Business
[Company Information][International Business][Stocks][Miscellaneous Business Sites]
- Company Information
- Advertising Age -- Database of information on marketing, advertising, new products since 1995.
- BioSpace Universe of Bioscience Companies -- Information about biotechnical companies, including lists by market segment.
- Biotechnology Industry Organization -- Member directory.
- California Business Search -- Provided by the Secretary of State's office, this site searches corporate records and limited partnership/limited liability company records for the state of California.
- Chronicle 200 -- San Francisco Chronicle's guide to the Bay Area's public companies.
- Company News On-Call -- Includes current and a three year archive database of all stories appearing on PR Newswire from participating companies.
- Company Research Introduction to basic company research techniques.
- EDGAR Database -- Electronic filings by corporations to the Securities and Exchange Commission. 1993 to present.
- Forbes Lists
- Hoover's Online -- Brief profiles of 10,000+ companies. More detailed information by subscription.
- Inc. 500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America -- Based on percentage growth of revenue over a five-year period.
- IRIN Annual Report Resource Center
- Monster Board Employer Profiles
- Silicon Valley 150 -- Database of the 150 largest publicly traded companies in Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, southern San Mateo, and southern Alameda counties; based on fiscal year sales reported each April by the San Jose Mercury News. In addition to financial and stock information, you can find information on the corporate culture and benefits.
- Yahoo Finance Company Information& Fund Index -- Provides news, quotes and profiles.
- International Business Information
- Asian Business Directories
- CAROL Reports -- Reports on a variety of European, Asian, and U.S. Companies. Registration is requested for annual reports.
- Europages -- European business directory.
- Industry Week 1000 -- List of the world's 1000 largest publicly held manufacturing companies based on revenue.
- Silicon Valley Center for International Trade Development
- Thomas Global Register -- Directory of manufacturers and distributors from 26 countries.
- VIBES - Virtual International Business & Economic Sources
- Stock And Mutual Fund Information
- American Stock Exchange
- BigCharts - Historical Quote Utility -- Provides daily closing prices.
- Bloomberg -- Financial News.
- Forbes Mutual Fund Guide
- IPO Central -- U.S. companies gone public or have filed to go public.
- Morningstar
- NASDAQ Stock Market
- New York Stock Exchange
- Mutual Funds -- Information on mutual funds from CNNMoney.
- Valueline Reports for the Dow 30
- Yahoo! Finance - Historical Quotes
- Miscellaneous Business Sites
- AAAAgencySearch -- Members of the American Association of Advertising.
- AllBusiness -- Small business resources.
- A.M. Best Ratings -- Provides access to A.M. Best's database of nearly 6,000 life/health, property/casualty, and international insurance companies.
- Cal/OSHA Standards -- California Occupational Safety and Health Regulations.
- California Business Portal (California Economic Development Partnership)
- California Business Portal (Secretary of State)
- California Online Professional Licensing Services
- Consumer Price Indexes -- From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- County Business Patterns -- Annual series. Data include employment, payroll, and number of establishments by industry.
- Dictionary of Occupational Titles Index -- No descriptions.
- Doing Business -- Provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement.
- Doing Business - Santa Clara County -- Information for starting a business in Santa Clara County.
- Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850-1920
- Entrepreneur Connect
- Executive Planet -- International business etiquette and culture.
- FDIC Bank Data -- Demographic data and financial profiles of each FDIC-insured depository institution.
- Federal Trade Commission RN Database -- Registered Identification Number Database provides a method to identify a company who uses the RN instead of the company name on labels and tags.
- Forbes 400 Richest People in America
- Forbes: World's Billionaires
- Franchise Zone -- Information and ratings on franchises.
- Free Patents Online -- Full text of US patents from number 4000000 in PDF format.
- Investopedia
- Investors Business Daily -- Current issue.
- Market Research Library -- Search for worldwide industrial information from Market Research Reports, Country Commercial Guides, and Best Market Reports.
- New York Times BanxQuote Banking Center -- Daily quotes on online banking, deposits and loans. Covers metropolitan, state, regional and national composite benchmarks based on the three largest financial institutions. Includes snapshot profiles of the banking institutions.
- North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) -- System replaces the U.S. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system.
- SCORE: Service Corps of Retired Executives -- Provides guidence to small business owners.
- Small Business Administration
- Standard Industrial Classification Search -- Search the 1987 version SIC Manual by keyword or get descriptive information for a specified 4-digit SIC.
- Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse -- Information relating to the prosecution, defense, and settlement of federal class action securities fraud litigation.
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Databases -- U.S. patents issued since 1976 in full text.
- U.S. Trademark Electronic Search System --Contains trademarks that are Federally registered or that are pending.
- MarketWikis -- Online library of free market research.
- Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal
- Yahoo! Real Estate -- Home sales records from 1987 - current. Search by location or price range.
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