THE CORPORATE SECTOR on the Net is a wellspring of information for prospect researchers and an exciting source for WWW presentation technologies. You'll want to visit the sites below regularly, for available information is constantly changing. See also the Prospector's review of selected Corporate Giving Web sites.

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EDGAR & Family: SEC Data on the Web: Get the inside scoop on EDGAR, one of the planet's great databases on company information, and its close cousins.
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• COMPANIES ON THE WEB
• Companies Online
  Dun & Bradstreet -- 100,000 public and private firms
  http://www.Companies
  Online.com
• CorpTech
  Search database of 45,000 
  high-tech companies, 
  including index 
  of 160,000 executive names.
  http://www.corptech.com
• Web100
  100 largest U.S. companies 
  on the Web and 100 largest international companies
  http://www.w100.com
• Builder Online
  Searchable directory to 3,000 manufacturers' profiles. Includes 
  Web sites and product 
  information.
  http://builder.hw.net/guide/
• Hoover's Online
  10,000+ corporate profiles -- links 
  to related S.E.C. documents
  http://www.hoovers.com
  (See also Hoover's compilation of 
  List of Lists for the biggest and richest 
  companies, salaries, etc.)
• Inc. 500
  Search annual listing since 1982 of fastest growing U.S. private companies.
  http://www.inc.com/500
• HospitalWeb
  USA & global hospital Web sites
  http://neuro-www.mgh.harvard.edu/
  hospitalweb.shtml
• America's Best Hospitals
  US News ranks 1,800 hospitals, includes Web links, when available
  http://www.usnews.com/usnews/nycu/
  health/hosptl/tophosp.hm
• Research Magazine: Featured Companies
  Browse companies by name, 
  industry group and by stock exchange. Set up your own watch list.
  http://www.researchmagazine.com/
• Texas-One
  Texas business directories from the Texas Department of Commerce
  http://www.texas-one.org/market/
• Thomas Register of American Companies
  Contact information for 150,000 U.S. and Canada manufacturers. Free registration required.
  http://www.thomasregister.com
• Wall Street Research Net (WSRN)
  Search database of 17,000 U.S. and Canadian companies with more than 500,000 links to additional information.
  http://www.wsrn.com/home/company

CORPORATE SECTORS
Internet research by industry
  Auto
  Fast Food
  Gas and Oil

CORPORATE NEWS ONLINE
• BusinessWire
Searchable company press releases. Includes selected  corporate profiles 
and related URLs
http://www.businesswire.com
• PR NewsWire
Searchable company press 
releases.
http://www.prnewswire.com
• Canada NewsWire
Searchable company press  releases
http://www.newswire.ca
• Forbes Toolbox
http://www.forbes.com/tool/html/
toolbox.htm
YELLOW PAGES and 1-800
• AnyWho (AT&T)
http://www.anywho.com/bgq.html
• AnyWho 1-800 Directory (AT&T)
http://www.tollfree.att.net/tf.html
• BigBook
Includes U.S./Interactive map
http://www.bigbook.com
• NYNEX's
Big Yellow (U.S.)
http://www.niyp.com
• GTE Superpages
U.S./Interactive map -- includes  directory  to 60,000 business Web sites
http://superpages.gte.net
• Women in Business
http://www.wowfactor.com/WYP/
• WorldPages
Yellow Pages from 57 countries
http://www.worldpages.com
• 555-1212.com
One-stop query for multiple yellow pages.  Reverse lookup by phone number
http://555-1212.Com/yell_us.htm

• Guide to Understanding Financials
Learn how to make sense of annual  reports' statement of earnings, cash flow,  ratios and more. Includes a glossary.  Don't miss this one.
http://www.ibm.com/AnnualReport/
1996/html3/ UnderstandingFinancials/
• Understanding Financial Ratios

Short, simple definitions of different  types of ratios
http://www.americanexpress.com/
smallbusiness/resources/managing/
ratios.shtml
• QUICKEN.COM - 
THE INVESTMENT FAQ
Answers to understanding annual reports,  ticker tape terminology, researching  companies and more
http://www.quicken.com/investments/
articles/893279716_12784
• American Stock Exchange
http://www.amex.com/
• BigCharts
Historical U.S. stock quotes to 1988
http://www.bigcharts.com
• CANADA StockWatch
Free quotes and charts; also fee-based  services including historical quotes:
http://www.canada-stockwatch.com
• CARLSON Online Services
For Canadian stock quotes, news and  briefs; also search by industry and exchange:
http://www.fin-info.com
• CNNfn's Stock Exchanges 
on the Web
http://cnnfn.com/resources/
webconnection/exchanges/
• Stockmaster Stock Charts
Quotes and charts on almost all U.S. equities  and mutual funds
http://www.stockmaster.com/sm/
stocks/html
• EDGAR - S.E.C. documents
http://www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm
• EDGAR Online
EDGAR enhancements: including search by insider's last name, download Financial  Data Schedule (FDS) in spreadsheet form.
http://www.edgar-online.com
• FreeEDGAR
Another good alternative to the S.E.C. EDGAR interface. Includes financial summaries, look-ups by SIC codes, and more.Set up free watchlist.
http://www.freeedgar.com/
• Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)
• IPO Central
http://www.ipocentral.com/
• IPO Tour Bus
http://www.ipodata.com/
• Wall-Street.com 
http://www.natcorp.com/
• Lombard Institutional 
Brokerage
Real-time trading and research information. Free registration required.
http://www.lombard.com/

• Locating U.S. Corporation 
Records Online
http://www.internet-prospector.org/
secstate.html
• Find contact information for 
U.S. secretaries of state, 
including URL's and email addresses.
• Search official incorporation, 
trademark, UCC and foundation databases, when available.
• Corporate Information
Meta-index to Web sites for corporate  reference, U.S. and international
http://www.corporate
information.com/
• Bankruptcy Online
News and status of major bankruptcy cases.
http://www.fedfil.com/
bankruptcy/
• Public Register's Annual 
Report Service - PRARS
Receive free annual reports from more
than 3,200 companies.
http://www.prars.com/
• U.S. Patent Database
http://patents.uspto.gov/
• Starting Point
Mega-reference for business info.
http://stpt.com/
• STAT-USA
U.S. Department of Commerce 
trade and economic news
http://www.stat-usa.gov