Business Resources on the Internet
CONTENTS:
Electronic Phonebooks
- Switchboard
- Find a Business by name, category, or location. A Find a Person section
is also available.
- BigBook
- Search U.S. and Canadian yellow pages for companies by name or category
and location.
- AnyWho
Directories - Find a business by name, category, or location. People,
Reverse Lookup (by telephone number), and Toll-Free sections are also available.
Company Information - Profiles
- Hoover's
Online provides capsules on more than 13,500 of the largest public and
private companies. The capsules, which consist of basic company and financial
information and selected Web links, are the core component of the free portion
of Hoover's Company Information.
- Companies
Online from Dun and Bradstreet provides quick identification plus address,
phone number, and Web links. If you register (for free) you get additional
information including annual sales and employee size.
- Thomas
Register of American Manufacturers
- Fortune
500
- Forbes
500
- Forbes
500 Private Companies
- Forbes
200 Best Small Companies in America
- EDGAR:
The Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system contains electronic
versions of most Securities and Exchange Commission filings including 10K,
10Q, and Proxy Statements.
- CorpTech
Database of 50,000 High-Tech Companies. Capsules are free of charge.
- Several of the sites
in the Stock Market and Investing section
below include company profiles.
Business and Financial News -
Current Newswires and Headlines
These sites are updated
daily or continuously. They are good sources for determining yesterday's and
today's corporate activities as well as business, financial, and economics related
news. Some sites may provide a short-term archive of articles. See also the
Stock Market and Investing section below for additional sources
of up to the minute stock quotes and information.
The Stock Market and Investing
- StockMaster.com
provides current quotes (20 minute delay) and news for individual stocks,
stock indexes, and mutual funds. Company profiles, charts for up to five years,
and an Investment FAQ are also available.
- MSN
Investor includes current quotes (20 minute delay), market commentary,
company profiles.
- Wall
Street Research Net consists of over 500,000 links to help investors perform
fundamental research on actively traded companies, mutual funds, the stock
market, and the economy.
- New
York Stock Exchange official site.
- American
Stock Exchange official site.
- NASDAQ
official site.
- Other
Markets Online - Directory of websites for other domestic and foreign
exchanges.
- Penny
Stocks: A Guide for Beginning Investors from the Missouri Office of Secretary
of State
- Mutual
Fund Investor's Center
- For historical quotes
web sites, see the UAH Salmon Library's Company Histories
page.
Industry Information
There are many web sites
related to various industries. Those included here are ones that provide a significant
amount of data or background material useful for an industry research project.
Additional industry related sites can be found using the Additional Directories of Internet Business Resources listed
below.
The first section consists
of sites covering multiple industries. Go to each site to see which industries
are included and what data is available. The second section consists of key
sites related to specific industries. Some links lead directly to key information
pages. Other sites have their information scattered. Look particularly for links
to Industry News, News Room, Facts and Figures, Economics, Research, etc.
Sites for Specific Industries
Dictionaries
Business Calculators
Consumer Information
- Consumer
World has gathered over 1800 of the most useful consumer resources on
the Internet and categorized them for easy access. You can find buying advice
and product reviews, comparison shop, file a consumer complaint, read hundreds
of consumer rights booklets, find a low rate credit card or mortgage, get
personal finance tips, read news of the latest scams, research a law, or clip
electronic coupons through Consumer World.
- Better
Business Bureau Central - consumer advice, charity reports, and online
complaint forms
- Compare
Net - product information and price comparison
- Edmund's
Automobile Buyer's Guides
Small Business Assistance
Guides to Doing Business Research
Additional Directories of Internet
Business Resources
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