Bonnie:
Here is a list of business sites, including D&B and Hoover's.
Frequently, newspapers, the business press, or trade magazines turn up
much useful information about a copyany. I have not found it necessary
to use a fee-based service in a couple of years.
Ellen
NY Times http:// www.nytimes.com
Electronic clipping service http://www.newspage.com
Wall Street Journal interactive edition http://www.wsj.com
Washington Post http://www.washtingonpost.com
Philadelphia Inquirer & Daily News http://www.phillynews.co
Time Warner publications (Money, Fortune); & http://pathfinder.com
Hoover's Corporate directory (I've lost the reference, but it may be at
the pathfinder site; this is a good one
Have you Searched Yahoo for the name?
Internet Prospector http://plains.uwyo.edu/~prospect/secstate.html
Public information records (KnowX) http://www.knowx.com
Hoover's Reference Publishing http://www.hoovers.com
Directory of Associations http://www.marketingsource.com/associations/
Associations http://www.asaenet.org/
Public company information http://www.wsrn.com
Public information http://www.knowx.com
Corporate Financials Online http://www.cfonews.com
National Corporate Services http://www.natcorp.com/ir/finance.html
Research Magazine http://www.researchmag.com/company/companys.htm
Dun & Bradstreet http://www.dbisna.com/dbis/product/secure.htm
CorpTech http://www.corptech.com
Wall St. Research Net http://www.wsrn.com
Periodicals http://www.a2z.lycos.com
Pointcast http://www.pointcast.com
Communications Week http://www.interactiveage.com
CNN http://www.cnn.com
Microsoft-NBC News http://www.msnbc.com
News http://www.news.com
San Jose Mercury News http://www.sjmercury.com
Bloomberg Business Services http://www.bloomberg.com
Watson Wyatt Compensation Surveys http://www.watsonwyatt.com
AT&T Business Network http://www.bnet.att.com
Barron's Online http://www.barrons.com
Wired Magazine http://www.hotwired.com
Corporate names on the Internet http://.internic.net/rs-internic.html
Web site for Corporate names http://www.netpart.com
Business Research http://www.pitt.edu/~malhotra/interest.html
Ovid Web Online http://gateway.ovid.com
>
> Does anyone know of a good source for finding out if a business is
> reputable? I believe that the business I'm looking for is based out
> of California, but has offices all over the US.
>
> I've tried the CA Better Business Bureau but came up empty. Does
> anyone know if the Better Business Bureau has a searchable web
> site? Any other sources?
>
> Thanks in advance for any assistance,
> Bonnie
> Bonnie Shucha, Law Librarian
> Weiss, Berzowski, Brady, & Donahue
> 700 N Water St Suite 1500
> Milwaukee, WI 53202
> bjs@wbbd.com
> phone (414) 276-5800 x341
> fax (414) 276-0458
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