Internet Information on Companies and Employers

These are internet links to help you research and find information on companies and employers.

• 555-1212—Search by business type and location or name and location. Offering yellow pages, a reverse phone number lookup, world directory and AT&T services.
• AJR Newslink
• American City Business Journals
• Asian Business Directory
• At Hand—Yellow pages directory search page. Search by either name and location or business type and location.
• Best Talk Yellow Pages Online—Company information, providing company snapshots, SEC filings quick stock information, pie charts, and ticker symbols.
• Big Yellow pages—Wide coverage of business information. Search directory on state, business type, address or name.
• BizWeb—Corporate research website.
• Business Journals on the Web—Periodical on business & technology magazines and journals.
• CEOExpress—Business meta-site.
• Commercial News USA—Directory of U.S. exporters, arranged by product category.
• Companies Online Search
• Company Link—One-stop page for corporate research, with recent news articles, stock quotes, and an address finder.
• Company Sleuth
• Consumer Product Safety Commission—Conducts research on product safety and contains an Injury Information Clearinghouse.
• Corporate Information—Corporate information from around the world. Search by company name of over 20,000 profiles and 15,000 research reports, and over 1,000 categorized links.
• Department of Labor—Monitors labor matters.
• Dun & Bradstreet Information Services
• E&P MediaInfo Links
• Environmental protection Agency—Monitors and enforces environmental laws.
• For a ranking of the top 100 polluting corporations go to http://www.epa.gov/docs/fedrgstr/EPA-TRI1996
• Excite Newstracker
• Federal Trade Commission—Monitors anti-competitive behavior, unfair and deceptive business practices, and false advertising practices by companies.
• Financial Data Finder—Business Meta-site.
• Food and Drug Administration—Monitors and regulates the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food corporations.
• Fortune Magazine—Online version of their magazine.

For the Fortune 500 go to
http://www.pathfinder.com/fortune/fortune500/index.html

• General Accounting Office—The research arm of the U.S. Congress, has studied and reported on such topics as economic concentration, corporate ownership.
• Hoover’s On-line
• InfoUSA—Search by business type, or name and state. Offering a reverse phone number lookup, general business advice articles and mailing list services.
• Insider’s List of Public Companies
• Invest Quest—Directory of 10,000 U.S. public companies with links to filings and prospectus on the SEC site.
• Job Web—Find out the latest information on many companies.
• Manufacturing Marketplace—From Cahners Business Information, a company directory with product information, articles from trade magazines, exhibitions and job listings.
• MonsterBoard.com—Search by clicking a U.S. state on the map, selecting a city, company name, and keywords. Shows an alphabetized list of company profiles.

For provinces of Canada go to http://company.monster.ca/

• Moody’s—Online database, providing extensive information on publicly traded companies.
• News Alert
• News Central
• NewsPaperLinks
• NewsDirectory.com
• Northern Light
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration—Maintains records of all citations given to corporations.
• Price’s List of Lists—Business Meta-site
• ReferenceUSA—Online database covering more than 10.5 million businesses in the U.S. Can be searched geographically, by type of business, etc. Information included on company executives, number of employees, and sales volume.
• The Thomas Register—Register and receive free service.
• The Riley Guide
• Superpages.com’s BigBook—An online yellow pages offering details of 11 million U.S. businesses from GTE. Search by name, category, state, or city.
• The Top 100 World Companies—Business Week’s 100 largest companies in the world ranked by market capitalization.
• The Washington Post—Allows free public access to their business section.
• The Web 100
• The Wetfeet Company Gallery—Free online company profiles.
• TIME.com
• Transium’s Business Search Engine
• Vault Reports—Insider information about companies, careers, and cultures relating to your industry.
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Wall Street Net—Research tool that offers in-depth financial data and links.
• Whois.net—Search for domain names.
• Zip2 Yellow Pages—USA yellow pages directory. Give location and search by name or keyword.