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Specialized
Searches
Looking for hard to find information on the internet? Much of the content
on the internet is hidden from traditional search engines because
it's contained in specialized databases. We've listed some of tools you
can use to find this information on our Directories and Search engines links
page ...
Employer Information
Annual
Report Gallery
Contains links to annual reports and company home pages for more than
2,200 publicly traded companies.
CorporateInformation
A large annotated list of sites for finding corporate information. Links
provided by country; U.S. categories include: public and private companies;
regional; and sector-specific sites. Go to "US Private"
for researching private companies and a good listing of additional sites.
Maintained by George Matthew Regnery.
EDGAR
EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering Analysis And Retrieval) is a service
of the United States Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), which was founded
in the early thirties (after the Wall Street crash of '29) to make
public companies provide verified information about themselves. This information
is provided in the form of filings made to the SEC — EDGAR
is an electronic database containing those filings. Great source for
information on government filings by public companies; available within
24 hours (10-K and other reports). Go
directly to EDGAR at SEC.
EDGAR
at FreeEDGAR
"FreeEDGAR ... provides free, unlimited access to real-time corporate
data filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission." Free
service now requires registration. Enhanced service ("EDGAR Pro")
requires a paid subscription.
Executive
Paywatch
From the AFL-CIO: "Most of us are working longer and harder just
to get by. Not so for America's corporate elite, whose exorbitant pay
schemes have created unprecedented inequities in the American workplace.
Why is CEO pay getting further and further out of line? How does it affect
the rest of us who work for a living? And what can be done to rein it
in? Click on to find the answers." And ... you can! How much does
your CEO make ... and how does it compare to your own paycheck? Find out
this and more about runaway CEO pay!
Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Need info on a bank? If it belongs to the FDIC, you'll find on-line
summary reports including detailed balance sheet info and other relevant
data.
Financial
Data Finder
Literally hundreds of links to financial and corporate data on the web.
From Ohio State University.
GSI
Public Company Websites
Registration now required. Some services are free with registration.
Find Public Company Web Sites: "GSI Online [Global Securities Information,
Inc] makes this index available to provide Internet users with
central easy access to information provided by public companies. ...This
list will be updated periodically to include additional publicly held company
World Wide Web sites as we become aware of them."
GuideStar
Intended as a web site for donor's ("The Donor's Guide to the Non-Profit
Universe"), here is where you can find "information
on the programs and finances of more than 600,000 American charities and
nonprofit organizations." Search returns: contact and financial information
(from the organization's 990) and its Employer Identification
Number (EIN).
Hoovers
Online
Bills itself as "The Ultimate Source for Company Information."
Covers about 2,500 companies. Free search services provide: brief description;
address; phone and fax numbers; number of employees; links to
SEC filings, stock quotes and media stories; home page (if any); annual
sales; names of executive and financial officers. Subscribers ($104/yr;
$12.95/mo) get company history; info on subsidiaries, and, in general,
more in-depth info.
InvestQuest
Information on over 10,000 public companies; search by: ticker symbol,
company name, industries; proxy forms; and current stock quotes. Also
includes a limited number of corporate annual reports and prospectuses.
Karnak
Library
You'll need to register to use this metasearch tool -- but it's unlike
any other that we've come across. "Karnak helps you structure your
research (query) then scours the Web, digging deeper than mundane search
engines. The best information is added to your personal library, which
you can access from any Internet-capable computer. It even checks for
dead and stale links before providing your results. Karnak regularly updates
you on the status of your research by email." For in-depth and
on-going research, this may be the tool to try!
Kompass
Locate businesses and products worldwide. They claim: "1.5 million
companies in 66 countries ... 23 million products and services ... 2.7
million executives' names ... 400,000 trade and brand names." Basic
address searches are free; subscribers get revenue information and additional
data.
Nasdaq
Newsroom
"The Nasdaq NewsroomSM provides comprehensive and timely information
to ... anyone interested in learning more about The Nasdaq Stock Market.
This site contains the latest Nasdaq press releases, statistics ...
hourly market reports, this week's IPOs, daily company deletions, and
press releases. ... Indexes & Statistics lets you download all the
Nasdaq indexes from 1971 to present, explore monthly stats and the yearly
Nasdaq Fact Book, and search our database of Nasdaq companies."
NewsReal
Industry Watch
Launched in January, 1998, this site "covers twenty vertical industries,
providing business users with industry-related daily news and
information from hundreds of news sources and 'Executive Summaries' which
help users screen information important to them. " Fully searchable
site by company or industry; offers an overview of companies, competitors
and web sites with quarterly and annual financial information and news
stories. Covered industries include: aerospace, auto, aviation, banking,
biotechnology, business news, chemicals, computers, energy, entertainment,
environment, healthcare, insurance, metals/minerals, pharmaceuticals,
real estate, telecom, transportation and utilities.
PR
Newswire
"The leading source of immediate news from corporations worldwide
for media, business, the financial community and the individual investor."
Companies (and some unions, too) use this paid service to distribute
press releases; if your employer issues press statements, this is
a likely place to look ...
Public
Information Network
Directory of Transnational Corporations - "A database on the activities
of, and relationships between, hundreds of corporations operating
across borders." Information on some of the nasty practices of transnationals
- Includes "online research links, activist reserach
training, activist research manuals, a primer on corporate power, free trade
and the WTO," and a large directory of transnational corporations.
Public
Register's Annual Report Service (PRARS)
Offers company annual reports through the mail (fill out an on-line
form).
Public
Services International Research Unit
"Privatisation research: the Public Services International Research
Unit (PSIRU) is a union-funded unit providing information on multinationals
involved in privatisation ... The main focus is on research into
multinational companies' involvement in privatisation. Company information
is based on the PSIRU/PSI database with files on over 2,000 companies.
The site is organised by sector as well as by company."
SEC
Enforcement Division Actions
Descriptions of SEC enforcement activities, including civil suits in
the federal courts and administrative proceedings. Searchable database.
Securities
Class Action Clearinghouse
Stanford Law School. "The Stanford Clearinghouse offers investors,
the judiciary, policymakers, and the media with a powerful new research
tool that provides a deep and careful look into the workings of class
action litigation." An attempt to digitize and link "the full
text of complaints, motions, judicial opinions, and other major class
action filings into a Website with its own full-text search engine."
Standard
Industrial Classification (SIC) Codes
This link will take you to a page on the U.S. Census Bureau's web site,
where you can choose to look up Standard Industrial Classification SIC
Codes (by using a link that will take you to OSHA's website) or find
out about the new North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS),
which will replace the SIC system. Go
directly to OSHA's SIC lookup.
State
and Local Government Information
Meta-indexes for State and Local governmental information (maintained
by the Library of Congress). Includes financial information for government
employees.
Stock
Smart
Provides info on: company performance in its industry; basic contact
information (address, phone, fax); chief executives; brief company description;
and current news. Can link to SEC filings. Special info: the top
50 institutional shareholders and the top mutual fund holders for each
company.
Thomas
Register of Manufacturers
"The entire database of the acclaimed Thomas Register of American
Manufacturers is available for your use online. Register today, and you
will have access to our proprietary search engine which allows you to
search the 155,000 companies in our database classified under more than
57,000 product and service headings. Plus, more than 3,100 online supplier
catalogs give you 44,000 pages of detailed buying and specifying information."
Registration is free.
Wall
Street Research Net
For publicly-traded companies, WSRN provides links to company SEC filings,
stock quotes and charts, and home pages. Note the "News Center"
and "News Alerts" for the latest information in the press.
WhoWhere?
Companies on the Net
Find company location; Internet domain name; home page; and, if available,
an e-mail address for additional info. A service of LYCOS.
Yahoo!
Finance
"Yahoo! Finance brings you company profiles from Market Guide,
who provides users with information on over 9,000 public companies, including
contact information, business summaries, officer and employee information,
sector and industry classifications, business and earnings announcement
summaries, and financial statistics and ratios. Yahoo adds stock
charts based on historical data from Commodity Systems, Inc. (CSI), and
links to other resources." Also stock quotes, news, press releases,
investment research, mutual fund profiles and SEC filings.
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Publications with Employer Info
American
City Business Journals
Business newspapers from 50 cities -- searchable.
Business
Week Magazine
Business Week magazine on-line (some information is availble to subscribers
only ... other information is available for a small fee ... and
some information is free). Includes a searchable archive of articles dating
to January 1, 1991.
Forbes
Magazine
400 richest people; Forbes 500; 500 largest private companies (including
revenues, profits, number of employees, profile, address, phone and
a limited amount of additional information).
Fortune
Magazine
Fortune 500 companies and business articles. Online edition of Fortune.
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Benefits
Cash
Balance Pension Plans Questions & Answers - US Dept. of Labor
The Department of Labor answers some questions about cash balance pension
plans for employees whose pension plan is being converted to a cash
balance plan.
Consumer
Information on Health Plans
Links to Information on Health Plans, including new laws, retiree
plans, and plant closings, from Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration,
U.S. Department of Labor
Department
of Labor, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
Pension plan administration information, from the U.S. Department of
Labor, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
Employee
Benefits Research Institute
Information on pensions and health plans
HFCA
- The Medicare and Medicaid Agency
Information on Medicare, Medicaid and Children's Health, from the Health
Care and Finance Administration
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Economic Ideas & Corporate Behavior
Carrie--Full
Text Electronic Library
Just what it says: it's an on-line, electronic library. Choose from
"Reference Department", "Stacks", "Serials",
"Documents", "Archives", and "The Omnivore:
Daily News and Information -- all types, from all over" (and more).
Center
on Budget and Policy Priorities
"The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is a nonpartisan research
organization and policy institute that conducts research and analysis
on a range of government policies and programs, with an emphasis on
those affecting low- and moderate-income people ... The Center is a principal
source of information and analysis for policymakers, program managers,
the media, nonprofit organizations, and researchers at the federal,
state, and local levels. Washington Monthly magazine called the Center
one of the five best among 2,000 nonprofit organizations working on public
policy issues in Washington."
Corporate.Watch
"Corporate Watch is an Oxford-based, non-profit organization dedicated
to examining the corporate world from an environmental and ethical
perspective. With the increasing role of corporations in our everyday
lives it has become essential for ordinary people to challenge the secrecy
and glib PR that hides them. Corporate Watch intends to research and
expose the crimes and hypocrisies of those corporations that refuse to
act in a responsible manner. Through both our information service and magazine
we provide information of interest to both the concerned citizen
and the seasoned campaigner."
CorporateWatch
"Corporate Watch is designed to provide you--every day Internet
users, activists, journalists and policy makers--with an array of tools
that you can use to investigate and analyze corporate activity." A
joint project of TRAC--The Transnational Resource and Action Center, and
IGC--The Institute for Global Communications.
Dollars
& Sense Magazine
"Do economic half-truths make your head ache? Lies give you a migraine?
If they do, there's a hazard to your health in the media today.
Politicians and pundits -- the same ones who rush out on a limb with an
answer for everything -- are giving out the wrong answers. It's hard enough
for professional economists to separate fact from fiction when it comes
to the deficit, poverty programs and international trade. But when
most of us are confronted with leading questions and evasive responses,
we need a straightforward source to help sort out the truth." Dollars
and Sense tries: "the only progressive economics magazine in the
country written for a popular audience." Lots of resources and info.
Economic
Policy Institute
The Economic Policy Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank
that seeks to broaden the public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous
and fair economy. EPI was founded in 1986 by a group of economic
policy experts, including the economist Barry Bluestone; columnist and
editor Robert Kuttner; Ray Marshall, secretary of labor in the Carter
administration; Robert Reich, former Clinton secretary of labor; the economist
Lester Thurow; and Jeff Faux, who now serves as EPI's president.
EPI is supported by grants from foundations, corporations, labor unions,
and individuals." Very good economic data and information.
Labor
Research Association
"Labor Research Association is a New York City-based non-profit
research and advocacy organization that provides research and educational
services for trade unions." Labor news, trends, strategies, reports
and links, from the publishers of "Trade Union Advisor" and
"Economic Notes." Lots of news and more at this worthwhile site.
Moving
Ideas (The Electronic Policy Network)
"Dedicated to explaining and popularizing complex policy ideas
to a broader audience" this webesite offers an online magazine called
"Moving Ideas" ... with information for journalists, activists,
members and supporters. A project of American
Prospect.
Multinational
Monitor On-Line
"The Multinational Monitor tracks corporate activity, especially
in the Third World, focusing on the export of hazardous substances, worker
health and safety, labor union issues and the environment." Includes
a section on the Multilateral Agreement on Investments (MAI) as
well as information on global corporations.
Working
Life
Full text of "They Get Cake, We Eat Crumbs: The Real Story Behind
Today's Unfair Economy" — by Jonathan Tasini, president of
the National Writers Union (UAW Local 1981), published in cooperation with
the Preamble Center for Public Policy. The economy is explained in straightforward
language. Check it out ... a valuable web resource for union
members and anyone involved in the fight for economic and social justice.
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Economic & Population Info
1990
Census Lookup
"This is the 1990 Census Data Lookup server" and the U.S.
Census Bureau.
Bureau
of Economic Analysis (DOC)
"BEA--the nation's economic accountant--compiles data that illuminate
key national, international, and regional aspects of the U.S. economy.
... The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) provides basic information
on such key issues as economic growth, regional development, and the
Nation's role in the world economy." Includes a "users guide"
and links.
Bureau
of Labor Statistics
"The ... principal, independent fact-finding agency for the Federal
Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics."
Selections include: Data, Economy at a Glance, Keyword Search of BLS
Web Pages, Surveys & Programs, Publications & Research Papers,
Regional Information, and links to other Statistical Sites.
Bureau
of Labor Statistics - Economy at a Glance
Jump right to what the BLS is reporting about the economy. The "Economy
at a Glance" page includes the official government unemployment
figures and other economic indicators, charted over time.
Census
Bureau
- The U.S. Census Bureau. We know they collect a lot of data -- and
you can get to it, too. Lots of it. And it's useful (from population maps
to all kinds of socio-economic information).
CIA
World Fact Book
Because the Fact Book is updated yearly (and its link changes accordingly),
this link will take you to the CIA publications page. Country-by-country
statistics and information from the folks who probably know it
best ... . Other CIA publications include: "Chiefs of State and Cabinet
Members of Foreign Governments", "Handbook of International
Economic Statistics" and more.
Economics
and Statistics Administration (DOC)
"Much of the statistical, economic, and demographic information
collected by the Federal Government is made available through (Commerce
Department's) Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA). Links and
info include access to: The Bureau of the Census ; The Bureau of Economic
Analysis; and STAT-USA (the One-Stop Internet Source for Business and
Economic Data, publishing the best business and economic information that
the Federal Government has to offer.)"
Federal
Reserve Board
Now you, too, can watch Alan Greenspan's lips move markets with only
a single word! If you want to know anything (officially released) about
"the central bank of the United States," this is the place to
visit. Lots of information about the country's financial system and links
to related sites.
Fedstats
"More than 70 agencies in the United States Federal Government
produce statistics of interest to the public. The Federal Interagency Council
on Statistical Policy maintains this site to provide easy access to
the full range of statistics and information produced by these agencies
for public use." Site includes includes a comprehensive list of agencies,
programs, and regional statistics.
STAT-USA
Economic, Trade and Business information in a giant government information
service.
Statistical
Abstract of the United States
Jump straight to this Census Bureau site (you'll probably need Adobe's
Acrobat Reader though).
White
House Economics Statistics Briefing Room.
"The purpose of this service is to provide easy access to current
Federal economic indicators. It provides links to information produced
by a number of Federal agencies. All of the information included in the
Economic Statistics Briefing Room is maintained ... by those agencies."
Includes: Production, Sales, Orders and Inventories, Output, Income,
Expenditures, and Wealth. Employment, Unemployment, and Earnings, Prices,
Money, Credit, and Interest Rates, Transportation, and International
Statistics.
White
House Social Statistics Briefing Room
"The purpose of this service is to provide easy access to current
Federal social statistics. It provides links to information produced
by a number of Federal agencies. All of the information included in the
Social Statistics Briefing Room is maintained and updated by ... those agencies."
Includes: Crime Statistics, Demographic Statistics, Education
Statistics, Health Statistics.
World
Bank
The World Bank (along with the International Monetary Fund) has had
an incredible impact in shaping the "new global economy." Its
policies have affected billions of people (and often quite negatively).
But, needless to say, this web site contains a wealth of information (no
pun intended), about the global economy in a searchable web site.
Yahoo!
Business
Yahoo!'s listing of business information on the 'net.
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Market Info
PCQuote
Real time stock price quotes.
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UE Archive Locations
Labor
Archives & Research Center, SFSU: Listing of Collections
United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, Locals 1412,
1007, and 1008 (Records 1944-1981. 20 cubic feet Office files, minutes,
correspondence, financial records, grievances, shop and strike papers,
membership records, publications, and photographs.)
Main
UE Archives Collection
The main UE archives contained at the University of Pittsburgh.
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