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Hoover’s Corporate Register
Links to company home pages.

Thomas Register of American Manufacturers
Registration is required (but free). You can also look up brand names.

Company Sleuth
Scours the Internet for free, legal, inside information on the companies you select. 
Updates you daily via email.

CEO Express
Provides stock reports, stock graphs, company information and more.

A.M. Best
Comprehensive, quality data covering all aspects of the insurance industry.

New York Corporation and Business Entity Database
Provides free information on business and nonprofit corporations, limited partnerships,
limited liability companies and limited partnerships as well as other miscellaneous businesses.

BRB Publications Inc.
Provides free access to public records maintained by states, counties and cities.

Corporate Information
International company information by location or industry

Guidestar
Profiles 600,000 non-profit organizations

Securities and Exchange Filings 
U.S. public company 10Ks provide very detailed financial information.

EDGAR Online People
Searches SEC filings by a person’s name or displays all people
associated with a specific company name.

FreeEDGAR
Unlimited access to indexed SEC EDGAR filings. 
Search by company, industry (SIC code) and location.

Wall Street Research Net
The best collection of public company information, featuring links to profiles,
financial statements, reports & news

Online Annual Report Service
View now or order paper copy...free

Annual Reports Gallery
Annual reports on public companies, including international companies


Lists & Rankings

List of Lists
Information in the form of rankings, compiled by Gary Price, Internet Consultant and Librarian

Fortune Magazine
Includes Fortune 500, Global 500, Best Companies to Work For, America’s Most Admired,
Global Most Admired, 100 Fastest Growing Companies, and Best Companies for Minorities

Forbes 500
Forbes Magazine annual directory of public companies

Forbes 500 (Private Companies)
Forbes Magazine annual directory of the largest private companies

Inc 500
Inc Magazine’s list of fastest growing private companies.

Forbes Platinum 400
Forbes Magazine’s best companies, based on growth & profitability.


In the News

Business Wire
Company news archives searchable by company name or IPO

Internet Public Library’s Online Newspapers
Arranged by country and states.  Some offer free archives

PR Newswire
Provides free complete and up to the minute 3 year archived database of all
stories appearing on PR newswire from participating companies.

American City Business Journal
The nation’s largest publisher of metropolitan business newspapers.

Newslink
A searchable database of 8,000 newspapers, magazines, broadcasters and news services worldwide,
including towns that might be home to divisions of companies you’re interested in tracking.

Bloomberg News
Some free information, but the good stuff requires a subscription


International Business

International Telephone Books
Teldir.com offers both white and yellow pages

Europages
Contacts for 500,000 companies, plus catalogs, news, trade fairs and organizations

Global Edge
Michigan State University’s huge list of great links to country-specific
manufacturer/supplier directories.

 

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