If you ...
If you know a company name, use ...
- Securities and Exchange
Commission Edgar Database (web link) ... to find 10-K, 10-Q and other
reports made by publicly traded companies. Can search by ticker symbol or
name of company.
- Wall Street
Research Net (web link) ... to find SEC filings, ticker symbols,
graphs and charts on the company's earnings.
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Fortune 500 (web link) ... to find information on a company's stock
prices, revenues, assets, and profits, location & contact information,
and, of course, their Fortune 500 ranking.
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Hoovers Online (web link) ... to find company capsules, quarterly
earnings and corporate websites.
- Thomas Register
of American Manufacturers (web link) ... to find addresses, products,
and services for over 155,000 US and Canadian companies. You can also
search by brand or type of product/service. Login with the userid
xxx and the password xxx.
- North Carolina Manufacturers Register (book) ... to find address,
phone numbers, type of business, officers, and employment & sales
information for over 10,000 companies.
- N.C. Secretary
of State (web link) ... to find out if the company is registered as a
corporation in North Carolina. Will give you the address and registered
agent's name.
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Other Secretary of State offices (web link) ... to get incorporation
records from other states.
- N&O Archive (web link) ... to find any
stories that may have been written about a business.
- OSHA inspections database
(web link) ... to find inspection reports on a company.
- Phone Disc (cheatsheet) ... to find
phone numbers, address, neighbors, type of business. (Mid-Atlantic phone
disc includes NC, SC, GA, VA, WV, DC, MD, DE and PA. Discs for other
states are available in News Research.)
- Wake County Property Records
(cheatsheet) ... to find address, ownership, previous owners, square
footage of building, selling price, perimeter sketch of property.
- Durham County Property Tax Records
(cheatsheet) ... to find address, ownership, assessed value of property
and other information. Can also find Durham property owners' employers.
- Greater Raleigh Cross Reference Directory (book) ... to find names,
addresses, phone numbers and neighbors of businesses(various years
available).
- Greater Durham Cross Reference Directory (book) ... to find names,
addresses, phone numbers and neighbors of businesses for Durham, RTP,
Creedmoor, Hillsborough, Chapel Hill, Pittsboro and Oxford (various years
available).
- Raleigh City Directory (book) ... to find names, addresses and phone
numbers of a business.
- Durham City Directory (book) ... to find names, addresses and phone
numbers of a business in Durham and RTP.
- Switchboard (web link) ... to
find addresses and phone numbers for people and businesses. (Caution: Some
of these may be outdated.)
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FAA N-Number database (web link) ... to find if the company owns an
airplane. (Always double-check FAA information with the FAA.)
If you know a company address, use ...
- Phone Disc (cheatsheet) ...
to find name of business, phone numbers, neighbors, type of business.
(Mid-Atlantic phone disc includes NC, SC, GA, VA, WV, DC, MD, DE and PA.
Discs for other states are available in News Research.)
- Wake County Property Records
(cheatsheet) ... to find address, ownership, previous owners, square
footage, selling price, perimeter sketch of property.
- Wake County Tax Records
(cheatsheet) ... to find billing and collection information on property.
- Durham County Property Tax Records
(cheatsheet) ... to find name of business, ownership, assessed value of
property and other information. Can also find Durham property owners'
employers.
- Switchboard (web link) ... to
find addresses and phone numbers for people and businesses. (Caution: Some
of these may be outdated.)
- WhoWhere (web link) ... to find
e-mail addresses, company addresses and phone numbers.
If you know a ticker symbol, use ...
- Securities and
Exchange Commission Edgar Database (web link) ... to find ticker
symbols and 10-K, 10-Q and other files, registered with the SEC. Can
search by name of company or ticker symbol.
- Hoovers Online (web link) ... to
find company profiles, quarterly earnings and corporate websites. Can
search by ticker symbol or company name.
- Wall Street Research Net (web
link) ... to find SEC filings, graphs and charts on the company's
earnings.
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researchers.
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