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BBC Monitoring Country Profiles
www.monitor.bbc.co.uk
The Country Profiles section of this site is free, although more in
depth information is part of the subscription service. As well as summaries
and overviews of countries around the world, there are links to media
sources for each country and other relevant sites.
Business Monitor International
(BMI) - Global and Emerging Markets Country, Industry, and Company
Analysis www.businessmonitor.com
Priced service offering comment and interpretation of financial,
economic and political developments across emerging markets world-side.
There are free daily email briefs and alerts. Priced service.
CIA
World Fact Book www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
Good, general background information on countries across the world. Also
available on this site is the Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign
Governments at
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/chiefs/index.html
Country search engines and
Regional Search Engines www.philb.com/countryse.htm
Phil Bradley's list of 2,609 search engines in 216 countries, territories
and regions. Excellent starting point for country specific search tools
and directories. See also European
Search Engines (www.netmasters.co.uk/european_search_engines/)
and Search Engine Colossus
(www.searchenginecolossus.com)
Deloitte & Touche Country Guide
www.deloitte.com
Country snapshots providing brief overviews of the tax systems and doing
business in over 80 countries.
Ebusiness Forum www.ebusinessforum.com
Produced by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), this site looks at
the commercial, regulatory and legal issues affecting ebusiness in approximately
60 countries. There are macroeconomic snapshots, relevant Internet statistics,
news and popular sites for each country. Free of charge but there are
links to EIU priced services.
Eco5 www.eco5.com
Compiled by students at the European Business School, International University
Schloss Reichartshausen (ebs) assisted by the Fraunhofer Institute. This
service is aimed at researchers in the areas of finance and economics
world-wide and has been developed in co-operation with researchers from
leading banks, consulting companies and universities. There are over 5,000
resources, some of them priced, and organised into eight categories including:
- links to national institutions such as central banks, stock exchanges
and government bodies in 85 countries.
- access to the annual reports of companies in the major stock indices
- major research databases
- links to national and international institutions
- links to the the world's leading English language news sources
The site is quick and easy to navigate and the National Institutions
section is a particularly good starting point for business, financial
and economic information.
Economist.com Country Briefings
www.economist.com/countries/
News, statistics, country profiles and forecasts. Some of the links
are to priced information.
EIU Country Data www.eiu.com
Country reports, Country Risk Service and Country Forecasts for 200
countries. Priced service.
FDI Xchange www.fdixchange.com
Set up by the World Bank's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA),
FDIXchange provides business intelligence on investment opportunities
and market developments in emerging economies in a single, free package.
FDI Xchange can be customized to your needs - by region, sector or topic
- and customised email alerts can be set up. MIGA sources content for
FDI Xchange through a network of content providers that includes business
and government information providers who specialize in emerging markets,
as well as investment promotion and privatization agencies.
GeographyIQ World Atlas
www.geographyiq.com
Most of the information on this site has been taken from the CIA World
Fact Book and repackaged. All the Factbook data is here - demographics,
government, land use, infrastructure, economy - but in addition there
are useful rankings for each of the statistics. You can view an individual
country's ranking for all the items or pick an item, for example birth
rate, GDP, electricity production and view the top 25 countries, bottom
25 or the full list.
International Trade Administration
www.ita.doc.gov
Designed with US exporters and investors in mind but much of the information
is relevant wherever you are based. The Market
Access and Compliance service (http://www.mac.doc.gov/) in particular
has country specific guides and reports.
The Investment Promotion Network
www.ipanet.net
Set up by the World Bank's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA),
the IPAnet Foreign Direct Investment portal provides an extensive searchable
database of over 12,000 investment related documents and resources. Information
is drawn from over 1,500 organizations and covers the investment environment
and business opportunities in emerging markets worldwide.
ISI Emerging Markets www.securities.com
A site providing business, market, news and financial information on Poland,
Russia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, the Baltic States, Ukraine, Bulgaria,
Romania, Turkey, India, and China. The service now includes Latin America
(Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela). Priced
service
PrivatizationLink - Privatization
in Emerging Markets www.privatizationlink.com
Provides at-a-glance summaries of country privatization programs, tender
announcements and profiles of state-owned enterprises currently on offer,
overviews of national privatization programs, historical transaction data
and analysis. Search or borwse by country, region, and sector.
Viewswire www.viewswire.com
Daily country analysis from the Economist Intelligence Unit covering
201 countries. Some free current news is available but most is via subscription.
Priced service.
The World Bank
www.worldbank.org
Often forgotten as a source of information, particularly
on emerging markets, this source is worth checking to see if there are
any reports on the country or topic that you are researching. There is
now a search engine that enables you to quickly identify and locate relevant
documents. Alternatively go direct to the World
Bank Group Countries and Regions at www.worldbank.org/countries
World Audit www.worldaudit.org
Country statistics and reports from a variety of organisations covering
civil liberties, press freedom, human rights. There are links to sites
such as the CIA World Factbook, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,
official government Web sites, UNICEF and Amnesty. Set up and maintained
by World Audit - a non-governmental, not-for-profit organisation based
in the UK.
The World Gazetteer www.gazetteer.de
Current population figures for cities, towns and places of all countries.
As the subtitle suggests, this site provides information about the current
population of countries, their administrative areas, cities and towns
as well as images of the current national flags. Browse by continent or
the alphabetical list of countries, or view a list of the largest cities.
For each country, there is list of the cities and major towns and their
populations. Further information on how the figures have been calculated
are included in the Information section and there are links to related
sources on the Web.
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European
Search Engines www.netmasters.co.uk/european_search_engines/
A good starting point for locating lists of country specific search tools
and directories.
Baltic Sea States - Web directory
for the Baltic Sea region and Eastern Europe bibl.sh.se/baltic/
This is a directory of over 2000 links to sites about the Baltic Sea region.
Countries include Belarus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland. Germany, Latvia,
Lithuania. Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden and Ukraine. Resources are organised
into categories such as News and Media, Environment and Business, and
Economy. Information on each site is minimal but includes the name of
the site, a one line description, the language or languages of the site
and the alphabet used (for example Cyrillic, Latin). A very useful starting
point for the region.
BISNIS (Business Information Service
for the Newly Independent States) www.bisnis.doc.gov
Billed as the US Government's one stop shop for Russia and the new independent
states, this site takes you to some excellent background material on doing
business in these countries and it is regularly updated.
Central and Eastern Europe Business
Information Center www.mac.doc.gov/ceebic/
Set up and maintained by the US Department of Commerce under Market Access
and Compliance (MAC), this site has some excellent sources of information
on the economic and political climate in Central and Eastern Europe, how
to do business, taxes and taxation and market research reports.
EBRD Directory www.dataresources.co.uk
Now in its &th edition, the EBRD Directory covers business
information sources on central and eastern Europe and the CIS. In the
course of its work the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development
(EBRD) identifies, evaluates and acquires a large volume of business information
relevant to the region. Many of these sources are included in this directory.
As well as hard copy, the directory is now published in full on the Internet
and is continuously updated. Both free and priced services are included.
The directory costs £165. Directory purchasers have Internet access
for 12 months.
Slavophilia - Slavic and East European
Resources www.slavophilia.com
Listings of sites grouped by subject and by country. Under each country,
the services are organised into General Sites, Finance and Investment,
Magazines and Newspapers, Organisations and Chambers of Commerce.
Transitions Online: The Ultimate Source
on Central and Eastern Europe and NIS www.tol.cz
News covering events in Central and Eastern Europe and NIS. There are
several free email newsletters and and RSS feed.
UK
London Stock Exchange
www.londonstockexchange.com
Provides access to the Regulatory News Service (RNS) and share price
information.
Companies House
www.companies-house.gov.uk
The official UK body to which UK companies have to send their accounts.
You can order company documents online. This site also gives free access
to Companies Name and Address Index. Only available Monday to Saturday,
7 am to midnight UK Time.
UK Trade & Investment
www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk
Government organisation that supports both UK companies trading internationally
and overseas enterprises seeking to locate in the UK.
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Channel Islands Stock Exchange
www.cisx.com
Wiener Borse www.wienerborse.at
Available in German and English.
BXS - Brussels Exchanges
www.euronext.com or
www.stockexchange.be/enindex.htm
Available in English, Dutch and French.
Bulgaria
Bulgarian Stock Exchange
www.bse-sofia.bg
Available in English and Bulgarian.
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Zagreb Stock Exchange www.zse.hr
Available in English and Croatian.
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Cyprus Stock Exchange www.cse.com.cy
Share price information is in English. News is in Greek.
Prague Tribune Links
www.prague-tribune.cz/links.htm
Prague Stock Exchange
www.pse.cz
Available in English and Czech.
Copenhagen Stock Exchange www.xcse.dk
Available in Danish and English.
Estonia on the Internet - Encyclopaedia
Estonica www.estonica.org
Compiled and maitained by the Estonian Institute. Includes sections on
history, culture and the economy.
Estonia Wide Web www.ee/www/
Tallinn Stock Exchange
www.ee.omxgroup.com
Available in Estonian and English.
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Finnish Finance Network www.lut.fi/ffn
Information and links to sources on markets and investments, news, business
magazines and journals. Some of the pages are in Finnish.
Helsinki Stock Exchange www.hex.fi
Available in Finnish and English.
Paris Bourse www.euronext.com
Available in English and French.
Georgian Stock Exchange www.gse.ge
In English.
Gruppe Deutsche Borse
deutsche-boerse.com
Available in German and English.
Athens Stock Exchange www.ase.gr
Available in Greek and English.
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Hungary Home Page www.fsz.bme.hu/hungary
Links to Hungarian Web sites. Clickable map and text links. There is a
section on Facts about Hungary plus a link to the CIA page. The commercial
section leads to a list of companies with sites sorted by location.
Budapest Stock Exchange www.bse.hu
Available in English and Hungarian.
Iceland Stock Exchange www.icex.is
Available in Icelandic and English.
Irish Trade Web www.itw.ie
Information available includes lists of details of organisations relevant
to Irish business, relevant links, information on doing business in Ireland.
Irish Stock Exchange Online www.ise.ie
Borsa Italiana www.borsaitalia.it
Available in Italian and English.
Cerved www.cerved.com
Providers of value-added business information and distributor of official
data filed with Italy's Chambers of Commerce. This is a primary source
of information about Italian companies. Information provided includes
credit reports, company profiles, summary financial statements (balance
sheet, profit & loss accounts and ratios), copy of the official accounts
as images. More than 4 million Italian companies are covered, of which
600,000 are public and private limited share companies and limited liability
companies (Spa & Srl). Payment can be made by credit card or pre-paid
Reteaffari contract. Priced service. Available in Italian and English.
Equifax Italy www.sek.it
Available in Italian. Priced service.
Welcome to Latvia www.lv
News, general information and directories of Latvian sites.
Riga Stock Exchange www.rfb.lv
Available in English and Latvian
National Stock Exchange of Lithuania
www.nse.lt
Available in English and Lithuanian.
Luxembourg Stock exchange www.bourse.lu
Available in French and English.
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Macedonia Stock Exchange www.mse.org.mk
Available in English and Macedonian.
Malta Stock Exchange
www.borzamalta.com.mt
In English.
Euronext Amsterdam www.euronext.com
Available in English and Dutch..
Oslo Stock Exchange www.ose.no
Available in Norwegian and English.
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Polish Market Review www.polishmarket.com
A bimonthly newsletter aimed at anyone interested in investing, managing
an investment, or marketing a product on the Polish market. Regular columns
include demographics of Polish society, information about Polish households,
data on the volume of different markets and the amount of foreign investment,
analysis of trends and issues that affect the market. The more substantial
market research reports are available on subscription.
Warsaw Stock Exchange www.wse.com.pl
Available in Polish and English.
Euronext Lisbon www.euronext.pt
Available in Portuguese and English.
Romanian Embassy www.roembus.org
Bucharest Stock Exchange www.bvb.ro
Available in English
Rasdaq - Romanian Securities Market
www.rasd.ro
Available in Romanian and English
Russia
Russia on the net www.ru
Links to news and media sources, company web pages and databases on politics,
law and legislation.
Centre for Policy Studies - Russia
www.pircenter.org
PIR Center is a non-profit, non governmental research organisation. It
conducts long and short term research and publishing projects in the areas
of International security, national strategy, arms control, Russia's domestic
policy and relations among the NIS.
RTS Stock Exchange www.rts.ru
Available in Russian and English.
Information about the Slovak Republic
slovakia.eunet.sk
SLOVAKIA.ORG www.slovakia.org
A good starting point for finding information about Slovak politics, society,
history, culture, and economy. The site is primarily in English and a
substantial amount of the content can be found elsewhere, for example
the CIA World Fact Book, U.S. Congress, United Nations, OECD, European
Union, NATO. However, the big advantage of this site, which is very easy
to navigate, is that it is all mirrored here in one place. The information
is divided into five major sections (About the Slovak Republic, History,
Culture, Economy, Culture) with two special sections on Tourism and Links.
The Links page takes you to a list of sites specifically on Slovakia.
These are well organised into Government departments and ministries, related
agencies, embassies, political parties, city links and non Slovak sites
on Slovakia. The Media links include daily and weekly newspapers, reports,
journals and magazines and Slovak radio and television.
Bratislava Stock Exchange www.bsse.sk
Available in Slovak and English.
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia
www.gzs.si
General information on doing business and economic indicators, statistics
on inflation and the labour market. The most useful feature of this site,
though, are the links to various company directories.
Slowwwenia www.matkurja.com
A good starting point for information on Slovenia.
Ljublijana Stock Exchange www.ljse.si
Available in Slovenian and English.
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Madrid Stock Exchange www.bolsamadrid.es
Available in Spanish and English.
Bolsa de Valencia www.bolsavalencia.es
In Spanish.
Bolsa de Valores de Bilbao
www.bolsabilbao.es
Available in Spanish, English and French.
Barcelona Stock Exchange
www.borsabcn.es
In Spanish.
Equifax Spain www.asnefequifax.es
Available in Spanish, English, French and German. Priced service.
Sweden
Virtual Sweden www.virtualsweden.net
Sweden's official Web site for information about Sweden to the outside
world. The service provides access to Swedish government agencies and
NGOs on the Internet. There are also links to organisations that are directly
responsible for providing information about Sweden to the outside world
together with essential publications and fact sheets. The site has been
set up by the Invest in Sweden Agency, the Swedish Government Offices
including the Foreign Ministry, the Swedish Institute, the Swedish Office
of Science and Technology, the Swedish Trade Council, the Swedish Travel
& Tourism Council. For each source that is listed there is a brief, informative
summary of its content. This is an extremely useful, well laid out site
and an excellent starting point for business information of all types
relating to Sweden.
Stockholm Stock Exchange
www.omxgroup.com/stockholmsborsen/
Available in Swedish and English.
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SWX Swiss Exchange www.swx.com
Available in English, German and French.
Swiss Quote www.swissquote.com
Share price information is in English. News is in either German or French.
Turkey
Istanbul Stock Exchange www.ise.org
Available in English and Turkish.
Ukrainian Stock Exchange
www.ukrse.kiev.ua/eng/
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AccessAsia
Crossroads www.accessasia.com/a/xroads/mainmenu.asp
Links to Internet resources on Asia organised by country and by category.
Asian
Studies Virtual Library coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html
An excellent starting point for information on countries throughout Asia.
Links can be browsed by type of resource, region and by country.
Asian Development Bank www.adb.org
AsiaOne www.asia1.com.sg
News on Asia provided by Singapore Press. Also Stock Market reports and
prices.
CEAL (Council on East Asian
Libraries) www.sois.uwm.edu/jeong/ceal/
Resource
directory for East and Southeast Asia newton.uor.edu/Departments&Programs/AsianStudiesDept/index.html
Compiled by Professor Robert Eng of the University of Redlands, this site
does what it says on the tin: provides a directory of resources covering
east and southeast Asia. Countries covered are: China, Japan, Korea, Hong
Kong, Taiwan, Macau, and Mongolia, Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia,
Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
For each country, resources are annotated and listed by type for example
General Information, News, Government Offices, Business and Economy. Business
and Economy includes statistics, trading information and company information.
The resources may be local, from an organisation in another country or
regional and International organisations.
Chittagong Stock Exchange www.csebd.com
Dhaka Stock Exchange www.dsebd.org
China Company Research Services www.ccrs.info
China Company Research Services (CCRS) provides detailed information on
Chinese companies. The data is locally sourced by Chinese researchers
and then edited and assessed by experienced Western company information
analysts. CCRS is able to research and report on any company in China
to the depth required, for example from simple Registration Searches (to
confirm that a company is legally incorporated) to detailed and in-depth
profiles. Information can include corporate details, export licence details,
business operations, history, strategic/political factors, International
connections, financial status, reputation, rating, overall assessment.
There are three standard report formats - Full, Overview, Credit - or
you can pick and mix from 25 separate modules. There are sample reports
on the web site that give you an idea of the formats and structure. Prices
vary, but for pay as you go there is a minimum charge of £30 per company.
Yahoo! Finance - China
cn.finance.yahoo.com
In Chinese.
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Exchanges www.hkex.com.hk
Available in English.
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khoj: The Great Indian Search Engine
www.khoj.com
India Infoline www.indiainfoline.com
Information on Indian stocks, equity, business, finance, money, debt,
law, management, shares, IT, elections.
Stock Exchange, Mumbai www.bseindia.com
National Stock Exchange of India (NSE)
www.nse-india.com
OTC Exchange of India www.otcei.net
Pune Stock Exchange
www.punestockexchange.com
Jakarta Stock Exchange www.jsx.co.id
In English.
Surabaya Stock Exchange www.bes.co.id
In English
Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange www.tase.co.il
Available in Hebrew and English.
Mizuho Securities
www.mizuho-sc.com/english/ebond/index.html
For anyone researching Japanese markets and companies, Japan based Mizuho
Securities has an excellent collection of information and links to English
language resources on Japanese finance, economy, politics and law. This
includes a comprehensive list of links to the English language Web sites
of Japanese financial institutions and listed companies.
Japan Economic Foundation www.jef.or.jp
Japanese trade and industry information.
Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO)
www.jetro.go.jp
Information on Japanese government procurements, import/export, investments,
statistics on trade and economics, balance of payments.
Tokyo Stock Stock Exchange www.tse.or.jp
Available in Japanese and English.
Osaka Securities Exchange www.ose.or.jp
Available in Japanese and English
Nagoya Stock Exchange www.nse.or.jp
Available in Japanese and English.
Corporate
Direct www.c-direct.ne.jp/english/de/de-index.asp
Provides access to annual reports from Japanese companies. Companies can
be browsed alphabetically by name or by industry sector. You can view
the site in either English or Japanese.
Japan Financials www.japanfinancials.com
Access to financials on over 1800 Japanese companies listed on the Tokyo
Stock Exchange.
Amman Stock Exchange www.ase.com.jo
Available in English and Arabic.
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Kazakhstan Stock Exchange www.kase.kz
Available in Russian and English.
Korea Stock Exchange www.kse.or.kr
Available in Korean and English
Kuwait Stock Exchange www.kse.com.kw
Available in English and Arabic.
Kyrgyz Stock Exchange www.kse.kg
Available in English and Russian.
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Beirut Stock Exchange www.bse.com.lb
Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
www.klse.com.my
Mongolian Stock Exchange www.mse.mn
Available in English and Mongolian.
Nepal Stock Exchange www.nepalstock.com
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Karachi Stock Exchange www.kse.com.pk
Lahore Stock Exchange
www.lse.brain.net.pk
Palestine Securities Exchange
www.p-s-e.com
Philippines Stock Exchange
www.pse.org.ph
Singapore Exchange www.sgx.com
Colombo Stock Exchange www.cse.lk
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Stock Exchange of Thailand www.set.or.th
Taiwan Stock Exchange www.tse.com.tw
Available in Chinese and English.
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Australian Stock Exchange www.asx.com.au
Business Access Web
www.businessaccess.vic.gov.au
Business Access provides "business information and referral services
to facilitate the growth of an efficient and viable small business sector
in Victoria, Australia" and is a business unit of the Department
of State and Regional Development. The information it provides is also
of interest to anyone wishing to do business in Australia and there are
a range of links to other sites that provide information on Australian
Companies.
New Zealand Stock Exchange
www.nzse.co.nz
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Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires
www.bcba.sba.com.ar
In Spanish.
Bermuda Stock Exchange www.bsx.com
Bolsa de Valores do Rio de Janeiro
www.bvrj.com.br
In Portuguese.
Bolsa de Valores do São Paulo
www.bovespa.com.br
In Portuguese
Equifax Brasil www.equifax.com.br
Available in Portuguese. Priced service.
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Toronto Stock Exchange www.tse.com
Canadian Venture Exchange www.cdnx.com
Available in English and French.
SEDAR www.sedar.com
System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval. The electronic
filing system for the disclosure documents of public companies and mutual
funds across Canada.
Equifax Canada www.equifax.ca
Available in English and French. Priced service.
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Cayman Islands Stock Exchange
www.csx.com.ky
Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago
www.bolsadesantiago.com
Available in Spanish and English.
Bolsa de Valores de Colombia
www.bolsabogota.com.co
In Spanish.
Bolsa Nacional de Valores SA
www.bnv.co.cr
Available in Spanish and English.
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Bolsa Mexicana de Valores www.bmv.com.mx
Available in Spanish and English.
Bolsa de Valores de Panama SA
www.panabolsa.com
Available in Spanish and English
Bolsa de Valores de Lima www.bvl.com.pe
Available in Spanish and English.
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange
stockex.co.tt
La Bolsa de Valores de Montevideo
www.bvm.com.uy
In Spanish.
American Stock Exchange www.amex.com
New York Stock Exchange www.nyse.com
The NASDAQ stock market www.nasdaq.com
Chicago Stock Exchange www.chx.com
Annual Report Gallery
www.reportgallery.com
Provides an alphabetical index of approximately 2,200 listed US company
home pages and annual reports.
CAROL - Company Annual Reports Online
www.carol.co.uk
Free but registration required.
Knowx www.knowx.com
Provides access to services such as Dun and Bradstreet, and Experian.
It also enables you to search the company databases of most of states
of the US. These include Limited Liability Companies (LLC). Follow the
link "Corporate Records", which is under "Ultimate Business Finder". You
can then search on company name and a state or all states. It lists, free
of charge, the companies it has found and the state in which they are
incorporated. Further information is available for a fee and payment is
by credit card.
Public Register Annual
Report Service www.annualreportservice.com
PRARS provides online access to over 2,300 annual reports of US listed
companies. There is an alphabetical index which provides links to the
company home page, a direct link to the section of the company site that
contains the annual report or SEC filings, and a link to the company's
SEC filings (up to 5 years) on the Edgar Online Site.
SEC EDGAR Database www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm
The official archive of SEC filings. Since May 1996 all SEC listed companies
are required to file electronically. The information on this site is free
and some data goes back to 1993.
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Bolsa de Valores de Caracas
www.caracasstock.com
Available in Spanish and English.
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African
Country Pages www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/Country.html
Egypt
Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchange
www.egyptse.com
Ghana Stock Exchange www.gse.com.gh
Stock Exchange of Mauritius
www.semdex.com
Namibian Stock Exchange www.nsx.com.na
The Nigerian Stock Exchange
www.nse.com.ng
JSE Securities Exchange www.jse.co.za
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