In addition to government Web sites that organize federal information, such as FedWorld, the White House site, NPR's site and the Global Information Locator Service, several commercial sites provide similar services.

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In Japan, where Softbank is the favored partner for U.S. high-tech firms, Microsoft introduced CarPoint, its Internet auto locator service after offering 50% to Softbank and another 10% to Yahoo Japan, where CarPoint will be the exclusive car-buying service.

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The Eldercare Locator is a free national service of the U.S. Administration on Aging (AoA) that is administered by the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging.

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