How to research any company online

How to research a company online:

Publication/subject Lexis-Nexis file name

Hoover company profiles HOOVER

Securities and Exchange Commission SEC

Company annual reports ARS

Company annual 10-K filings 10-K

Company quarterly 10-Q filings 10-Q

Business wire BWIRE

Public relations newswire PRNEWS

S&P Daily News SPNEWS

Disclosure DISCLO

Consensus earnings projections EARN

CNN Financial Network CNNFN

Dow Jones News/CNBC CNBC

Business Week BUSWK

Forbes FORBES

Fortune FORTUN

Some company web pages include links to the home pages of industry trade associations where you can find information about industry size, growth, recent industry news, statistical trends, and future outlook. A number of business periodicals like Business Week, the Wall Street Journal, and Fortune have Internet editions that contain the full-text of many of the articles that appear in their paper editions. You can access these sites by typing in the proper Internet address for the company, trade association, or publication. The following web sites are particularly good locations for company and industry information:

• Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (contains company 10-Ks, 10-Qs, etc.) www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/srch-edgar/

• NASDAQ www.nasdaq.com/

• CNNfn: The Financial Network www.cnnfn.com/

• Hoover’s Online www.hoovers.com/

• American Demographics/Marketing Tools www.marketingtools.com/

• Industry Net www.industry.net/

• Wall Street Journal--Interactive edition update.wsj.com/

• Business Week www.businessweek.com/

• Fortune www.pathfinder.com/fortune/

• MSNBC Commerce News www.msnbc.com/news/COM_Front.asp

• Los Angeles Times www.latimes.com/

• New York Times www.nytimes.com/

• News Page www.newspage.com/

• Electric Library www.elibrary.com/

• International Business Resources on the WWW--a Michigan State University site ciber.bus.msu.edu/busres.htm