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Locating Companies for Due Diligence and Background Information
Jeffrey Franklin and David Rakowski
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Company Websites
• “About Us”• Annual reports, prospectus, press releases• Search by file type
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Directories for Private, Public, and Foreign Companies
• Hoovers-http://www.hoovers.com/company information/company search.html‐ ‐
• Rutgers Company Research Portal-http://libguides.rutgers.edu/companies
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Stock Quotes-Current and Historical
• Google Finance-http://www.google.com/finance
• Reuters-http://www.reuters.com/• Europages-http://www.europages.co.uk/• Uniworld-http://
www.uniworldbp.com/search.php
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SEC Filings
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State Corporate Records/Registered Agents and Fictitious Business Names
• Secretary of State Corporation and Business Entity Search-http://www.secstates.com/
• UCC Filings (Pennsylvania)-https://www.corporations.state.pa.us/ucc/soskb/SearchNonStd.asp
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News and Information About Companies, Products and Executives
• Consumer Product Safety Commission-www.cpsc.gov
• Recalls.gov• Review sites: Epinions, Amazon, Yelp– Liability for negative reviews?-
”Virginia Contractor Sues Woman for $750,000 for Negative Yelp Review”
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Information from Government Agencies Regulating Companies
Example: Banks• Office of the Comptroller of the Currency-
http://www.occ.treas.gov/• Federal Reserve Board-www.fdic.gov• National Information Center-
http://www.ffiec.gov/nicpubweb/nicweb/NicHome.aspx
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Information from Government Agencies Regulating Companies
Regulates energy, telecommunications, municipal water/wastewater, and transportation companies in Pennsylvania-http://www.puc.state.pa.us/
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Thank you---Jeff and Dave