Business and Economics: Company Research

1. Gather basic company information: history, competitors, financials

• Company website
• Standard and Poor's Rating Services (requires free registration for access)
• Yahoo Finance
• Hoovers (limited information for free, full access available at the US Consulate Information Resource Center)
• Reuters
• Business Insights Global (available through eLibraryUSA membership)
• Gale Directory Library (available through eLibraryUSA membership)
• Thomas Register of American Manufacturers

2. Find stock information

• Yahoo Finance
• Big Charts
• Value Line

3. Find legal, consumer, and product information

• Lexis Nexis (full access available at the US Consulate Information Resource Center)
• Better Business Bureau (USA, Canada, Mexico)
• Consumer Reports

4. Find corporate culture information

• Company annual reports
• Reuters
• Business.com
• Wall Street Executive Library

5. Find current news articles

• Reuters