Prying Eyes

For the engineering geeks in the COB, EDN Magazine’s popular department that involves tearing apart a product to examine the engineering inside. Recently looks include the Microsoft's Zune HD and the T-Mobile's myTouch 3G.
http://www.edn.com/index.asp?layout=news&spacedesc=PryingEyes

Top 100 Companies of the Muslim World

http://www.dinarstandard.com/rankings/ds100/index.html

Economagic.com: Economic Time Series Page

A comprehensive site of free, easily available economic time series data useful for economic research, in particular economic forecasting. The core data sets involve US macroeconomic data (that is, for the whole US), but the bulk of the data is employment data by local area -- state, county, MSA, and many cities and towns.
http://www.economagic.com/

Poll Everywhere

This is an odd one, more of a resource than a database. Poll Everywhere allows one to give a live audience an instant real-time poll, to text or Twitter back their selections, and to instantly display the results of the survey in a PowerPoint slide to that group. Free for one user for up to 30 responders with an inexpensive sliding scale.
http://www.polleverywhere.com/

SAS 70: Statement of Auditing Standards- Finding Examples

Here are a couple of ways to find SAS 70 examples:
1. Search ABI/Inform Global for press releases for "successful SAS 70 audits"
2. Search Google for the phrase " Service Auditor's Report".

I found serveral reports plus a couple of accounting firm templates for creating the form.

Sustainability Companies

Inc Magazine's The Eco-Advantage is an annual look at companies on the cutting edge of sustainability and the innovative entrepreneurs behind them. This has been done since 2006 in a couple of forms. Here are the last few years:
2008
http://www.inc.com/magazine/20081101/blue-is-the-new-green.html
2007
http://www.inc.com/magazine/20071101/nothing-but-green-skies.html
2006
http://www.inc.com/magazine/20061101/green50_intro.html

Looking for female Finance mentors?

American Banker magazine gives an award every year for the Top 25 Women in Banking. They also cover top 25 Non-Bank Women in Finance and top Banking Teams.
http://www.25mpwib.com/

Blogging Ideas

Blogs are a lot harder than they look. Coming up with material is a constant chore and it is important to make sure the reasons for starting remain in your best interest. Here's a great site for making these decisions and coming up with ways to make your blog relevant.

ProBlogger
http://www.problogger.net/