestic business across more than 190 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level. Reports are typically available from 2004 to 2020.

“Statement of World Bank Group on Discontinuing Doing Business Report

After data irregularities on Doing Business 2018 and 2020 were reported internally in June 2020, World Bank management paused the next Doing Business report and initiated a series of reviews and audits of the report and its methodology. Read the full statement released by the World Bank Group on the Doing Business report.”

Read Statement

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https://www.doingbusiness.org/

European Commission Access2Markets (formerly Market Access Database)

May 1, 2017

Formed by the merger of EU Market Access Database and  the EUI Trade Helpdesk. provides information on market access and trade barriers as well as trade statistics between the countries of the European Union and the rest of the world.

Some sections of the web site may be restricted to people in one of the EU member countries or in one of the Acceding or Candidate Countries.

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https://trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-markets/en/home

Federal Reserve System Board of Governors

May 1, 2017

Do you want to know anything about the Federal Reserve? This web site is a good place to start. There is a brief history of the Fed, links to all the other Federal Reserve District Banks, links to current and historical financial and monetary statistics.

There is also a link to an electronic editions of Federal Reserve publications including: the Beige Book; a publication that gathers anecdotal information on current economic conditions in U.S. as a whole and each of the 12 Federal Reserve Districts, click on “Monetary Policy” then on Reports then on “Beige Book.” There are also links to the Minutes of Federal Open Market Committee and the FOMC statements issued after each meeting.

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https://www.federalreserve.gov/

Guide to Law Online

May 1, 2017

A collection of guides prepared by the Law Library of Congress Public Services Division, is an annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online. It includes selected links to useful and reliable sites for legal information.

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https://guides.loc.gov/law-library

LLRX.com

April 28, 2017

A free Web journal dedicated to “providing legal and library professionals with the most up-to-date information on a wide range of Internet research and technology-related issues, applications, resources and tools.”

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https://www.llrx.com/

National Association of Secretaries of State Corporate Registration Services

April 28, 2017

Use the pull down menu to select a state or territory and get a link to the Secretary of State Office for that state or territory that is responsible for corporate registrations in that state or territory.

The offices may also have information or forms that all companies including private corporations are required to file to incorporate and or do business within the state.

Information available is highly variable between states and there will likely be restrictions on what information the general public can view.

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https://www.nass.org/business-services/corporate-registration

NC.gov

April 28, 2017

Links to all kinds of information about doing business in or with the state of North Carolina. Including: applications, permits, licenses, laws, taxes, and all manner of laws, rules, and regulations.

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https://www.nc.gov/services/business

RIA Checkpoint Edge (Kenan-Flagler Only)

April 28, 2017
  • Contains accounting, and federal and individual U.S. state tax materials
  • Contains primary source material (tax laws, regulations, and court case rulings) and secondary sources (editorial and analytical materials)
  • Includes full-text of SEC and GAAP Compliance rules, procedures, and International Accounting standards.
  • Accesses some international materials like the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

Quick reference assistance with RIA Checkpoint Edge, from Thomson Reuters.

Create an account FIRST

  • Create a personal account via this link
  • Select UNIVOFNORTHCAROLINA as the account when prompted
  • Use a @kenan-flagler.unc.edu email address when registering.

Does not work with UNC-CH’s “EDUROAM” wireless network.

Questions? Please contact researchtools@kenan-flagler.unc.edu.

UNC-CH users only

https://guides.lib.unc.edu/go.php?c=23609320

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

April 28, 2017

Along with the expected information on Border Security this site contains information on rules and regulations that apply to importing and exporting goods to and from the United States.

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https://www.cbp.gov/

U.S. International Trade Commission Dataweb Tariff & Trade database

April 28, 2017

Tariff and trade data and statistics. Find the dollar or percentage rate of the tariff due on almost everything imported into the United States. Dollar value of imports of categories is available for U.S. to other countries and other countries to the U.S. for industry level trade not company level trade. Data on this site have been compiled from the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Treasury, and the U.S. International Trade Commission.

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https://dataweb.usitc.gov/