| BUSINESS FINANCE and ECONOMICS |
Skyminder <http://www.skyminder.com> : SkyMinder is a subscription site that provides access to in-depth credit and financial information plus business information on millions of companies and industries world-wide.
| BUSINESS, GENERAL |
Market Guide <http://www.marketguide.com> : This site offers fairly comprehensive reports, called Snapshot Reports, on publicly traded corporations. This is accompanied by an excellent tutorial on all aspects of a snapshot report, and thus explains how various ratios are derived and what these mean.
Valuation Resources / ValuationResources <http://valuationresources.com/> : Valuation Resources For Business Appraisers, including valuation publications, industry resources, economic data, public company information, mergers and acquisitions data, legal and tax resources
| CANADA |
Canada Business Registry (Netsorm) <http://www.acbr.com/acbrfind.htm> : Search for Canadian companies by SIC, telephone area codes, etc.
Canadian Business 500 <http://www.canbus.com/CB500/p500.htm> : A list of the top 500 can be downloaded. There is also a searcable database for the top 2000 Canadian companies. Typical rankings information includes ownership, website, sales, net income, assets, debt/equity.
Canadian Company Capabilities <http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_coinf/ccc/engdoc/search.html> : Search by company name or product/service description
Canadian Public Company Information: Carlson Online <http://www.fin-info.com/> : Canadian public companies. Free service includes press releases, SEDAR filings, and research report from Wright Investor Services. Information on U.S. companies via link to Wall Street Research Net.
SEDAR Web Site <http://www.sedar.com/> : SEDAR is the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval, the electronic filing system for the disclosure documents of public companies and mutual funds across Canada.
Strategic Canadian Business Map <http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/scdt/bizmap/nav.html> : Covers company directories, industry and professional associations, sector analysis and statistics, international trade, research and development, etc.
STRATEGIS <http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/> : Industry Canada's most comprehensive resource covering market research, company information, regulatory information, international trade, etc.
| COMPANY DATA |
1Jump / One Jump <http://www.1jump.com/> : A search engine to company websites, 1Jump lets you jump directly to any of the 1,000,000 company websites using company names, brand names, stock ticker symbols.
10K Wizard SEC Filings / Ten K Wizard <http://www.tenkwizard.com/> : SEC filings and financial analysis. Business news headlines on opening screen. Boolean search capability for SEC filings. Search for Ticker or by word.Coverage 1994-
All India Internet Yellow Pages <http://www.indianypages.com/> : Contains listings of Indian companies with profiles and links to their sites
American Export Register <http://www.aernet.com/english/> : This database allows you to search 45,000 exporting companies in the United States in more than 5,500 categories. A company's address, phone number, fax number, e-mail, and Internet address can be displayed. Produced by Thomas Publishing Company.
aRMadillo Company Database <http://www.rmonline.com/> : The aRMadillo Company Database and Image-bank combines up to 10 sources of Company Information providing access to Full Company Search Reports, Credit Analysis and Director Searches on over 2 million UK Registered companies, private companies, and non-limited businesses. This is a pay as you go service.
AsiaWeek 1000 Companies <http://www.pathfinder.com/asiaweek/asiaweek1000/index.html> : Asiaweek 1000 and Financial 500 rankings are available for download
Best's Ratings Online <http://www.ambest.com/ratings/access.html> : Best's Ratings Online A.M. Best's extensive database of nearly 6,000 life, health, property, casualty, and international insurance company ratings. Once you've located a company, view the Rating Profile which provides a company's latest Best's Rating and Financial Size Category. For reference, use the Group Links to view the rating for a company's A.M. Best's Group or the ratings for all of the group members. Name, Address, phone numbers and web links are also listed.
Biz/ed <http://www.bized.ac.uk/> : Biz/ed is a dedicated business and economics information gateway. Good resource for UK companies. Includes list of best management and marketing journals. See the site map. Of note is Between the Sheets, a tutorial on the use of spreadsheets for business and finance. Included are downlable spreadsheets on various topics, and a glossary of terms.
Black's Guide [to commercial real estate] <http://www.blacksguide.com/> : Black's Guide, Inc., maintains a commercial real estate database of over 55,000 properties and 3,000 service companies in 19 major markets in U.S.
BPubs <http://www.bpubs.com> : Search engine for business publications. Links to full text articles on the internet
Canada Business Registry (Netsorm) <http://www.acbr.com/acbrfind.htm> : Search for Canadian companies by SIC, telephone area codes, etc.
Canadian Business 500 <http://www.canbus.com/CB500/p500.htm> : A list of the top 500 can be downloaded. There is also a searcable database for the top 2000 Canadian companies. Typical rankings information includes ownership, website, sales, net income, assets, debt/equity.
Canadian Company Capabilities <http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_coinf/ccc/engdoc/search.html> : Search by company name or product/service description
Canadian Public Company Information: Carlson Online <http://www.fin-info.com/> : Canadian public companies. Free service includes press releases, SEDAR filings, and research report from Wright Investor Services. Information on U.S. companies via link to Wall Street Research Net.
CAROL / Company Annual Reports Online <http://www.carol.co.uk/> : CAROL is an annual report site providing direct links to over 3000 corporate reports in a single and consistent format, from the U.K., Europe, Asia and the USA. Provides links to the corportions' annual report websites.
Companies House <http://www.companies-house.gov.uk/> : Registry of companies in the U.K. Under Free Information there is a database of British companies. Company searches and document delivery is available for a fee.
Companies Online <http://www.companiesonline.com/> : 100,000 public and private U.S. companies. Provided by Dun & Bradstreet. Includes Dun's number.
Company Sleuth <http://www.companysleuth.com/> : Registration is required to have up to ten companies monitored. Information is gathered from SEC filings, new patents, stock quotes, analysts' ratings, press releases, business news, etc.
CompanyLink <http://www.companylink.com/> : News, press releases, research & contacts for 65,000 companies.
Corporate Affiliations of Technology Personalities <http://www.evert.com/personfl/corporat/corp_ab.htm> : Canadian corporate leaders from Evert Communications Ltd.
Corporate Financials Online <http://cfonews.com> : A source for news on US public companies as well as the latest business news
Corporate Information <http://www.corporateinformation.com/> : Contains a list of other sites that offer information about companies, and is organized by country. "One of the best, if not the best, meta site for finding information on private companies, as well as for international firms." -- Bob Berkman, The Information Advisor
CorpTech <http://www.corptech.com> : Research on high tech public and private U.S. companies. Capsule information, rankings, links to web resources such as news are free. There is a subscription charge for standard and extended profiles.
Disclosure-Investor <http://www.disclosure-investor.com/> : Includes SEC filings, guide to international filings, press releases, and basic company information for publicly-held companies.
Edgar Database of Corporate Information <http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm> : U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission web site. The SEC is an independent, nonpartisan, quasijudicial regulatory agency with responsibility for administering the federal securities laws.
EDGAR ONLINE - People <http://people.edgar-online.com/people/> : EDGAR Online People searches U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings by a person's name.
EDGAR Online: The Source for Today's SEC Filings <http://www.edgar-online.com/> :
EUROPAGES - European Business Directory <http://www.europages.com/> : Directory of 500 000 companies selected in 30 European countries. Search by product or name, or browse by industry category.
Financial Times 500 <http://www.ft.com/FT500/> : Includes several rankings: Global 500; Europe 500; UK 500; US 500; Japan 500; lists by country.
Fortune 500 <http://www.pathfinder.com/fortune/fortune500/> : List may be browsed by company, CEO, industry. See Also the Forbes 500
FreeEdgar <http://www.freeedgar.com> : An easy-to-use interface for searching SEC filings on the web. RTF formats are avialable with a subscription
Global Securities Information <http://www.gsionline.com/> : One of the best resources for searching SEC, Live Edgar databases for company information from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Harris InfoSource <http://www.harrisinfo.com/> : Harris InfoSource profiles over 400,000 manufacturing establishments and 1,000,000 decision-makers. Database search for locating companies is free. Other details require payment either by subscription or pay per view.
Hoover's IPO Central <http://www.ipocentral.com/> : Information on companies that have filed to go public
Hoover's Online <http://www.hoovers.com/> : Company search by name, ticker symbol, keyword, person's last name.
Hoover's Online U.K. <http://www.hoovers.co.uk/> : Search for companies in the United Kingdom and Europe
Inc. 500 <http://www.inc.com/500/> : Inc. Magazine's rankings. Site also includes links to Euro 500 and Inner City 500 for urban based business.
Industry Data Finder <http://www.rh.edu/library/industry/industry.htm> : From the Cole Library, Rensselaer at Hartford, this site offers a list of various industries. For each industry the site presents the SIC, related industry websites, links to trade publications, trade assoications, and links to prominent companies within the industry.
Industry Research Desk <http://www.virtualpet.com/industry/rdindex2.htm> : This web site provides tools for researching specific companies, industries, and manufacturing processes. For business researchers not yet familiar with the internet, a brief "Introduction to the Internet" is provided.
IndustryWeek 1000 <http://www.industryweek.com/iwinprint/iw1000/default.asp> : The IndustryWeek 1000 is a global ranking of the 1,000 largest publicly held manufacturing companies by annual revenues.
Infoseek Industry Watch <http://www.industrywatch.com/> : Daily news updates and search on U.S. industries, companies and quotes
Intellifact <http://www.intellifact.com/> : Business research portal. Includes a business research tutorial, as well as facilitates researching a company, a market, a technology
Investigator's Toolbox <http://www.virtuallibrarian.com/it/> : Compendium of resources for conducting research on the internet. Focus is on resources used in competiitive intelligence. Contains lists of annotated websites which can be used when conducting background investigations on individuals and/or competitive intelligence.
InvestQuest <http://www.investquest.com/> : InvestQuest® designs and hosts comprehensive investor presentations and provides financial documents for over 10,000 public companies to users in more than 145 countries.
IPO Maven <http://www.ipomaven.com/> : Includes IPO filings, pricing, earnings. There is a sector watch for technology, health care, and retailing, earnings reviews and annual reviews back to 1995
Kelly's Directory <http://www.kellys.co.uk/> : Database of Industrial Manufacturing and Service Companies. This web site contains information on over 143,000 UK companies which can be searched using product and service headings. Registration is free, but required.
Manufacturing Yellow Pages <http://www.manufacturing.net/products/main.html> : Contains over 60,000 listings for products, suppliers and service companies. and is a comprehensive supplier directory in the manufacturing industry. Database can be searched or browsed by product groupings
Market Guide <http://www.marketguide.com> : This site offers fairly comprehensive reports, called Snapshot Reports, on publicly traded corporations. This is accompanied by an excellent tutorial on all aspects of a snapshot report, and thus explains how various ratios are derived and what these mean.
MergerStat <http://www.mergerstat.com> : News and analysis on mergers and acquisitions. Organized by industry. Statistics for today's mergers, dollar value, and dollar value for year to date.
Multex Investor Network: Research for Serious Investors <http://www.multexinvestor.com/Home.asp> : Research for analysts reports. Access to more than 300,000 investment research reports from over 250 brokerage houses, investment banks and independent research providers from around the world. Registrations is required. There is a pay a you go service. A list of reports is presented for the company researched. Each is priced. Includes some free reports.
Netpartners Company Locator <http://www.netpartners.com/locator.htm> : Search engine for finding company web pages. Use this page to search for a company's Web or FTP site. Uses the Internic's list of registered domain names as the underlying database.
NewEdge Newspage <http://www.newspage.com> : Daily news updates on companies, industries and quotes
Porvenir: Latin American Business and Economic Information <http://www.porvenir.com> : Commercial research service for Latin American business and economics. Porvenir provides access to information on more than 2,700 Latin American companies and 26 industry sectors in the seven largest Latin American markets. Complete quarterly company financial statements are normally available via the service the day after they are reported in the local market in MSWord and Excel format. Current industry studies, economic analysis and forecasts are provided from a wide range of highly respected sources
Researching a Company <http://www.bondra.com/comptraining.htm> : Good introduction and checklist for searching company information. In addition to the intro there is an extensive list of resources organized by topic. From Bondra Information Service. Also of interest on this site are Useful Links for Business Research, Reasons Companies Should Use Research and Competitive Intelligence Information, and Researching an Industry
SEDAR Web Site <http://www.sedar.com/> : SEDAR is the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval, the electronic filing system for the disclosure documents of public companies and mutual funds across Canada.
Skyminder <http://www.skyminder.com> : SkyMinder is a subscription site that provides access to in-depth credit and financial information plus business information on millions of companies and industries world-wide.
Strategic Canadian Business Map <http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/scdt/bizmap/nav.html> : Covers company directories, industry and professional associations, sector analysis and statistics, international trade, research and development, etc.
STRATEGIS <http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/> : Industry Canada's most comprehensive resource covering market research, company information, regulatory information, international trade, etc.
Sweet's Database of Building Materials <http://www.sweets.com/> : Find companies that specialize in building materials including wood, plastics, concrete, masonry, metals, etc.
Thomas Global Register: The Global Industrial Buying Guide <http://www.tgrnet.com/> : On TGRnet.com, you can search for over 300,000 industrial suppliers, organised by 10,000 industrial product classifications, in 6 languages, and from 23 countries.
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers <http://www.thomasregister.com/> :
UpSide Research Center <http://www.eocenter.com/upside/default.asp> : Company Research section includes: Public Companies: SEC filings, quotes, charts, earnings, splits, ratios, competitors, insider trading, company profiles, discussions, rankings, indexes... IPOs & Private Companies: Performance, rankings, calendars, S-1 filings, IPO and private company profiles, withdrawn and postponed IPOs...
Valuation Resources / ValuationResources <http://valuationresources.com/> : Valuation Resources For Business Appraisers, including valuation publications, industry resources, economic data, public company information, mergers and acquisitions data, legal and tax resources
Washington Researchers <http://www.washingtonresearchers.com/> : This site offers competitive intelligence tools and resources for business researchers and competitive analysts. There is a library of Internet, database, and other business information sources, "how to" advice on research and analysis, weekly research and source tips. A free newsletter is also available.
WebstersOnline <http://www.webstersonline.com> : Webstersonline is a business directory for searching businesses by SIC code, product or service, city, state, provinceor country. The directory includes over 1,000,000 products, services and brand names. Also has quick links to websites and email addresses to request quotes or further information on the company.
What the Boss Makes <http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/companies/bossmakes/> : Executive compensation by companies
Wiznet <http://www.wiznet.net> : A vertical portal for sourcing companies and products. Search products, and link directly to manufacturers catalogues. Aggregates on-line original, unabridged, unstructured content (catalogs, specifications, manuals, installation notes, etc.) in paper on electronic format. Contains 45,000 catalogs covering more than 15 million industrial products. Registration required.
WVB: World Vest Base <http://www.wvb.com/> : Company financials. Includes over 10,500 companies in 70 countries from Asia, Africa, Australasia, Europe, Canada and Latin America. Only non-US companies are included.
Zacks Investment Research <http://www1.zacks.com/cgi-bin/JMFR/FreeReport?ref=EIS&ticker=t> : Zacks Free Services include company research reports, quotes. the Wall Street Snapshot gives company earning estimates and actuals, daily market news and commentaries.
| CONSTRUCTION |
Sweet's Database of Building Materials <http://www.sweets.com/> : Find companies that specialize in building materials including wood, plastics, concrete, masonry, metals, etc.
| CURRENT AWARENESS |
Company Sleuth <http://www.companysleuth.com/> : Registration is required to have up to ten companies monitored. Information is gathered from SEC filings, new patents, stock quotes, analysts' ratings, press releases, business news, etc.
| DIRECTORIES |
Thomas Global Register: The Global Industrial Buying Guide <http://www.tgrnet.com/> : On TGRnet.com, you can search for over 300,000 industrial suppliers, organised by 10,000 industrial product classifications, in 6 languages, and from 23 countries.
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers <http://www.thomasregister.com/> :
WebstersOnline <http://www.webstersonline.com> : Webstersonline is a business directory for searching businesses by SIC code, product or service, city, state, provinceor country. The directory includes over 1,000,000 products, services and brand names. Also has quick links to websites and email addresses to request quotes or further information on the company.
Wiznet <http://www.wiznet.net> : A vertical portal for sourcing companies and products. Search products, and link directly to manufacturers catalogues. Aggregates on-line original, unabridged, unstructured content (catalogs, specifications, manuals, installation notes, etc.) in paper on electronic format. Contains 45,000 catalogs covering more than 15 million industrial products. Registration required.
| ELECTRONICS |
Wiznet <http://www.wiznet.net> : A vertical portal for sourcing companies and products. Search products, and link directly to manufacturers catalogues. Aggregates on-line original, unabridged, unstructured content (catalogs, specifications, manuals, installation notes, etc.) in paper on electronic format. Contains 45,000 catalogs covering more than 15 million industrial products. Registration required.
| FINANCE |
Biz/ed <http://www.bized.ac.uk/> : Biz/ed is a dedicated business and economics information gateway. Good resource for UK companies. Includes list of best management and marketing journals. See the site map. Of note is Between the Sheets, a tutorial on the use of spreadsheets for business and finance. Included are downlable spreadsheets on various topics, and a glossary of terms.
| FREE DATABASES on the WEB |
1Jump / One Jump <http://www.1jump.com/> : A search engine to company websites, 1Jump lets you jump directly to any of the 1,000,000 company websites using company names, brand names, stock ticker symbols.
Canadian Business 500 <http://www.canbus.com/CB500/p500.htm> : A list of the top 500 can be downloaded. There is also a searcable database for the top 2000 Canadian companies. Typical rankings information includes ownership, website, sales, net income, assets, debt/equity.
Edgar Database of Corporate Information <http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm> : U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission web site. The SEC is an independent, nonpartisan, quasijudicial regulatory agency with responsibility for administering the federal securities laws.
EDGAR ONLINE - People <http://people.edgar-online.com/people/> : EDGAR Online People searches U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings by a person's name.
EDGAR Online: The Source for Today's SEC Filings <http://www.edgar-online.com/> :
Sweet's Database of Building Materials <http://www.sweets.com/> : Find companies that specialize in building materials including wood, plastics, concrete, masonry, metals, etc.
| INTERNATIONAL TRADE |
Strategic Canadian Business Map <http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/scdt/bizmap/nav.html> : Covers company directories, industry and professional associations, sector analysis and statistics, international trade, research and development, etc.
STRATEGIS <http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/> : Industry Canada's most comprehensive resource covering market research, company information, regulatory information, international trade, etc.
| KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT and COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE |
Investigator's Toolbox <http://www.virtuallibrarian.com/it/> : Compendium of resources for conducting research on the internet. Focus is on resources used in competiitive intelligence. Contains lists of annotated websites which can be used when conducting background investigations on individuals and/or competitive intelligence.
Washington Researchers <http://www.washingtonresearchers.com/> : This site offers competitive intelligence tools and resources for business researchers and competitive analysts. There is a library of Internet, database, and other business information sources, "how to" advice on research and analysis, weekly research and source tips. A free newsletter is also available.
| MANAGEMENT |
BPubs <http://www.bpubs.com> : Search engine for business publications. Links to full text articles on the internet
| MARKET RESEARCH |
BPubs <http://www.bpubs.com> : Search engine for business publications. Links to full text articles on the internet
Industry Data Finder <http://www.rh.edu/library/industry/industry.htm> : From the Cole Library, Rensselaer at Hartford, this site offers a list of various industries. For each industry the site presents the SIC, related industry websites, links to trade publications, trade assoications, and links to prominent companies within the industry.
| NEWS MEDIA |
Infoseek Industry Watch <http://www.industrywatch.com/> : Daily news updates and search on U.S. industries, companies and quotes
NewEdge Newspage <http://www.newspage.com> : Daily news updates on companies, industries and quotes
| REAL ESTATE |
Black's Guide [to commercial real estate] <http://www.blacksguide.com/> : Black's Guide, Inc., maintains a commercial real estate database of over 55,000 properties and 3,000 service companies in 19 major markets in U.S.
| REGIONAL: ASIA |
All India Internet Yellow Pages <http://www.indianypages.com/> : Contains listings of Indian companies with profiles and links to their sites
AsiaWeek 1000 Companies <http://www.pathfinder.com/asiaweek/asiaweek1000/index.html> : Asiaweek 1000 and Financial 500 rankings are available for download
| REGIONAL: EUROPE |
Biz/ed <http://www.bized.ac.uk/> : Biz/ed is a dedicated business and economics information gateway. Good resource for UK companies. Includes list of best management and marketing journals. See the site map. Of note is Between the Sheets, a tutorial on the use of spreadsheets for business and finance. Included are downlable spreadsheets on various topics, and a glossary of terms.
CAROL / Company Annual Reports Online <http://www.carol.co.uk/> : CAROL is an annual report site providing direct links to over 3000 corporate reports in a single and consistent format, from the U.K., Europe, Asia and the USA. Provides links to the corportions' annual report websites.
Companies House <http://www.companies-house.gov.uk/> : Registry of companies in the U.K. Under Free Information there is a database of British companies. Company searches and document delivery is available for a fee.
EUROPAGES - European Business Directory <http://www.europages.com/> : Directory of 500 000 companies selected in 30 European countries. Search by product or name, or browse by industry category.
Kelly's Directory <http://www.kellys.co.uk/> : Database of Industrial Manufacturing and Service Companies. This web site contains information on over 143,000 UK companies which can be searched using product and service headings. Registration is free, but required.
| REGIONAL: SOUTH AMERICA / CENTRAL AMERICA |
Porvenir: Latin American Business and Economic Information <http://www.porvenir.com> : Commercial research service for Latin American business and economics. Porvenir provides access to information on more than 2,700 Latin American companies and 26 industry sectors in the seven largest Latin American markets. Complete quarterly company financial statements are normally available via the service the day after they are reported in the local market in MSWord and Excel format. Current industry studies, economic analysis and forecasts are provided from a wide range of highly respected sources
| REGIONAL: U.S. |
10K Wizard SEC Filings / Ten K Wizard <http://www.tenkwizard.com/> : SEC filings and financial analysis. Business news headlines on opening screen. Boolean search capability for SEC filings. Search for Ticker or by word.Coverage 1994-
American Export Register <http://www.aernet.com/english/> : This database allows you to search 45,000 exporting companies in the United States in more than 5,500 categories. A company's address, phone number, fax number, e-mail, and Internet address can be displayed. Produced by Thomas Publishing Company.
Black's Guide [to commercial real estate] <http://www.blacksguide.com/> : Black's Guide, Inc., maintains a commercial real estate database of over 55,000 properties and 3,000 service companies in 19 major markets in U.S.
CorpTech <http://www.corptech.com> : Research on high tech public and private U.S. companies. Capsule information, rankings, links to web resources such as news are free. There is a subscription charge for standard and extended profiles.
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers <http://www.thomasregister.com/> :
| RESEARCH and DEVELOPMENT |
Strategic Canadian Business Map <http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/scdt/bizmap/nav.html> : Covers company directories, industry and professional associations, sector analysis and statistics, international trade, research and development, etc.
| SMALL BUSINESS |
Skyminder <http://www.skyminder.com> : SkyMinder is a subscription site that provides access to in-depth credit and financial information plus business information on millions of companies and industries world-wide.
| STOCK MARKETS |
Market Guide <http://www.marketguide.com> : This site offers fairly comprehensive reports, called Snapshot Reports, on publicly traded corporations. This is accompanied by an excellent tutorial on all aspects of a snapshot report, and thus explains how various ratios are derived and what these mean.
| TOPICAL GUIDES & SUBJECT BASED META LISTS |
Industry Data Finder <http://www.rh.edu/library/industry/industry.htm> : From the Cole Library, Rensselaer at Hartford, this site offers a list of various industries. For each industry the site presents the SIC, related industry websites, links to trade publications, trade assoications, and links to prominent companies within the industry.
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