Databases for Finding Information on Local Businesses
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ReferenceUSA International Businesses This link opens in a new windowIn-depth profiles of 56 million business including 16 million verified and 40 million unverified business that are updated weekly.
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PrivCo This link opens in a new windowProvides the most extensive data available on major, non-publicly traded corporations.
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Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies This link opens in a new windowBasic information about companies and rankings of U.S. companies by sales size
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Standard & Poor's Global NetAdvantage This link opens in a new windowBroad spectrum of industry, company and investment analysis including S&P Industry Surveys, Stock Reports (S&P Equity Research), and new Markets tab with drill downs to industry and sub-industry key ratios, benchmarks, constituents, etc. Company data covers a global universe of over 3 million private and public companies.
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Factiva Company and Markets This link opens in a new windowInformation on companies, industries, quotes, and market data charts.
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D&B Hoovers This link opens in a new windowInformation on more than 160M businesses, both public and private companies both foreign and domestic. Includes executive contacts, firmographics, SWOT reports, analyst reports and industry reports.
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Nexis Uni This link opens in a new windowFull-text of major newspapers with separate resources for environment, government, statistics, and legal information
