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NEWSPAPER ARTICLES Google News: includes press releases from Business Wire, Canada NewsWire, PR Newswire, U.S. Newswire. NEWSiness.com: the latest news in brief, from top sources including CNN, Reuters, BBC, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, AP, MarketWatch, Bloomberg, CNNMoney/Fortune, BusinessWeek. MarketWatch.com: from DowJones, Stock Market, Business and Financial News and Commentary, and Investor Research. Wall Street Journal: Back to 1984 (A CPL Database) Cuyahoga County Public Library Research Databases Zoominfo.com: Links to news articles on the web. Also, links to articles concerning the key people in the company. Drudge Report News Metasite BizJournals: An internet business journal. Law.com: Search for legal news articles. Virtual Chase: Company Information: News Stories: Index to news sites. Lexis News Databases can be searched by the library staff. BusinessIntelligence.com: Contains White Papers and articles.

STOCK QUOTES AND RATINGS A. Stock quotes Yahoo Finance: Quotes for U.S. and Foreign Companies. Historical U.S. stock quotes (back to 1962). Ticker Symbol Look-Up Big Charts: Also has articles for each company. Reuters.com: Stock quotes and risk evaluation. Wright Investor Services: Foreign Stocks. B. Ratings Standard & Poors: Use search feature to find corporate credit ratings. A.M. Best: Ratings for Insurance Companies. Moody's.com: Search by name of debt issuer, or click on links for corporate debt, government debt, insurance company strength ratings & debt, bank strength ratings & debt, etc. Business and Company Resource Center: Gale Group: Rankings. (A CPL Database): When you do a search for a company or an industry, a tab for rankings will appear in the search results. If you click on the tab, you can see a list of rankings that include that industry or company. Crains Cleveland Business: Links to the Crain's publications for other cities. Forbes Magazine Lists Fortune Magazine Lists Price's List of Lists Riley Guide to Business and Employer Rankings ADR: American Depository Receipts (JP Morgan): Foreign Stocks. Recommendation on whether to buy the stock.

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS CCH Capital Changes - Contained in Cleveland Law Library's Members Only databases. M&A Source Express: The Middle-Market Dealmaker's Portal.

STOCK TRANSFER AGENT Stock Transfer.com

TAXPAYER ID NUMBERS (EIN) SECInfo.com: Search Edgar Database for SEC filings, which will contain the EIN. FreeERISA: Can search for company names to find the EIN for Employee Benefit Trusts. Guidestar: Contains IRS Form 990 images for nonprofit organizations. For non-public companies try searching the company's website. Do a Google search limiting to the company's domain name, and use variation of the term "Employer Identification Number". Judgment and Lien filings and UCC lien filings may contain an EIN number. Commercial databases such as Lexis, Know-X.com and Dun and Bradstreet may provide the EIN for a fee. On Lexis, try Dun and Bradstreet Federal Employer ID Number Source, Combined Business and Corporate Information Source, Market Guide Company Profiles or Tax Analyst Exempt Organizations.

INDUSTRY CODE SIC Codes NAICS codes Reference USA: Find out SIC code for a particular company. Websters Online: Find out the SIC code for a particular company. SIC Code Directory: Find out the SIC code for a particular company. CAGE Codes: Commercial and Government Entity Codes. For companies planning to do business with the federal government. Used by U.S., Canada and NATO.

BANKRUPTCY INFORMATION For information on how to determine if a company has filed for bankruptcy, please see our Bankruptcy FAQ.

MARKET SHARE DATA Zimmerman's Research Guide: Market Share Cleveland Public Library carries Market Share Reports and World Market Share Reports Lexis -RDS TableBase (MARKET;RDSTBL) - contains tables taken from numerous journals. The law library has access, but not on our "free" plan. Lexis - RDS Business and Industry Database (MARKET;RDSB&I) - contains periodical articles. Market share is an indexing term. The law library has access, but not on our "free" plan. Lexis - Investext Reports All- INVLNU - reports on companies compiled by major brokerage firms. There are numerous Investext databases. Which database is appropriate may depend on the time frame, geographical area, product or company. The law library has access, but not on our "free" plan. Free to search, charges for looking at and downloading documents. News articles may contain market share information. CEO Refresher - How to Calculate Market Shares by Estelle Matayer.

PRODUCT & CONSUMER INFORMATION Better Business Bureau: Tracks consumer complaints. Also contains directory information and business description.

EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION Wetfeet.com: Company profiles for private and public companies. Jobster: Employees answer questions about their company, and the answers are posted and searchable. JobTracker: Courtesy of the AFL-CIO, you can find out whether a particular company has laid off workers, exported jobs, has had unfair labor practices cases before the NLRB, or has safety violations.

CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FEC Donor Name Look-up: Information on federal campaign donors. Opensecrets.org-Donor name lookup for federal elections, lookup by politician name and federal races by state. Investigative Reporter's and Editor's Campaign Finance Information: A list of state agencies that maintain records on state campaign contributions. Some states have searchable databases on the internet, and links are provided. Follow the Money : Information on state political campaign donations. Ohio Donor Lookup on the Ohio Secretary of State's webpage.

CEO SALARIES ERI Executive Compensation: Free proxy and 10-k search, executive compensation calculators, cost of living calculator and compensation survey finder. E Comp Online AFL-CIO Executive Paywatch Valuationresources.com: Compensation and Salary Surveys.

CEO BIOGRAPHIES CEO Central Biographies Great American Business Leaders Database: From Harvard Business School. Zoominfo.com: Links to news articles on the web about company officers.

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