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Financial information: a note about availability
Some considerations as you pursue corporate information:
- Public companies: Public companies are required to report to their shareholders a basic level of information, including income, balance sheet and cash flow statements. Comprehensive annual statements are reported in SEC form 10-K and can be readily found on company Web sites or through sites like Google Finance.
- Subsidiaries of public companies: While some companies may report on operational details of particular subsidiaries, product lines or branch locations, this level of detail is not required and not always provided.
- Private companies: Privately held companies -- those not on any stock market -- have no public reporting requirements. Financial details on these businesses are generally more difficult to locate.
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Company Profiles
Look up a company by name or ticker symbol to reveal operating details, corporate history, executive rosters and more.
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Reference USA 
Search by company name to identify location, estimated company size. Or search by industry classification and geographic criteria to generate lists of businesses.Tip: This source is great for finding small businesses but reveals little information about their operations. |
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Corporate Affiliations
Search by company name to learn about parent-company and subsidiary relationships. Tip: This source primarily covers only larger companies. |
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Dow Jones Factiva 
A terrific source for company financial profiles, business descriptions and news coverage.
- Click on the Company/Markets tab
- Click on the Company link
- Type in a company name.
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LexisNexis Company Dossier
Search by company name or ticker symbol to reveal financial, legal and intellectual property information along with recent news coverage. |
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Uniworld Online
Search two company directories, American Firms Operating in Foreign Countries and Foreign Firms Operating in the U.S., for international parent-subsidiary relationships and locations. |
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Company News
News coverage from trade and business periodicals is a great way to locate information on company performance and strategy. Try searching a company or brand name in any or all of these resources.
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Business Source Complete
Change the "Select a field" menu to "Company Entity" to search by company name. |
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ABI/Inform
Search trade publications and business news periodicals. Search by company name, product name or NAICS code for focused results |
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Dow Jones Factiva
Search by company, industry or product name for recent articles from newspapers, business magazines, trade journals and other periodicals. |
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Regional Business News
News articles from local and regional business publications. Change the "Select a field" menu to "Company Entity" to search by company name. |
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Specialty Company Information
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Mergent Horizon
This database reveals basic company financial information alongside detailed listings of related products, services, suppliers, customers and partners. |
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Advertising Redbooks
Look up a company to see how much it budgets for advertising. |
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ThomasNet 
Directory of product manufacturers and distributors. Product catalogs are sometimes available. |
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American Customer Satisfaction Index
An ongoing scoring system measuring customer satisfaction for hundreds of companies and industry sectors. |
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