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International Directory of Company Histories
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Contains detailed information on influential and emerging companies worldwide including: comprehensive background and history of a company, merger and acquisition activity over time, impact of particular sales and marketing campaigns, and the effectiveness of executive leadership.
Mergent Online
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An integration of various databases containing company information and documents. Moody's Industrial Manual and the EDGAR filings are included in this database along with Company Data Direct, both US and international. Mergent Online can create spreadsheet-ready financial formats and is updated continuously.
Reference Solutions
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Formerly ReferenceUSA; a reference and research database providing accurate data for businesses and consumers.
Standard & Poor's Net Advantage: Capital IQ
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Industry Surveys provides in-depth financial and business analysis of 52 major U.S. industries, including information about recent developments with forecasts of industry conditions and emerging trends. Users can view tables, charts, and graphs of key industry conditions and statistics along with textual analysis and commentary. Historical data is archived for 3 years
Market Line Company Profiles
Business Source Ultimate
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Offers access to peer-reviewed, full-text journals and other resources that provide historical information and current trends in business that spark discussion on future developments and changes in the business world.
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New Hampshire Company Information
NH-SOS Business Name Lookup
Search the NH Secretary of State's database of registered businesses.
New Hampshire Quick Start
"Your FIRST stop for doing business in New Hampshire."
Funding Your Business
GrantStation
Grant resources for nonprofits.
Small Business Administration: Calculate Your Startup Costs
"How much money will it take to start your small business? Calculate the startup costs for your small business so you can request funding, attract investors, and estimate when you’ll turn a profit."
Small Business Adminstration: Loans
"Start or expand your business with loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration. Use Lender Match to find lenders that offer loans for your business."
Small Business Association: Fund Your Business
"It costs money to start a business. Funding your business is one of the first — and most important — financial choices most business owners make. How you choose to fund your business could affect how you structure and run your business."
USA.GOV Finance Your Business
"Find loans backed by the government and other funding options. Learn about emergency loans and tax relief available to businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic."
Target Funding: a Proven System to Get the Money and Resources You Need to Start or Grow Your Business
by
Kedma Ough
ISBN: 9781260132366
Publication Date: 2019-07-22
Industry Resources
Mergent First Research
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Provides industry profiles covering thousands of industry segments, containing critical analysis, statistics, and forecasts.
IBISWorld
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Includes Industry Research Reports that provide key statistics and analysis on market characteristics, operating conditions, current and forecast performance, major industry participants; Industry Risk Rating Reports that determine how much risk an industry will face over the next 18 months by assessing the operating conditions for companies in the industry; Global Industry Reports that assess industry performance in key regions like Europe, the Middle East, Africa; and: Business Environment Reports that list key factors outside the control of an organization that determine the performance of the industry.
Standard & Poor's Net Advantage: Capital IQ
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Industry Surveys provides in-depth financial and business analysis of 52 major U.S. industries, including information about recent developments with forecasts of industry conditions and emerging trends. Users can view tables, charts, and graphs of key industry conditions and statistics along with textual analysis and commentary. Historical data is archived for 3 years
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
"The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is the standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy."
Statista: The Statistics Portal
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Tool for researching quantitative data, statistics and related information.
Newspapers
AdAge
Wall Street Journal Online
Boston Globe (Current)
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Access in HTML format to this daily newspapers and leading news source for Massachusetts. Also reports some New Hampshire news. Searchable by keyword, type of articles, etc. Dates of coverage: 1997-current
Business Source Ultimate
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Offers access to peer-reviewed, full-text journals and other resources that provide historical information and current trends in business that spark discussion on future developments and changes in the business world.
Newspaper Source
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Cover-to-cover full text of national (U.S.) and international newspapers, selective full text for regional U.S. newspapers, and full-text transcripts from sources such as CBS News, CNN, FOX News, NPR, etc.
New York Times (ProQuest Current)
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Access in HTML format to this daily newspapers and leading news source. Searchable by keyword, type of articles, etc. Dates of coverage: 1980-current
Union Leader
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The New Hampshire Union Leader and Sunday News delivers news, information, and resources connecting the Granite State. Dates of coverage: 1989-current
Wall Street Journal (Current)
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Access in HTML format to WSJ, which has extensive coverage of stock markets, finance, company news, investments and business-oriented news as well as in-depth features focusing on the national and world economy. Searchable by keyword, type of articles, etc. Dates of coverage: Jan. 8, 2010-current
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