Business Links
Online Databases - High Quality!
Any of our sponsored online databases below in the highlighted cream section can be used for school projects as each article you find was originally a PRINT RESOURCE, i.e. magazines, newspapers, journals, reference books, etc. The original print citation is given for each article.
General Business File ASAP 1980 - Jun 2009 Analyze company performance and activity, industry events and trends as well as the latest in management, economics and politics. Access to a combination of broker research reports, trade publications, newspapers, journals and company directory listings with full text and images available. General Reference Center Gold |
Starting A Business
A guide to Federal Incorporation
The purpose of the "Guide to Federal Incorporation to help small business incorporate federally" is to give the reader a general overview of federal corporate law under the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA). It provides the basic knowledge and tools that business owners and operators need to incorporate and operate a corporation under the federal corporate law. This guide is also available in PDF format.
Since 1975, the Market Research Handbook has been an authoritative source of socio-economic information, reflecting key characteristics of local and national markets in Canada. By providing accurate and timely statistics on the changing demographics, standards of living and economic characteristics of Canadian society, the Handbook allows businesses to locate target markets, track their market share and assess their competitive position.
Business Gateway
A very comprehensive site for business owners. Excellent resources for people starting a business. Business owners can register and renew numbers online by clicking on "E-forms and E-services" on the left side of the screen.
Canada-Ontario Business Service Centre
Another business resource. Of interest on this site is the "Current Issues" section. Also lists government loans, grants and financing.
Business Tools
Calculators On-line Center
From the Martindale's Reference Desk look under Finance and Stocks, Bonds, Options, and Commodities - a very extensive list
North American Industry Classification System
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is an industry classification system developed by the statistical agencies of Canada, Mexico and the United States. Created against the background of the North American Free Trade Agreement, it is designed to provide common definitions of the industrial structure of the three countries and a common statistical framework to facilitate the analysis of the three economies.
Onelook Dictionaries
This site indexes 109 online dictionaries in the following broad subject areas: computer/internet, science, medicine, technology, business, sport, religion and general. You can search all dictionaries simultaneously.
YourDictionary.com
This site features an index of 1,200+ dictionaries in more than 200 languages as well as 60 specialized dictionaries covering everything from advertising to travel, and grammars for several languages.
Information about Companies
Excellent resource for manufacturers of industrial products and services. The site includes patent pending, rollover preview ads (which aren't used obnoxiously), info pages and a feature called "request for quote," which is used to communicate with manufacturers and distributors directly through email
Corporate Information
One of the best "mega" sites for foreign publicly traded companies. Company description, competitor analysis, sales analysis and profitability analysis. Free registration is required for some of the reports.
SEDAR (System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval)
This site contains the disclosure documents of public companies and mutual funds in Canada. It also provides links to regulatory sites and stock exchanges as well as press releases.
FreeEDGAR
EDGAR Online, Inc. provides powerful subscription services for business executives including their professional desktop solution.
Hoover's online
Contains information on over 50,000 of the largest or rapidly-growing public and private U.S. companies. Basic information including company address, executives, number of employees, financial summaries, stock prices, news items and Web links to the company is free but more in depth information is available for a fee. This is also an excellent site for industry information.
Fortune Magazine's Top 500 and Global 500
Provides basic information on the top 500 American companies as well as the top 500 companies in the world.
Dun & Bradstreet
Maintains a huge "business database containing information about more than 64 million businesses worldwide including 13 million in the U.S. Basic information is free but in-depth reports and industry reports are available for a fee.
IRIN (Annual Report Resource Centre)
Search a database of over 2000 companies for free online annual reports, quarterlies, fact books and press releases. You can search by ticker symbol or company name.
Private Company Directories
Blue Book of Canadian Business
Information on selected Canadian companies.
Strategis
Strategis makes use of new technologies to offer interactive applications such as customizable benchmarking tools, cost calculators, and online business planning. Many of Industry Canada's services (such as filing an application for patent) can now be completed online through Strategis.
Strategis: Business Information by Sector
The International Trade Data System (ITDS) is a U.S. "federal government information technology initiative whose goal is to implement an integrated government-wide system for the electronic collection, use, and dissemination of international trade data". It is an excellent site for information on U.S. industries.
Canadian Company Capabilities
This government business web-site from Industry Canada contains extensive information on industries, government programs, and services for Canadian business. It is also an excellent site to do research by industry.
Business.com
Search 64,000 company profiles for public and private international companies, biographies of executives, industry profiles and news. The directory is organized by business category but the site also has a search engine.
Forbes 500 Largest Private Companies
This list gives the top 500 U.S. private companies and their rankings.
Public Record Databases
This is a very good site for finding information about small American companies (existing and defunct). There is not a good subject list so you have to browse by area. Despite this weakness it is one of the most comprehensive free sources.
Industry Reports
EUROPAGES: The European Business Directory
This site contains "500,000 company addresses from over 30 European countries, hundreds of company brochures, access to key business information and links to yellow pages throughout Europe". You can search by company name, product or service.
Thomas Register
A list of 155,000 U.S. and Canadian manufacturers. Searchable by company name or product. Gives address, phone number and description of products. Free membership is required.
Industry Profiles
An index of information about different industries.
Strategis: Business Information by Sector
The International Trade Data System (ITDS) is a U.S. "federal government information technology initiative whose goal is to implement an integrated government system for the electronic collection, use, and dissemination of international trade data". It is an excellent site for information on U.S. industries.
Google Web Directory
A very detailed index of other web pages about industries and related topics.
Directory of Manufacturing Associations
An alphabetical and/or search based index of homepages for different Associations.
Researching Company & Industry News from Independent Sources
Wire services/News sites
CNN Financial Direct
You can search by company or ticker symbol for stories which have made the wire services.
Canada Newswire's Portfolio E-Mail Service
A free e-mail alert service from Canada Newswire. The service lets you select the companies you are most interested in tracking and delivers their news releases. Registration is required.
Yahoo Financial News
You can search for news on a specific company/topic from the search box.
JournalismNet
A good starting point to find sites with business news.
Google Groups
Messages by topic from random people can be read and posted here.
Advice for Investors
Through its web site, adviceforinvestors.com, MPL is the largest online provider of investment advisory services in Canada. In addition to delivering each of its publications to subscribers electronically, adviceforinvestors.com offers in-depth information and advice on Canadian companies (and key U.S. stocks) as well as the most complete online Portfolio Manager in Canada.
Google Web Directory
A very detailed index of other web pages about industries and related topics.
Industry News
Canadian Market News & Quotes
Provides press releases for select Canadian industry groups. Use the "Search by Industry" search box. You can also search by company name and by stock exchange.
Information for the Investor
Investopia
Tutorials for investors.
How stuff works-stocks
An article about how stocks and the stock market work.
Investor Learning Centre of Canada
The Investor Learning Center is Canada's first independent not-for-profit organization solely dedicated to providing non-promotional investment information to the general public. It was founded by the Canadian Securities Institute, as the official educator of the securities industry for more than 25 years. This website has links to different markets in affecting Canadians.
E*TRADE Canada
A site where Canadian investors can invest online. It also provides free market information, research information, news and analysis.
Yahoo Finance
Good starting point for quotes, news, etc. Also provides historical quotes.
BondsOnline
A good site to find out if a company has bonds, their ratings and yield.
Globe and Mail
A site for Canadian investors.
The Canadian Economy Online from the Government of Canada
Details on the current state of the Canadian Economy.
Stockhouse.ca
Visit their sector features, find out about licensing and advertising opportunities, and learn about the benefits of StockHouse membership.
Portals & Other Starting Points
Directories/Virtual Libraries
About.com
Over 600 guides on a great variety of topics, compiled by "experts" in the Net community. You can also subscribe to a newsletter on each topic so that you are notified when new resources are added.
Internet Public Library Reference
Look under Business & Economics.
Free Pint
The Web site houses a range of free resources, including the full newsletter archive and the Bar. The Bar is where you can post your tricky research questions and get help from other FreePinters.
Virtual Reference Library
Toronto Public Library's virtual reference and information service.
Business Portals
Academic Info - Business Resources
A vast authoritative collection of online business resources.
Virtual International Business and Economic Sources
Provides over 1,600 links to Internet sources of international business and economic information that are in English and available free of charge. It is also a great jumping off point to other portals.
Marketing & International Business Links
A broad list of web pages about specific topics.
Gary Price's List of Lists
This clearinghouse of the web's numerous lists of information is compiled by librarian Gary Price. Many of the lists contain business information such as top ten companies etc.
CEO Express
An excellent portal for executives. See Business Research section.
Tutorials
Company Information Guide: Company Research on the Web
A step by step guide for finding company information on the internet.
Local Resources
Leeds & Grenville Small Business Enterprise Centre
The Leeds and Grenville Small Business Enterprise Centre offers information and advice to anyone starting or managing a business.
Brockville Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber is not a department of the municipal government. The association is a member and volunteer driven with a Board of Directors comprised of 14 elected members.
Brockville-Economic Development
You are encouraged to review the information made available online. If you have any questions on the City of Brockville and it's growth, please do not hesitate to contact the Economic Development office.
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