RESEARCH GUIDE FOR FOLLOWING A FORTUNE 500 COMPANY These are just a few Internet sites that might be useful to you in researching a Fortune 500 company. You should allow enough time to become familiar with the web site, do not expect to find a lot of information immediately. 1. Select a Fortune 500 Company. To do this, go to http://www.fortune.com, then select the Fortune 500 list, then select the company that you want to follow. Click on the company name and you will then jump to a page of information about the company. Check out the whole page for useful information and links to other sources. Be sure to get the company’s stock market ticker symbol. Check out the COD Library’s “Business Research Guide: Finding Company and Industry Information”. (http://www.cod.edu/library/Librarians/Wagner/Business/GeneralBusiness/gdbus. htm) Note which databases that you can tap into for news and other information. Note which printed reference books that you need to use in the Library. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (http://www.sec.gov) Check out this site for financial and stock information about the company and industry. Be sure to use the Edgar system. U.S. Federal Reserve System (http://www.federalreserve.gov) Check out this site for banking and monetary information. Yahoo Finance (http://finance.yahoo.com) Check out this site for financial news about the company and industry. Bloomberg News (http://www.bloomberg.com) A news site for companies and industries. Search the News Archives files.
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