Business

Interested in finding a business' phone number or address? Then try our Directories subject guide.

For more web sites please refer to The Skeptical Business Searcher : the information advisor's guide to evaluating Web data, sites, and sources. By, Robert Berkman, 2004. Reference HK.1B455s 2004.

Databases

General

Thomas Register
http://www.thomasnet.com/index.html
Comprehensive online resource for finding companies and products manufactured in North America. Free registration.

Annual Reports
http://www.annualreports.com/
Search for Annual Reports and 10K reports of companies traded on the U.S. Stock Exchange.

Big Charts
http://www.bigcharts.com
Current and historical stock quotations.

Better Business Bureau
http://www.bbb.com
Search for information on over 2.5 million businesses.

Consumer Product Safety Commission Product Recalls
http://www.cpsc.gov/
Search for company and product recalls from 1977 to the present.

Doing Business
http://www.doingbusiness.org/
The World Bank publishes this website for "comparing business regulations". 175 economies' data and reports relevant to doing business are included.

EDGAR
http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml
Search for Securities and Exchange Commission fillings that are available to the public.

Recalls.gov
http://www.recalls.gov/
Search for product recalls.

globalEDGE
http://globaledge.msu.edu
The Center for International Business Education and Research at Michigan State University, provides access to information about business internationally.

International Trade Administration
http://www.ita.doc.gov

Local

SCORE
http://www.scorewesternmass.org/
The Western Massachusetts branch of the national nonprofit organization which offers free counseling and information to entrepreneurs and small business owners, this is a great resource for starting or jump-starting a business.

Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce
http://www.explorenorthampton.com/
The Chamber of Commerce has created this great Northampton site, including a business directory, an events calendar, economic development news, and help for individual businesses or entrepreneurs.