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Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage B.U. Only
Use the Companies button at the top of the screen to find company profiles, financials, competitors, stock charts, news, and more.

Business & Company Resource Center BU Only
Can search for companies by company name, industry code, personal name, and location. Company records contain company history, financials, rankings, market share, lawsuits, articles, investment reports, products and brands, and an industry overview. This is a great place to go for an overview of a company. Business & Company Resource Center tutorial

Business Source Premier BU Only
First place to go to for articles about companies, covering both academic and popular business magazines and journals. The Company Profiles section contains lengthy company reports from Datamonitor. For articles, simply type the company name in the search box. Business Source Premier tutorial

Factiva BU Only
For basic company information, including business description, key executives, top competitors, etc., click on Markets/Companies at the top of the screen. For newspaper and trade articles about a company click on Company in the blue box and enter your company name. Factiva tutorial Wall Street Journal tutorial

LexisNexis Academic Universe BU Only
Go to Business, then click on SEC Filings & Reports. Contains 10K reports, annual reports, proxy statements, stock reports, bankruptcy, mergers and acquistions reports, and much more.

Forbes Lists
Search the Forbes 500, the Global 2000, etc., as measured by sales, profits, assets, and market value.

Hoover's Online
Profiles of thousands of companies.

The Inc. 500
Inc. magazine's 500 list, complete with links to company homepages.

Irin-The Investor Relations Information Network
Contains links for ordering annual reports from companies.

SEC Edgar Database
10K and other financial reports. Click on Search for Company Filings, then Search the EDGAR Archives.

Thomson Research BU Only
This contains 10Ks, annual reports, proxies, 10Qs, 20Fs, etc., for U.S. and international companies. Formerly called Disclosure Global Access. Thomson Research tutorial

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