Company Research

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Company Research

• Greg Fleming
• 21 February 2002

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Basic Steps

• Public or Private
• What the Company Says
• What Others Say

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Public or Private

• Does the Company Sell Stock?
• Resources
• Hoovers Online
• Million Dollar Database
• OneSource Business Browser

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What the Company Says

• SEC Filings
• Press and News Releases
• Private Companies Are Not Required to Release
  Information
• Resources
• Lexis-Nexis
• CompactD
• FIS Online
• Dow Jones Interactive

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What Others Say

• News articles
• Trade Publications
• Analyst Reports
• Resources
• ABI/Inform
• Dow Jones Interactive
• Investext
• Lexis-Nexis
• Standard Poors

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MarVEL

• Marshalls Virtual Electronic Library
• Gateway to Electronic Resources
• Includes Directions for Connecting From Home
• http//www.marshall.usc.edu/library/

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More Help

• Crocker Library
• M-F 1-5
• Email
• Click on the Contact the Libraries Link on MarVEL
• library_at_marshall.usc.edu