Finding Company Information

Information about Public Companies and Their Subsidiaries

Public companies trade on a major stock exchange. Ticker symbols can be found using

Website:

Yahoo! Finance - Ticker Symbol LookUp: http://finance.yahoo.com/

Databases:

Reference USA (available only within the library)
New! Business & Company: (available online)

Company Overview

Directories:

Million Dollar Directory
Hoover’s Handbooks or http://www.hoovers.com/
Moody’s Manuals
Ward’s Business Directory of US and Public Companies
Thomas Register of American Manufacturers or http://www.thomasregister.com/

Websites:

http://www.fortune.com/

Company Home Pages

Websites:

http://www.business.com/

Annual Reports and Company Reports

Selected Reports: Business Information Center’s Business File

Websites:

Free Annual Reports: http://www.annualreportservice.com/
How to Find an annual report online: http://www.zpub.com/sf/arl/arl-how.html

Stock Information

Analysis:

Value Line Investment Survey
Standard & Poors Outlook

Current Quotes:

http://cnnfn.cnn.com/
http://www.dailystocks.com/

Historical Quotes:

http://www.bigcharts.com/

SEC Filings

Comprehensive reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) including the 10K annual report Official SEC site: http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml

Nonprofit Organizations

Ref 060 Ga Encyclopedia of associations Also available from home work or in the library Database: Associations Unlimited.

Company News

Websites for breaking news:

http://www.business.com/
http://www.ceoexpress.com/
http://finance.yahoo.com/

Websites for current news and recent articles on business topics:

Periodicals: Business Week, Forbes, Fortune and other businesses periodicals
Database: Business & Company

Websites:

Locating company information: http://www.regent.edu/lib/mba/locating_company.html
How to learn about an industry or company: http://www.virtualpet.com/industry/howto/search.htm

Private Companies

Dun & Bradstreet Million Dollar Directory
Ref 338.09 Ho Hoover’s Handbook of private companies
Ref 352.1 Ka Kalamazoo County Chamber Directory
Ref 658.11 Ka Kalamazoo County Business Directory

Database:

Local: Kalamazoo Gazette Index: http://www.kpl.gov/
State: Database: Detroit Free Press (Available at the library’s Research Stations)
National: Business & Company & New York Times Newspaper (1 year) & Reference USA

International Companies

338.74 Ho Hoover’s Handbook of world business

Websites:

http://www.europages.com/