Companies

• Corporate Information provides links offering information about companies (public and private), organised by country, as well as links to market research reports, accounting policies, laws, court decisions, etc.
• Australian Company Web Sites is maintained by Jane O'Donnell for the Swinburne University of Technology Library.
• CAROL - Company Annual Reports On-line (U.K. &Europe).
• Annual Reports from WILink is a free service from which can be ordered annual reports of over 3,500 U.S., Canadian and U.K. companies.
• Annual Reports.com
• Hoover's Online provides company and industry data, as well as business news, careers and investment advice. It's a subscription service, but there is some free material.
• EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval) from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
• Forbes International 500 is a searchable index providing information on a company's assets, income and how it compares to companies in the same industry. This site also provides links to company home pages.
• Fortune Daily Business Report is an excellent source of current information on companies and industries. It includes the Fortune International 1000 and Global 500 company lists. Information on companies includes assets, equity, employees, as well as information on consolidated subsidiaries of the companies.
• Australian Institute of Company Directors
• ASIC National Names Index provides basic company details (such as ACN etc) and lists all documents held by ASIC on Australian companies as a free service. More information on companies and individuals, and the full-text of documents is available through a fee-based service. The data is provided by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
• Australian Stock Exchange ASX listed companies provides search tools to find companies, and gives contact information, an outline of principle activities, and links to more detailed information.
• World Federation of Exchanges provides industry statistics and business news from The World Federation of Exchanges.