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• Inflation
• Mathematics Refresher
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• Working Capital

News Stories

Inflation

• Fed Reports Inflation 'Calm' Despite Economy's Growth (WashingtonPost, March 19, 1998)

• Measuring The New CPI (Time, March 9, 1998)

• WHY THE CPI MATTERS, BIG-TIME (HOOVER DIGEST SELECTIONS, 1997 No. 2)

• WHY INFLATION FIGURES ARE...INFLATED (HOOVER DIGEST SELECTIONS, 1997 No. 2)

• The Consumer Price Index--Why the Published Averages Don't Always Match An Individual's Inflation Experience (Sharon Gibson, Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Mathematics Refresher

• Calculating the Slope

• Variables, Constants, and Their Relationships

Working Capital

• Working Capital: What Is It and Why Should You Care? (S.F. Chronicle, January 14, 1998)

Resources On-Line

Credit Information & Rating

• DCR Ratings Information

• Dun & Bradstreet

• Moody's

• Standard & Poor

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• EDGAR

• Hoover's Company Information