Business, Companies & Finance

Business

Business Articles      www.bizjournals.com/BizJournals+

Articles on companies, industries and business people in the news taken from 41 local/city business journals including St. Louis Business Journal, Sacramento Business Journal and other published by the American City Business Journals. Includes breaking news and searchable archives by keyword and date. Includes fulltext articles from 10 years of archives; texts range from brief to lengthy. Good for local and regional company and industry news.

SBDCnet     http://sbdcnet.org/

Another good source for start-up businesses - links to business plans, information on finance, marketing and other topics for small business. Also has a link to the directory of Small Business Development Center's nationwide who provide workshops and counseling for new or prospective business owners.

The Wharton School Lippincott Library      http://faq.library.upenn.edu/recordList?library=lippincott

The Wharton School Lippincott Library developed a FAQ a few years ago that some academic libraries are now adopting. It’s a good source to search for sources to assist business students at all academic libraries.

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Companies

Corporate Information      http://www.corporateinformation.com

While most information is for subscribers only, searching a company name or ticker symbol provides links to other profiles on the web. A particularly helpful item is a list of abbreviations used in corporate names, e.g. LLP, AG, GmbH. An excellent source of hard to find corporate resources on countries.

Hoovers Onlinehttp://hoovers.com/free/

Database of information on more than 50,000 of the largest or fastest-growing public and private U.S. companies. Information provided includes company address, number of employees, key people, financial data, news items and selected Web links to company Web site, SEC filings, and current stock prices. Most detailed information is for subscribers only.

Thomas Register       http://www.thomasregister.com/

Directory of 160,000 U.S. and Canadian companies. Useful if you don't have access to the print version (check your local library). Search by product category, company, or brand name.

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Finance

Edgar SEC Filings and Forms       http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml

All public companies, foreign and domestic, are required to file registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms electronically through EDGAR. Anyone can access and download this information for free.

Historical Stock Quotes       http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/historical/

Stock symbol lookup, quotes, company profile including key stats, summary, analysis, industry news, industry competitors and current and historical charts.

Yahoo Finance      http://finance.yahoo.com/

Type in a stock or mutual fund symbol and the desired date (back to January 2, 1970), and Big Charts provides the closing price. Also, this free service provides easy-to-use online charting and will show charts from 1 day to 1 decade. Charts can be basic, advanced or interactive.

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