Competitive intelligence a selective resource guide - updated and revised july 2011

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Competitive Intelligence - A Selective Resource Guide - Updated and Revised July2011By Sabrina I. Pacifici (http://www.llrx.com/authors/274), Published on July 4, 2011

Selected Search Engines forWeb, Blogs, Video, News and

Alerts(features/ciguide.htm#searchengines)

Selected Business InfoWebsites, Databases

(features/ciguide.htm#businessinfo) ,Blogs

(features/ciguide.htm#financialblogs)

- Fee (features/ciguide.htm#fee)

and Free(features/ciguide.htm#free)

Selected Online People TrackingSources

(features/ciguide.htm#peopletrackers)

Television and RadioNews Transcripts

(features/ciguide.htm#tv)

Legislative Monitoring and

(features/ciguide.htm#legislative)

E-Newsletters, OnlineNewspapers, Journals and

News Sources(features/ciguide.htm#enewsletters)

Monitoring Trends, Companiesand Products

(features/ciguide.htm#trends)

Selected RSS Feeds FromBusiness Related

(features/ciguide.htm.#selectedrss)

News(features/ciguide.htm#selectedrss)

Identification of CompanyLegal Representation(features/ciguide.htm#id)

Online Tools for Competitor

(features/ciguide.htm#onlinetools)

Westlaw Watch and LexisTrackers

(features/ciguide.htm#clips)

Benchmarking and CountryProfiles

(features/ciguide.htm#benchmarking)

CI Pathfinders and LinkCollections

(features/ciguide.htm#pathfinders)

Web Directories andPortals

(features/ciguide.htm#portals)(features/ciguide.htm#websitetrackers)

[Note: The accuracy and reliability of data and information posted online is subject to verification. It is highly recommended that you usemultiple sources, cross-check data and routinely perform due diligence reviews on relevant data and publications.]

Selected Web, Blogs, News, Video Search and Alerts Services

Web Search

bing (http://www.bing.com/) from Microsoft - Search for news, images, videos, maps, travel info - http://www.bing.com (http://www.bing.com) Explore other search features here (http://www.bing.com/explore?FORM=BXFD)

blekko beta (http://blekko.com/) - "blekko is a better way to search the web by using slashtags (http://blekko.com/tag/show#directory) .slashtags search only the sites you want and cut out the spam sites. use friends, experts, community or your own slashtags to slash inwhat you want and slash out what you don't."

(http://blekko.com/tag/show#directory)

Bloomberg News (http://www.bloomberg.com/news) - "top headlines on international business news, world markets, global economy,finance and politics. Read breaking news stories & articles from around the world. http://www.bloomberg.com/news(http://www.bloomberg.com/news)

Yippy! (http://search.yippy.com/) "Yippy is a metasearch engine: it queries multiple search engines and combines the results to bedisplayed as a group, or cloud, on one screen" - http://search.yippy.com/ (http://search.yippy.com/)

Exalead (http://www.exalead.com/search/) - "search the entire Web for information in different formats (web sites, video, images, Wikipedia,Word documents, pdf files...)" - http://www.exalead.com/search (http://www.exalead.com/search)

Gigablast (http://www.gigablast.com/) - features are here - http://gigablast.com/features.html, Includes. Provides search in category, cachedversions of search results, indexes sites around the world, and provides enterprise applications solutions. http://gigablast.com(http://gigablast.com/)

Google (http://www.google.com/) - use to search for company name, news, corporate documents and financial data, presentations,people. Ex.: stocks:dell

Use Google advanced search, http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en (http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en) , to narrowand focus search results.

Google Scholar Advanced Search (http://scholar.google.com/advanced_scholar_search?hl=en&as_sdt=0,21) , "search across many disciplinesand sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online

repositories, universities and other web sites."



repositories, universities and other web sites."

Google and Bing Side By Side Search Comparison (http://www.bing-vs-google.com/) - "Just put your query in the search box and pressEnter. You'll see results from both engines side by side. Search provider for Internet Explorer 7/8 and Firefox is also available - searchboth engines from your browser http://www.bing-vs-google.com/ (http://www.bing-vs-google.com/) . Made by Domagoj Pavlesic."

Google News Timeline (http://newstimeline.googlelabs.com/) - "You can search and browse results from Google News, including headlines,quotes, photos from our Hosted News partners, and YouTube partner videos. You can also search for thousands of archivalnewspapers and magazines from Google News Archive Search and Google Book Search."

Google Universal Search (http://www.google.com/) - From upper left hand side of Google main page, users may choose: Web Search,Book Search (http://books.google.com/) , Images (http://images.google.com/) , Maps (http://maps.google.com/maps) , News (http://news.google.com/) ,Videos (http://video.google.com/) , Blog Search (http://blogsearch.google.com/) , Product Search (http://www.google.com/products) . Search resultswill be returned from within the vertical content aggregation of each specific topic chosen.

Google Video (http://video.google.com/) "Google Video search algorithms power YouTube as well as "universal search" from Google.com".

Justia (http://www.justia.com/) - Reliable, timely, comprehensive directory of legal resources, searchable/browsable by practiceareas, topics and subject specific sources, cases in the news, legal blogs and podcasts - http://www.justia.com/ (http://www.justia.com/)

Law.com Quest (http://quest.law.com/Search/) - a legal search engine from ALM, owner of leading legal local and national legal publications(http://www.alm.com/publications/) . http://quest.law.com/Search/ (http://quest.law.com/Search/)

MetaCrawler (http://www.metacrawler.com/) utilizes metasearch technology to compile results from many of the Web's major searchproperties, delivering more relevant and comprehensive results every time you search. By accessing multiple search engines for eachquery (Google, Yahoo, Bing and Ask), MetaCrawler.com provides you with a richer and more relevant spectrum of results than youwould from using any single search engine." http://www.metacrawler.com/ (http://www.metacrawler.com/) . Another reliable metasearchengine is Dogpile Web Search (http://www.dogpile.com/) , which indexes the same engines as does Metacrawler. "InfoSpace created theDogpile search engine [which] returns all the best results from leading search engines including Google, Yahoo!, Bing and Ask."

Reuters Business News & Financial News (http://www.reuters.com/finance) - Search quotes, news, video, pictureshttp://www.reuters.com/finance (http://www.reuters.com/finance) .

Search Engine Colossus (http://www.searchenginecolossus.com/) - links to search engines from 312 countries and territories around theworld - http://www.searchenginecolossus.com/ (http://www.searchenginecolossus.com/)

SearchLion Beta (http://www.searchlion.com/) - "SearchLion’s SearchBrowse feature lets you open search results right on the search page,allowing you to browse and search simultaneously. No more having to visit multiple pages to get different types of search results – withthe MultiView feature, you can now have them on the same page. Learn about all the features here (http://www.searchlion.com/features.htm)

. http://www.searchlion.com (http://www.searchlion.com)

SurfWax (http://www.surfwax.com/) - search for news, blogs and business data, includes RSS feed search and news tracking -http://www.surfwax.com/ (http://www.surfwax.com/)

Free Search Engine for All U.S. Trademarks Filed Since 1870 - TradeMarkia (http://www.trademarkia.com/) - Search for a trademark by:name, filing date(s), category, goods & services, company name, status.

USA.gov (http://www.usa.gov/) - U.S. Government's official web portal for all government transactions, services, and information.http://www.usa.gov/ (http://www.usa.gov/)

Yahoo! Search (http://search.yahoo.com/) - search web, directory, news, images, local, creative commons, products, travel, blogs, video,people. Here is the helpful http://search.yahoo.com/ (../../../../undefined/http://www.llrx.com)

YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/) - considered by many students and researchers as a search engine alternative - offering access to aplethora of videos, music, speeches (private sector, government personnel), corporate presentations, and a site specifically for lecturesby university professors (see http://youtube.com/edu (http://youtube.com/edu) ).

Federated Search

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP) (http://catalog.gpo.gov/F) is the finding tool for federal publications that includesdescriptive records for historical and current publications and provides direct links to those that are available online. Users can searchby authoring agency, title, subject, and general key word, or click on "Advanced Search" for more options. http://catalog.gpo.gov/F(http://catalog.gpo.gov/F)

Google Scholar Advanced Search (http://scholar.google.com/advanced_scholar_search?hl=en&as_sdt=0,21) , "search across many disciplinesand sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, onlinerepositories, universities and other web sites."

MetaLib (http://metalib.gpo.gov/V?RN=990715120) , a service of the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (http://catalog.gpo.gov/F) is a



MetaLib (http://metalib.gpo.gov/V?RN=990715120) , a service of the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (http://catalog.gpo.gov/F) is afederated search engine that searches multiple U.S. Federal government databases, retrieving reports, articles, and citations whileproviding direct links to selected resources available online. To learn more, view additional brief(http://metalib.gpo.gov/V/RVDP8LD4439E9TJ3UP1Q7DLMF378KDL2Q1I12VJ59QHVC3QKNY-05130?func=help&file_name=brief) or detailed(http://metalib.gpo.gov/V/RVDP8LD4439E9TJ3UP1Q7DLMF378KDL2Q1I12VJ59QHVC3QKNY-05131?func=help&file_name=index&section=top;)

search information. http://metalib.gpo.gov/V?RN=990715120 (http://metalib.gpo.gov/V?RN=990715120)

"Scirus (http://www.scirus.com/) "is the most comprehensive scientific research tool on the web. With over 410 million scientific itemsindexed at last count, it allows researchers to search for not only journal content but also scientists' homepages, courseware, pre-printserver material, patents and institutional repository and website information." See Scirus Advanced Search(http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/advanced/index.jsp?q1=) .

USA.gov (http://www.usa.gov/) - U.S. Government's official web portal for all government transactions, services, and information.http://www.usa.gov/ (http://www.usa.gov/)

WorldCat.org (http://www.worldcat.org/) - the world's largest library catalog - 1.6 billion items available including books, DVDs, CDs andarticles. http://www.worldcat.org/ (http://www.worldcat.org/)

Blog Search

BlogPulse (http://www.blogpulse.com/) - a service of The Nielsen Company, is a blog search engine as well as "an automated trenddiscovery system for blogs." http://www.blogpulse.com/ (http://www.blogpulse.com/)

Google Blog Search (http://www.google.com/blogsearch) indexes and allows users to search blogs that have an RSS feed, from around theworld - http://www.google.com/blogsearch (http://www.google.com/blogsearch) . See also Google Advanced Blog Search(http://www.google.com/blogsearch/advanced_blog_search) . Users may limit search parameters by author, date the posting was written(beginning in 2000), and specify required phrases or exact search terms. http://www.google.com/blogsearch/advanced_blog_search(http://www.google.com/blogsearch/advanced_blog_search) .

"BlogScope (http://www.blogscope.net/) is an analysis and visualization tool for blogosphere which is being developed as part of a researchproject at the University of Toronto (http://www.cs.toronto.edu/) . It is currently tracking over 53.28 million blogs with 1307.00 million posts.BlogScope can assist the user in discovering interesting information from these millions of blogs via a set of numerous unique featuresincluding popularity curves, identification of information bursts, related terms, and geographical search." http://www.blogscope.net/(http://www.blogscope.net/)

IceRocket Blog Search (http://www.icerocket.com/) - search blogs, web, MySpace, Twitter, news, images. http://www.icerocket.com/(http://www.icerocket.com/)

Justia Blawg Search (http://blawgsearch.justia.com/) - searchable directory of legal blog postings, continually updated. Sort results by dateor relevance. Browse blogs by category, country, law school. http://blawgsearch.justia.com/ (http://blawgsearch.justia.com/)

State of the AmLaw 200 Blogosphere, November 2010 (http://kevin.lexblog.com/2010/11/articles/large-law/state-of-the-amlaw-200-blogosphere-

november-2010/) - "123, or 62%, of the 2010 AmLaw 200 law firms are now blogging. This number is up from 39 firms, representing a115% increase, since August 2007".

Technorati Blog Search (http://search.technorati.com/) - "Indexing 1 million blogs." http://search.technorati.com/ (http://search.technorati.com/) .You can search by Keyword, Website URL, or Tag.

Twitter (http://twitter.com/home) (microblogging application - postings are limited to a maximum of 140 characters). Use the excellent, fieldspecific Advanced Search page (http://search.twitter.com/advanced) . See also http://www.twitprofiles.com/ (http://www.twitprofiles.com/)

News Search

Google News (http://news.google.com/) - Search, browse and share news, updated continuously. Includes press releases from BusinessWire, Canada NewsWire, PR Newswire, U.S. Newswire. Users may customize/personalize the news page view according to:country/locale; topics; frequency for delivery of updates, opt-in for email and or RSS alerts delivered to desktop or mobile devices.News archive search (http://news.google.com/archivesearch) : Search and explore information from historical archives dating back over 200years. Users may choose to sort results by; all news (images, blogs), any recent news (past hour, day, week, month, year, etc.) sort byrelevant date. Users may also choose to view local stories; specify city, state or zip code, search for articles by author, and by specificsource. http://news.google.com/ (http://news.google.com/) Note: suggest that you use Google News Advanced Search(http://news.google.com/news/advanced_news_search?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en) to focus search parameters and increase relevance of searchresults.

Justia News and Featured Cases (http://news.justia.com/) -sources include: ABA Journal, Law.com, Legal Times, Jurist, and blawgs. http://news.justia.com/ (http://news.justia.com/) .

My Way (http://www.myway.com/) - powered by Ask, aggregates top news by sector and source, - AP • New York Times • MSNBC • USA

TODAY • FOX News - personalization and email updates. No banners or pop up ads. http://www.myway.com/ (http://www.myway.com/)



TODAY • FOX News - personalization and email updates. No banners or pop up ads. http://www.myway.com/ (http://www.myway.com/)

NewsNow's (http://www.newsnow.co.uk/) "services include NewsNow.co.uk, one of the UK's most popular news portals...corporate servicesinclude online press cuttings, market intelligence, competitor tracking and website and intranet content. Provides real-time searching of20,000 sources comprising international, national and regional papers, consumer, trade and technical titles, government press pages,press releases, blogs, webzines and newsletters in more than 15 languages from 84 countries." http://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/(http://www.newsnow.co.uk/)

Newspaperindex.com (http://www.newspaperindex.com/) - daily index of evaluated newspapers and front pages that are freely availablefrom every country. http://www.newspaperindex.com/ (http://www.newspaperindex.com/)

Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/) - news & markets, sectors & industries, analysis & opinion, with a focus on financial services, media andcorporate markets. continuously updated and searchable news, images, video. Includes international editions - links at very top ofhome page. Company search available using name or stock symbol. http://www.reuters.com/ (http://www.reuters.com/)

Silobreaker (http://www.silobreaker.com/) is an online search service for news and current events in the U.S. and around the world...itrecognises people, companies, topics, places and keywords; understands how they relate to each other in the news flow, and putsthem in context for the user. Links to blogs, audio/video, press releases http://www.silobreaker.com/ (http://www.silobreaker.com/)

Yahoo News Search (http://news.search.yahoo.com/) - Web | Images | Video | Local | News | Shopping http://news.search.yahoo.com/(http://news.search.yahoo.com/) . Take notes on search results for later use, share them with friends, using the "Search Pad." See alsoYahoo Advanced Web Search (http://search.yahoo.com/search/options?fr=srch_more) , http://search.yahoo.com/search/options?fr=srch_more(http://search.yahoo.com/search/options?fr=srch_more) , to focus search terms, date range, file format, country/language result requirements.

Creative Commons Search (http://search.creativecommons.org/) - "this search helps you find content published by authors who want you toshare or reuse it, under certain conditions." http://search.creativecommons.org (http://search.creativecommons.org)

News Search Alerts

Google Alerts (http://www.google.com/alerts) - updates from Web, news, blogs, real time, videos, discussions - frequency: as-it-happens,daily or weekly), via keyword searches created by the user - http://www.google.com/alerts (http://www.google.com/alerts)

FindLaw email alerts (http://newsletters.findlaw.com/) - mobile friendly version available - daily opinion summaries, weekly case summaries,legal news topics, selected blog newsletters - http://newsletters.findlaw.com/ (http://newsletters.findlaw.com/) (http://newsletters.findlaw.com/nl/)

Law.com Legal News and Newswire (http://www.law.com/jsp/law/newswire.jsp#) - access to fee and free articles, news, updates -http://www.law.com/jsp/law/newswire.jsp# (http://www.law.com/jsp/law/newswire.jsp#)

MarketWatch.com from DowJones (http://www.marketwatch.com/?siteid=&avatar=seen&dist=ctmw) - Stock Market, Business and FinancialNews and Commentary, and Investor Research - http://www.marketwatch.com/?siteid=&avatar=seen&dist=ctmw(http://www.marketwatch.com/?siteid=&avatar=seen&dist=ctmw)

Yahoo! Alerts (http://alerts.yahoo.com/) - news updates from the Web and blogs, via keyword searches created by the user -(http://alerts.yahoo.com) http://alerts.yahoo.com/ (http://alerts.yahoo.com/)

Selected Business Info Websites, Databases and Blogs - Fee and Free

Fee Based Sites - some with free component(s)

Dialog (http://www.dialog.com/) (owned by ProQuest) - the database catalog (http://support.dialog.com/publications/dbcat/) contains descriptionsfor more than 1,200 databases available on the Dialog and DataStar services - http://www.dialog.com/ (http://www.dialog.com/)

Dun & Bradstreet (http://www.dnb.com/) , D&B - global commercial database contains more than 125 million business records -http://www.dnb.com/ (http://www.dnb.com/)

Factiva from Dow Jones (http://www.dowjones.com/factiva/?from=factivaHome&link=) - provides access to a collection of more than 14,000business sources that include: The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Dow Jones and Reuters newswires and the Associated

Press, as well as Reuters Fundamentals, and D&B company profiles - Search the Factiva content set[http://www.factiva.com/sources/search.asp?node=menuElem1523 (http://www.factiva.com/sources/search.asp?node=menuElem1523) ] forlocal and global newspapers, newswires, trade journals, newsletters, magazines and transcripts". Fields - Publication Title, Product,Language, Geographical Region, Industry Sector.

Financial Times (http://www.ft.com/home/us) - world business, finance and political news (fee and free) - http://www.ft.com/home/us(http://www.ft.com/home/us)

Investext (http://library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0745.html) - "index to company, industry, and geographic research reports written byanalysts at more than 600 leading investment banks, brokerage houses and consulting firms worldwide," - PDF Bluesheet from Dialog

(4) http://library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0745.html (http://library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0745.html)



(4) http://library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0745.html (http://library.dialog.com/bluesheets/html/bl0745.html)

KnowX.com (https://www.knowx.com/) - search for businesses, people and assets - free to search, fee to view records.https://www.knowx.com/ (https://www.knowx.com/)

LexisNexisAccurint (http://www.accurint.com/) , subscription req'd - provides access to millions of data records on individuals andbusinesses - http://www.accurint.com (http://www.accurint.com/)

LexisNexis atVantage (http://law.lexisnexis.com/atvantage) , subscription req'd - "...helps you analyze and track your firm's growthopportunities with clients and prospects, research industry and market trends, and evaluate competing firms."http://law.lexisnexis.com/atvantage (http://law.lexisnexis.com/atvantage)

Standard & Poor's (http://www.standardandpoors.com/home/en/us) , subscription req'd - "With over $4.5 trillion benchmarked to Standard &Poor's family of indices, including the S&P 500, the S&P Global 1200, the S&P Europe 350, and S&P/Citigroup Global Equity Indices,Standard & Poor's is the world's largest index provider." http://www.standardandpoors.com/home/en/us(http://www.standardandpoors.com/home/en/us)

Morningstar Document Research (http://documentresearch.morningstar.com/) - this service uses proprietary technology to createcomprehensive access to EDGAR filings, and the searchable database contains all electronically filed SEC documents including: 700+forms indexed, 5+ million filings, archives from before 1994 (Pre-Edgar), and real-time SEC updates. Users may search and retrievefilings in PDF, HTML, RTF and EXCEL. http://documentresearch.morningstar.com/(http://documentresearch.morningstar.com/)

ViewsWire (http://viewswire.eiu.com/index.asp?rf=0) - Business Intelligence on 203 Countries from the Economist Intelligence Unit,

http://viewswire.eiu.com/index.asp?rf=0 (http://www.viewswire.com/index.asp?rf=0)

Free Sites - some with registration and/or fee components

AFL-CIO Executive PayWatch (http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/paywatch/) - Search by Company Name(http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/paywatch/ceou/database.cfm) , Ticker Symbol, Industry, Total Compensation -http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/paywatch/ (http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/paywatch/)

Business Wire (http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/) - free access for current 30 days - "Business Wire is the leading source forpress releases, photos, multimedia and regulatory filings from companies and groups throughout the world."http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/ (http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/)

CNN Money Company Research Lookup (http://money.cnn.com/news/companies/) - background information, vital statistics and earningsestimate information. http://money.cnn.com/news/companies/ (http://money.cnn.com/news/companies/)

CORI Contracts Database (http://ronald.cori.missouri.edu/cori_search/) - "The CORI K-Base is a growing Knowledge Base of Contractinformation, featuring a library of executed contracts and contract forms for a wide array of transaction types and industries. Over600,000 contracts can be accessed using our full-text search engine. First-time users must complete a free registration."http://ronald.cori.missouri.edu/cori_search/ (http://ronald.cori.missouri.edu/cori_search/)

Dun & Bradstreet (http://www.dnb.com/) - subscription req'd - D&B’s global commercial database contains more than 125 million businessrecords. http://www.dnb.com/ (http://www.dnb.com/) . Also try ZapData (http://www.zapdata.com/) - which "gives you access to the entire D&Bnational database of nearly 16 million company records for an affordable price. Find new customers and grow your sales by buildingtargeted lists and more. Prospects Lists (http://www1.zapdata.com/ProspectLists.do) , Company Lookups (http://www1.zapdata.com/servlet/cl) ,Industry Reports (http://www1.zapdata.com/IndustryReports/SicDivForm.do) . http://www.zapdata.com/ (http://www.zapdata.com/)

EDGAR Full-Text Search (http://searchwww.sec.gov/EDGARFSClient/jsp/EDGAR_MainAccess.jsp) - "This page allows you to search the fulltext of EDGAR filings from the last four years. The full text of a filing includes all data in the filing as well as all attachments to the filing."http://searchwww.sec.gov/EDGARFSClient/jsp/EDGAR_MainAccess.jsp(http://searchwww.sec.gov/EDGARFSClient/jsp/EDGAR_MainAccess.jsp)

EIU.com (http://www.eiu.com/public/) - from the Economist intelligence unit - subscription or pay as you go options available, "analysis and

forecasts on more than 200 countries and eight key industries." http://www.eiu.com/public/ (http://www.eiu.com/public/)

Europages (http://www.europages.co.uk/) - has 1.500.000 European and international suppliers, manufacturers and distributors listed in itsBtoB directory. http://www.europages.co.uk/ (http://www.europages.co.uk/)

"The new European Patent Register (https://register.epo.org/espacenet/regviewer) delivers exactly the same information as before:procedural information for patent applications handled by the EPO, online file inspection (click on the "all documents" tab) and legalstatus information for the national phase. Nothing added, nothing taken away, except that it is all packaged in a newly designed userinterface. The new design offers improved layout, usability, ergonomics and navigation, using contemporary design criteria, whichwe've implemented in consultation with the user community." https://register.epo.org/espacenet/regviewer(https://register.epo.org/espacenet/regviewer)

Fortune 500 Daily and Breaking Business News (http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/) - http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/



Fortune 500 Daily and Breaking Business News (http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/) - http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/(http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/)

Forbes Lists (http://www.forbes.com/lists/) (companies, sectors, markets, people, products --- biggest, best, richest, etc.) -http://www.forbes.com/lists/ (http://www.forbes.com/lists/)

Global Business Register (http://www.globalbusinessregister.co.uk/) - "GBRDirect provides a single access point to official information oncompanies around Europe. The information is sourced directly from the official national business registers of each European countryand is delivered in real-time to your desktop." http://www.globalbusinessregister.co.uk (http://www.globalbusinessregister.co.uk/)

Google Finance (http://www.google.com/finance) - updated market summary, recent quotes, today's news, sector summary, today's movers- http://www.google.com/finance (http://www.google.com/finance)

MarketWatch.com from DowJones (http://www.marketwatch.com/?siteid=&avatar=seen&dist=ctmw) - stock market quotes, business news,financial news - http://www.marketwatch.com/?siteid=&avatar=seen&dist=ctmw (http://www.marketwatch.com/?

siteid=&avatar=seen&dist=ctmw)

MSN Money Central (http://money.msn.com/stocks/) - stock company reports - http://money.msn.com/stocks/ (http://money.msn.com/stocks/)

Moodys.com (http://www.moodys.com/) - subscription req'd, credit ratings, research and risk analysis - http://www.moodys.com/(http://www.moodys.com/)

MyWay.com Business News (http://news.myway.com/index/id/business%7Cap.html) - http://news.myway.com/index/id/business%7Cap.html(http://news.myway.com/index/id/business%7Cap.html)

Reuters Stock Information (http://www.reuters.com/sectors/financials) - headlines, company information, analyst research, industry watch.Some data requires registration - http://www.reuters.com/sectors/financials (http://www.reuters.com/sectors/financials)

(http://www.reuters.com/sectors/financials)

(http://www.investor.reuters.com/StockEntry.aspx?target=/stocks)

SEC Info (http://www.secinfo.com/) - registration req'd - data from the SEC EDGAR database. Search by Name, Industry, Business, SICCode, Area Code, Topic, CIK, Accession Number, File Number, Date, ZIP. http://www.secinfo.com/ (http://www.secinfo.com/)

Time: Company Profiles, Business Information, Business and Economy (http://www.time.com/time/insidebiz/) -http://www.time.com/time/insidebiz/ (http://www.time.com/time/insidebiz/)

Thomas Global Register (http://www.thomasglobal.com/Default.asp?bhcp=1) - "Search the most complete, up-to-date directory of worldwideindustrial Information from over 700,000 suppliers in 11 languages from 28 countries." - http://www.thomasglobal.com(http://www.thomasglobal.com/)

ThomasNet (http://www.thomasnet.com/) "is an industrial search engine that provides one source for finding the exact product, service, orsupplier; quickly and efficiently." http://www.thomasnet.com/ (http://www.thomasnet.com/)

Thomson Firm360 Monitor Suite (http://www.firm360.com/) - Litigation and Deal Monitor http://www.firm360.com/signon/default.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fdefault.aspx (http://www.firm360.com/signon/default.aspx?ReturnUrl=/default.aspx) - subscription req'd

United States Patent Office (http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html) - Patent Full-Text and Full-Page Data Images,http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html (http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html)

Who Owns What (http://www.cjr.org/tools/owners/) - Columbia Journalism Review - http://www.cjr.org/tools/owners/(http://www.cjr.org/tools/owners/)

Yahoo Economic Calendar/Financial Calendars (http://biz.yahoo.com/c/e.html) - http://biz.yahoo.com/c/e.html (http://biz.yahoo.com/c/e.html)

Yahoo Financial News (http://us.biz.yahoo.com/top.html) - Aggregates news by specific providers/fee and free, including: AP, Bankrate.com,bizjournals.com, BusinessWeek Online, Business 2.0, Daily FX, ETFZone.com, Forbes, Fortune, FT.com, Investor's Business Daily,Kiplinger.com, Law.com, MarketWatch, Morningstar.com, Motley Fool, Reuters, SmartMoney.com, TheStreet.com,TradingMarkets.com, USATODAY.com, The Wall Street Journal. These links are located on navigation bar, left side of page.http://us.biz.yahoo.com/top.html (http://us.biz.yahoo.com/top.html)

Selected Financial Blogs

Best 25 Financial Blogs - Time.com (http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1873144,00.html) This is list of independent blogs chosen byDouglas A. McIntyre and Ashley C. Allen.

Blog Catalog - Finance Blogs (http://www.blogcatalog.com/directory/finance) - includes links and thumbnails to corporate and individual blogsfrom around the world. http://www.blogcatalog.com/directory/finance (http://www.blogcatalog.com/directory/finance)

DealBook (http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/) , from the New York Times - mergers, acquisitions, venture capital, hedge funds,



DealBook (http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/) , from the New York Times - mergers, acquisitions, venture capital, hedge funds,http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/ (http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/)

Deal Journal (http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/?mod=djm_shdealblog) - from the Wall Street Journal (free) - http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/?mod=djm_shdealblog (http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/?mod=djm_shdealblog)

Financial Times Tech Blog (http://blogs.ft.com/techblog/) - http://blogs.ft.com/techblog/ (http://blogs.ft.com/techblog/)

footnoted.org (http://footnoted.org/) - "Each day, the site takes a closer look at the things that companies try to bury in their routine SECfilings." http://footnoted.org/ (http://footnoted.org/)

Real Time Economics - Economic insight and analysis from The Wall Street Journal. http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/(http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/)

Seeking Alpha (http://seekingalpha.com/) - Stock market opinion and stock analysis - U.S. Markets, Global Markets, ETFs, sectors,transcripts. http://seekingalpha.com/ (http://seekingalpha.com/)

Wall Street Journal Market Beat (http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/) (free) - WSJ.com’s inside look at the markets.http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/ (http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/)

Selected Online People Tracking Sources

Accurint (http://www.accurint.com/) (owned by LexisNexis), provides access to millions of data records on individuals and businesses -http://www.accurint.com (http://www.accurint.com/)

Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com/) - "genealogy, family trees and family history records online," fee req'd - http://www.ancestry.com/(http://www.ancestry.com/)

Dun & Bradstreet (http://www.dnb.com/US) - a leading source of business information, subscription req'd - http://www.dnb.com(http://www.dnb.com/US)

Avvo.com (http://www.avvo.com/) - Find licensed doctors and lawyers who have been rated by this service - http://www.avvo.com/(http://www.avvo.com/)

FamilySearch.org (http://www.familysearch.org/) is a non-profit service sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: "Thelargest collection of free family history, family tree and genealogy records in the world." https://www.familysearch.org/ (http://www.familysearch.org/)

(http://www.familysearch.org/) (http://www.familysearch.org/) (http://www.familysearch.org/)

FindLaw Search for a Lawyer or Law Firm (http://lawyers.findlaw.com/lawyer/lawyer_dir/search/jsp/name_search.jsp) -http://lawyers.findlaw.com/lawyer/lawyer_dir/search/jsp/name_search.jsp(http://lawyers.findlaw.com/lawyer/lawyer_dir/search/jsp/name_search.jsp)

Forbes.com People Tracker (http://www.forbes.com/cms/template/peopletracker/index.jhtml) - search for over 120,000 executives andcelebrities, free but reg. req'd. http://www.forbes.com/cms/template/peopletracker/index.jhtml(http://www.forbes.com/cms/template/peopletracker/index.jhtml)

Google (http://www.google.com/) - Search web, images, news, video, gmail, http://www.google.com (http://www.google.com/)

Gumshoe Librarian 2006 (features/gumshoe06.htm) - by Barbara Fullerton and Sabrina I. Pacifici - Resources, services, databases andfinding aids and tools from around the world. http://www.llrx.com/features/gumshoe06.htm (features/gumshoe06.htm)

Infobel World - Telephone Directories (http://www.infobel.com/teldir/default.asp) - information for more than 216 countries,http://www.infobel.com/world/default.aspx (http://www.infobel.com/teldir/default.asp)

Justia Lawyer Directory (http://lawyers.justia.com/) - Find Attorneys, Law Firms, Legal Aid and Legal Services - http://lawyers.justia.com/ (http://lawyers.justia.com/)

KnowX.com (http://www.knowx.com/) - public records on people and businesses, subscription req'd - http://www.knowx.com/(http://www.knowx.com/)

Martindale.com (http://www.martindale.com/) , search for credentials on over 1 million participating lawyers and law firms,http://www.martindale.com (http://www.martindale.com/)

PeopleSearch.net (http://peoplesearch.net/peoplesearch/peoplesearch_deluxe.html) - metasearch engine, http://www.peoplesearch.net/(http://peoplesearch.net/peoplesearch/peoplesearch_deluxe.html)

Pipl People Search (http://www.pipl.com/) - "Pipl's query-engine helps you find deep web pages that cannot be found on regular search



Pipl People Search (http://www.pipl.com/) - "Pipl's query-engine helps you find deep web pages that cannot be found on regular searchengines." http://pipl.com/

Search Systems (http://www.searchsystems.net/) - over 55,000 free searchable public records databases, including international (fee andfree access) - http://publicrecords.searchsystems.net/ (http://www.searchsystems.net/)

Thomson Legal Record (http://legalrecords.findlaw.com/ss/search_index.jsp) "is a unique research tool, combining an attorney's litigationhistory on Westlaw with the attorney's profile on FindLaw. It provides a simple, efficient, fully documented resource for legal andcorporate professionals seeking experienced litigators and a verifiable basis for decision-making."http://legalrecords.findlaw.com/ss/search_index.jsp (http://legalrecords.findlaw.com/ss/search_index.jsp)

Yahoo! People Search (http://people.yahoo.com/) - free phone number, reverse phone number and email search. Premium search includesunlisted and cell phone numbers. http://people.yahoo.com/ (http://people.yahoo.com/)

Zaba Search (http://www.zabasearch.com/) - free people search and public information search engine - fee based component.http://www.zabasearch.com/ (http://www.zabasearch.com/)

"The ZoomInfo Database currently spans five million businesses (from startups to large enterprises) and 50 million employees. It isavailable through the free ZoomInfo Directory; the award-winning SaaS tool, ZoomInfo Pro; ZoomInfo Community Edition, a programwhere members share business contacts in exchange for free access to the ZoomInfo Database; and ZoomInfo Enterprise Solutions,which provide customized data services (list creating and contact updating) and integration of data with customers’ softwareapplications." http://www.zoominfo.com/ (http://www.zoominfo.com/)

(http://www.zoominfo.com/) Television and Radio News Transcripts – including streaming audio/video

AOL Video (http://video.aol.com/) - "AOL Video has millions of free, high quality videos including music videos, news clips, movie trailers,viral videos, and full-length TV shows." http://video.aol.com/ (http://video.aol.com/)

blinkx (http://www.blinkx.tv/) - "Now, with an index of over 35 million hours of searchable video and more than 450 media partnerships,including national broadcasters, commercial media giants, and private video libraries..." http://www.blinkx.com/ (http://www.blinkx.com/)

Bloomberg.com TV (http://www.bloomberg.com/tvradio/index.html?Intro=intro_tvradio) - 24-hour business and financial news. Fee.http://www.bloomberg.com/tv/ (http://www.bloomberg.com/tvradio/index.html?Intro=intro_tvradio)

CBSNews.com (http://www.cbsnews.com/) - breaking news headlines, links to investigative shows and news programs, as well as videoand text. http://www.cbsnews.com/ (http://www.cbsnews.com/)

Critical Mention (http://www.criticalmention.com/web/index.php) - "CriticalTV is a comprehensive web-based television search and monitoringservice that allows users to search, track and view critical information from television news. The platform provides real-time monitoringand email alerts for organizations that require up-to-the-minute news about their company, customers and competitors. CriticalTVallows users to easily find a video clip online immediately after its broadcast, instantly share the clip within a workgroup via securevideo-email or a private video gallery, and order a professional transcript or hard copy online." Subscription only.http://www.criticalmention.com/web/index.php (http://www.criticalmention.com/web/index.php)

Exaled Video search (http://www.exalead.com/search/video/) - "...access millions of video clips indexed from popular online video portals,including YouTube, Dailymotion, Metacare, Vodeo, Kewego and IFILM Web sites." http://www.exalead.com/search/video(http://www.exalead.com/search/video/)

Google Video (http://video.google.com/) - "The Google Video index is the most comprehensive on the Web, containing millions of videosindexed and available for viewing. Using Google Video, you can search for and watch an ever-growing collection of TV shows, movieclips, music videos, documentaries, personal productions and more from all over the Web." http://video.google.com/(http://video.google.com/) - [see also YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/ (http://www.youtube.com/) , owned by Google]

Yahoo! Video Search (http://video.search.yahoo.com/) - "Yahoo! Video allows you to search millions of videos from across the Web."http://video.search.yahoo.com/ (http://video.search.yahoo.com/)

ShadowTV (http://www.shadowtv.com/index2.html) - streaming video service, Fee - http://www.shadowtv.com/index2.html(http://www.shadowtv.com/index2.html)

TVEyes (http://www.tveyes.com/) - "TVEyes makes TV and radio broadcasts searchable by keyword, phrase or topic - just as you woulduse a search engine for text. TVEyes Media Monitoring Suite is a subscription-based product used by PR professionals, Fortune 500companies, Political Campaigns, Government Agencies, and anyone who needs to know what is being broadcast on TV and radio inreal-time." http://www.tveyes.com (http://www.tveyes.com/)

"The Tyndall Report (http://tyndallreport.com/) monitors the weekday nightly newscasts of the three American broadcast televisionnetworks: ABC World News with Charles Gibson, CBS Evening News with Katie Couric and NBC Nightly News with BrianWilliams...The Tyndall Blog (http://tyndallreport.com/#blog) monitors and comments on each night's newscasts and links to the stories that

the networks aired." http://tyndallreport.com/ (http://tyndallreport.com/)



the networks aired." http://tyndallreport.com/ (http://tyndallreport.com/)

Federal News Service (http://www.fednews.com/) - available via database, browser and RSS. Fee. http://www.fednews.com(http://www.fednews.com/)

NPR: Transcripts (http://www.npr.org/transcripts) - free transcripts now available on NPR.org (http://www.npr.org/transcripts)

http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2009/08/free_transcripts_now_available.html(http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2009/08/free_transcripts_now_available.html)

Vanderbilt Television News Archive (http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/) - "The Television News Archive collection at Vanderbilt University is theworld's most extensive and complete archive of television news. The collection holds more than 30,000 individual network eveningnews broadcasts from the major U.S. national broadcast networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN, and more than 9,000 hours of specialnews-related programming including ABC's Nightline since 1989." http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/ (http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/)

YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/) - "YouTube [owned by Google] is the leader in online video, and the premier destination to watch andshare original videos worldwide through a Web experience. YouTube allows people to easily upload and share video clips on andacross the Internet through websites, mobile devices, blogs, and email." http://www.youtube.com/ (http://www.youtube.com/)

Legislative Monitoring and Tracking

CapitolHearings.org (http://www.capitolhearings.org/) - http://www.capitolhearings.org/ (http://www.capitolhearings.org/)

CQ Roll Call (http://www.cq.com/corp/show.do?page=products) - Congressional news, insights, analysis, legislative tracking, members andvotes, advocacy tools. Legislative tracking and monitoring service offers users the ability to create customized delivery of services,including time sensitive alerts and updates, via website, email updates, and RSS. Bill tracking and monitoring, daily links to HotDocs,full-text CRS reports. Fee- based http://corporate.cqrollcall.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=12 (http://www.cq.com/corp/show.do?page=products)

OpenCongress Wiki (http://www.opencongress.org/wiki/Wiki_Home) - "is an editable guide to Congress for the people, by the people."http://www.opencongress.org/wiki/Wiki_Home (http://www.opencongress.org/wiki/Wiki_Home)

C-SPAN (http://www.cspan.org/) - video and audio search engine. http://www.cspan.org/ (http://www.cspan.org/)

FedNet.net (http://www.fednet.net/) , real time live webcasts of: Congressional Hearings; Floor Debates; White House briefings; Regulatoryhearings; Press conferences. Fee. http://www.fednetoversight.net/ (http://www.fednet.net/)

Congress.org (http://www.congress.org/) (free) http://www.congress.org (http://www.congress.org/)

(http://congressnow.gallerywatch.com/Default.aspx)


(http://congressnow.gallerywatch.com/Default.aspx) (http://congressnow.gallerywatch.com/Default.aspx) (http://congressnow.gallerywatch.com/Default.aspx)






GovTrack.us (http://www.govtrack.us/) - "GovTrack.us helps you keep tabs on the U.S. Congress. This site is not affiliated with the U.S.government; it is non-commercial, non-partisan, and an open source project....it is an independent tool to help the public research andtrack the activities in the U.S. Congress, promoting government transparency and civic education through novel uses of technology.You'll find here the status of U.S. federal legislation, voting records in the Senate and House of Representatives, and information onMembers of Congress, as well as congressional committees and the Congressional Record. The site is a research tool, but also atracking service (providing user specified email updates and RSS feeds)." http://www.govtrack.us/ (http://www.govtrack.us/)

Roll Call Newspaper Online (http://www.rollcall.com/) - free headlines, and a free Election Map (http://www.rollcall.com/electionmap) -http://www.rollcall.com/ (http://www.rollcall.com/)

The Hill.com (http://www.hillnews.com/) - free Capitol Hill paper that includes blogs (http://thehill.com/blogs/ (http://blog.thehill.com/) ), podcastsand video clips. http://thehill.com/ (http://www.hillnews.com/)

THOMAS (http://thomas.loc.gov/) - From the Library of Congress, legislative information, status of legislation, links to committee reports.http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.php (http://thomas.loc.gov/)

Washingtonwatch.com (http://www.washingtonwatch.com/) tracks the bills in Congress, along with estimates about their costs or savings,when available. http://www.washingtonwatch.com (http://www.washingtonwatch.com/)

E-Newsletters, Online Newspapers, Journals and News Sources



E-Newsletters, Online Newspapers, Journals and News Sources(http://www.bettermanagement.com/) (http://www.bettermanagement.com/)

(http://www.bettermanagement.com/)

Biz Journals (http://www.bizjournals.com/) - Free Search Watch alerts for registered users. "Bizjournals is the online media division ofAmerican City Business Journals, the nation's largest publisher of metropolitan business newspapers. It operates the Web sites foreach of the company's 41 print business journals and operates a web-only site with local business news and information for LosAngeles." http://www.bizjournals.com (http://www.bizjournals.com/)

Bloomberg (http://www.bloomberg.com/) - (fee and free) market data, news and commentary (national and international); Bloomberg Radio,Bloomberg TV. http://www.bloomberg.com (http://www.bloomberg.com/)

CNNMoney.com (http://money.cnn.com/) - [note: Fortune, Money, Business 2.0 and Fortune Small Business are owned by the Time Inc.

Business & Finance Network and may be linked to from http://money.cnn.com/ (http://money.cnn.com/news/companies/index.html) . This familyof magazines is available free online.]

Financial Times (http://news.ft.com/home/us) - free and fee; email updates and RSS feeds available to subscribers. Daily blog updates,video and podcasts. Comprehensive coverage of global markets. http://www.ft.com/home/us (http://www.ft.com/home/us)

Forbes (http://www.forbes.com/) - video network, features, blogs, columns, special reports - Europe, US and Asia. http://www.forbes.com/(http://www.forbes.com/)

Fortune (http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/) - features, video, RSS, newsletters. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/(http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/)

Google Finance (http://finance.google.com/finance) - Market Summary, Today's Headlines, Company Facts and Financials, Relatedcompany data, a Company Summary, Management info, blog posts and links to topical discussions. http://www.google.com/finance(http://finance.google.com/finance)

Investors Business Daily (http://www.investors.com/default.aspx) - some free, mostly fee. http://www.investors.com/(http://www.investors.com/default.aspx)

TheDeal.com (http://www.thedeal.com/blogs/) , subscription req'd, blogs are free. "reports, analyzes and disseminates business andfinancial news that offers fresh insights on the deal economy." http://www.thedeal.com/blogs/ (http://www.thedeal.com/blogs/)

Time.com: Inside Business (http://www.time.com/time/insidebiz) - http://www.time.com/time/insidebiz (http://www.time.com/time/insidebiz)

Wall Street Journal (http://online.wsj.com/home/us) - http://online.wsj.com/home/us (http://online.wsj.com/home/us) : registered subscribers mayopt-in for email updates, RSS, customized homepage, company and industry news trackers. Many articles are now available free toreaders without a subscription. All WSJ blogs are free. http://online.wsj.com/public/page/8_0019.html(http://online.wsj.com/public/page/8_0019.html)

Wall Street Journal Market Data Center (http://online.wsj.com/mdc/public/page/marketsdata.html?mod=topnav_0_0012) - Free market data,indexes, stock quotes, and more. http://online.wsj.com/mdc/public/page/marketsdata.html?mod=topnav_0_0012(http://online.wsj.com/mdc/public/page/marketsdata.html?mod=topnav_0_0012)

Yahoo! Finance (http://finance.yahoo.com/) - market summaries, currencies, videos, quotes, rates, news features, opinions.http://finance.yahoo.com/ (http://finance.yahoo.com/)

Yahoo! Financial News (http://biz.yahoo.com/ne.html) - top financial news. http://biz.yahoo.com/ne.html (http://biz.yahoo.com/ne.html) . See alsoYahoo Tech Ticker (http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker) , "a daily video-centric blog focused on the incredible world of technologyinvesting." http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker (http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker)

Monitoring Trends, Companies and Products – Selected News Aggregators, RSS Feeds, Blog Search Engines

News Aggregators(http://www.bloglines.com/) (http://www.bloglines.com/)

(http://www.bloglines.com/) (http://www.bloglines.com/) (http://www.bloglines.com/) (http://www.bloglines.com/) (http://www.bloglines.com/)



Google Reader (http://www.google.com/reader) - stay abreast of the latest news, blog postings, share and update friends and colleagues -read anywhere, via PC or mobile devices. http://www.google.com/reader/view/ (http://www.google.com/reader)

(http://www.newzcrawler.com/)



(http://www.newzcrawler.com/)

BBC (http://tinyurl.com/2wzug) - excellent resource/how-to guide - podcasts, emails alerts, mobiles, news feeds. http://tinyurl.com/3u6fpoa(http://tinyurl.com/2wzug)

(http://www.bizjournals.com/rss_promo) (http://www.bizjournals.com/rss_promo) (http://www.bizjournals.com/rss_promo)




(http://www.bizjournals.com/rss_promo)

Firefox Live Bookmarks - "automatically keeps track of updates for you so you always know when new content has been added to yourfavorite sites." (http://www.bizjournals.com/rss_promo)

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/livebookmarks.html

Financial Times (http://www.ft.com/servicestools/newstracking/rss) - http://www.ft.com/intl/servicestools/newstracking/rss(http://www.ft.com/servicestools/newstracking/rss)

Forbes.com (http://www.forbes.com/fdc/rss.shtml) - http://www.forbes.com/fdc/rss.shtml (http://www.forbes.com/fdc/rss.shtml)

Law.com (http://www.law.com/service/rss.shtml) - http://www.law.com/jsp/law/rss.jsp (http://www.law.com/service/rss.shtml)

MarketWatch (http://www.marketwatch.com/rss/default.asp) - http://www.marketwatch.com/rss/default.asp(http://www.marketwatch.com/rss/default.asp)

New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss) - (http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/)

http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/index.html (http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/index.html)

PR Newswire (http://www.prnewswire.com/rss/main.shtml) - http://www.prnewswire.com/rss/ (http://www.prnewswire.com/rss/main.shtml)

Reuters (http://today.reuters.com/rss/newsrss.aspx) - (http://www.reuters.com/tools/rss) http://www.reuters.com/tools/rss(http://www.reuters.com/tools/rss) (http://today.reuters.com/rss/newsrss.aspx)

Wall Street Journal News Feeds and Podcasts (http://online.wsj.com/public/page/0_0813.html?mod=topnav_0_0012) -http://online.wsj.com/public/page/0_0813.html?mod=topnav_0_0012 (http://online.wsj.com/public/page/0_0813.html?mod=topnav_0_0012)

Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/rss/index.html) - http://www.washingtonpost.com/rss (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-

dyn/rss/index.html)

Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/rss) - http://news.yahoo.com/rss (http://news.yahoo.com/rss)

Yahoo! Finance Company News RSS URL Generator (http://biz.yahoo.com/rss.html) - Enter stock symbol(s) http://biz.yahoo.com/rss.html(http://biz.yahoo.com/rss.html)

Identification of Company Legal Representation

Law.com Surveys and Rankings (Am Law 100, Am Law 200, Global 100, etc.) AmLaw Lists and Rankings (Am Law 100, Am Law 200,Global 100, etc.) - http://www.law.com/career_center/lists_rankings.shtml (http://www.law.com/career_center/lists_rankings.shtml)

CourtLink (http://www.lexisnexis.com/courtlink/online) , "calendar proceedings (docket) of a lawsuit, and the documents that are filed duringthe course of that suit" - http://www.lexisnexis.com/courtlink/online/ (http://www.lexisnexis.com/courtlink/online/)

Case law searches, state and federal, via Lexis (http://www.lexis.com/) or Westlaw (http://www.westlaw.com/)

Directory of Corporate Affiliations (http://www.corporateaffiliations.com/content/cn_home.asp) - http://www.corporateaffiliations.com/(http://www.corporateaffiliations.com/)

Disclosure Online Database-US Public Company Profiles (http://web.nexis.com/sources/scripts/info.pl?3723) (Lexis), "contains business andfinancial information extracted from annual and periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for over10,000 publicly-owned companies" - http://w3.nexis.com/sources/scripts/info.pl?3723 (http://w3.nexis.com/sources/scripts/info.pl?3723)

Jury verdict and settlement databases - For example the JV-ALL file on Westlaw - http://west.thomson.com/store/product.aspx?product_id=RM159035 (http://west.thomson.com/store/product.aspx?product_id=RM159035)

Law firm websites - firm and practice specific entries, press releases, news, blogs and client alerts - be sure to track and monitor

information from this range of publications.



information from this range of publications.

LawCrawler (http://lawcrawler.findlaw.com/) - Legal web and database search engine. http://lawcrawler.findlaw.com/(http://lawcrawler.findlaw.com/)

Martindale.com (http://www.martindale.com/) - "Use this Lawyer Locator to find the credentials of more than one million lawyers and firms."http://www.martindale.com/ (http://www.martindale.com/)

Mergerstat M&A (http://w3.nexis.com/sources/scripts/info.pl?156282) - "The Mergerstat database also includes more than 50,000 Internationaltransactions. Mergerstat covers U.S. transactions and crossborder transactions involving a U.S. parent company where the equityvalue is greater than $1 million and represents at least a 10 percent interest." http://w3.nexis.com/sources/scripts/info.pl?156282(http://w3.nexis.com/sources/scripts/info.pl?156282)

Nelson's Public Company Profiles (http://web.nexis.com/sources/scripts/info.pl?165421) - "Public Company Profiles comprise brief descriptionsof 22,000 publicly tradedcorporations worldwide and include contact information, key executives and business descriptions."http://w3.nexis.com/sources/scripts/info.pl?165421 (http://w3.nexis.com/sources/scripts/info.pl?165421) (Lexis)

Pacer (http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/) - "The PACER Service Center is the Federal Judiciary's centralized registration, billing, and technicalsupport center for electronic access to U.S. District, Bankruptcy, and Appellate court records." Requires username and password - feesapply - http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/ (http://pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/)

Patent records (http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html) , USPTO - http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html (http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html)

SDC Mergers & Acquisitions (http://web.nexis.com/sources/scripts/info.pl?173725) - http://w3.nexis.com/sources/scripts/info.pl?173725(http://w3.nexis.com/sources/scripts/info.pl?173725)

Secretary of State and Other Business Filings Databases (columns/roundup29.htm) , published by LLRX.com(../../../../undefined/http://www.llrx.com) - "All 50 states make some level of corporate and business filings available online. In a few instancesonly limited information (such as name availability) is retrievable. The majority of the states, however, use their Web presence todisseminate a range of public business records -- and most of them offer access at no charge."http://www.llrx.com/columns/roundup29.htm (columns/roundup29.htm)

SECInfo.com (http://www.secinfo.com/) - "Search by Name, Industry, Business, SIC Code, Area Code, Topic, CIK, Accession Number, FileNumber, Date, ZIP." http://www.secinfo.com/ (http://www.secinfo.com/)

Standard & Poor's Corporate Register (http://w3.nexis.com/sources/scripts/info.pl?3669) , "The SPCORP file, derived from the Standard &Poor's Register of Corporations, is the most comprehensive directory available of America's top corporations and their key personnel." http://w3.nexis.com/sources/scripts/info.pl?3669 (http://w3.nexis.com/sources/scripts/info.pl?3669)

Trademark Electronic Search System (http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm) , USPTO - http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm(http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm)

VentureSource for private companies (http://www.venturesource.com/) , fee - http://www.venturesource.com/login/index.cfm?CFID=244623&CFTOKEN=29277224 (http://www.venturesource.com/login/index.cfm?CFID=244623&CFTOKEN=29277224)

America's Corporate Finance Directory - http://www.lexisnexis.com/corpfinancedir (http://www.lexisnexis.com/corpfinancedir) andhttp://w3.nexis.com/sources/scripts/info.pl?156585 (http://w3.nexis.com/sources/scripts/info.pl?156585) : also useful for identification of otheroutside service providers, including auditor, banker, pension manager, insurance carriers, investment banker, etc.

Westlaw CourtExpress (http://courtexpress.westlaw.com/) - dockets and document retrieval services for state and federal jurisdictions,http://courtexpress.westlaw.com/ (http://courtexpress.westlaw.com/)

Selected Online Tools for Competitor MonitoringWebsite Trackers

Copernic Agent (http://www.copernic.com/en/products/agent/index.html) - subscription, intelligent web search and management application -http://www.copernic.com/en/products/agent/index.html (http://www.copernic.com/en/products/agent/index.html)

"Domain Tools (http://domain-history.domaintools.com/) has been tracking the whois history of millions of domains since 2000. DomainHistory gives you access to our massive database of historical whois records. Supported TLDs are .com, .net, .org, .biz, .us, and .info.DomainTools offers an historical lookup of registrations back to 2001," http://domain-history.domaintools.com/ (http://domain-

history.domaintools.com/)

InfoMinder (http://www.infominder.com/webminder/index.jsp) - subscription service to track and monitor changes to websites, blogs, RSSfeeds and wikis - http://www.infominder.com/webminder/index.jsp (http://www.infominder.com/webminder/index.jsp)

WebSite Watcher (http://aignes.com/) - monitor websites for updates and changes - http://aignes.com (http://aignes.com/)



WebSite Watcher (http://aignes.com/) - monitor websites for updates and changes - http://aignes.com (http://aignes.com/)

Web2Mail Lite (http://www.web2mail.com/lite/welcome.php) - read, receive and browse the web by email -http://www.web2mail.com/lite/welcome.php (http://www.web2mail.com/lite/welcome.php)

ChangeDetection (http://www.changedetection.com/) - notifies users every time there is a change in designated websites -http://www.changedetection.com (http://www.changedetection.com/)

Tracerlock (http://www.tracerlock.com/) - web monitoring/clipping service - http://www.tracerlock.com/ (http://www.tracerlock.com/)

Westlaw Watch and LexisNexis Trackers

Westlaw Watch (http://west.thomson.com/westlawwatch/) - "delivers selected Westlaw content to individuals via email or your organization'sintranet or portal", subscription req'd - http://west.thomson.com/westlawwatch/ (http://west.thomson.com/westlawwatch/)

LexisNexis Trackers (http://www.lexisnexis.com/currentawareness/trackers) - subscription req'd, "full-text articles on current news, business,and legal information from more than 7,100 respected publications" - http://www.lexisnexis.com/currentawareness/trackers/(http://www.lexisnexis.com/currentawareness/trackers/)

Whoís Mailing What (http://whosmailingwhat.com/) - sells competitive intelligence data on what kind of direct mail programs other majorfirms are conducting - category 586 is legal services. http://www.whosmailingwhat.com/?FUSEACTION=&FA=&HOWMUCHTIME=(http://www.whosmailingwhat.com/?FUSEACTION=&FA=&HOWMUCHTIME=)

MarkMonitor (http://www.markmonitor.com/) - domain name filings provide insight into new law firm directions, service offerings -http://www.markmonitor.com (http://www.markmonitor.com/)

Benchmarking (http://www.altmanweil.com/index.cfm/fa/sp.home/surveys.cfm)

(http://www.altmanweil.com/index.cfm/fa/sp.home/surveys.cfm) (http://www.altmanweil.com/index.cfm/fa/sp.home/surveys.cfm)








American Bar Association (ABA) Statistics on the Legal Profession(http://www.americanbar.org/groups/departments_offices/market_research/resources.html) -http://www.americanbar.org/groups/departments_offices/market_research/resources.html(http://www.abanet.org/marketresearch/resource.html)

American Lawyer (http://www.americanlawyer.com/) - subscription (law firm and lawyer surveys, reports, articles, market data) -http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/index.jsp (http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/index.jsp) . Sign up for free email updates: http://tinyurl.com/3ozvoxd (http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/index.jsp)

Law.com Surveys and Rankings: begin on this page (http://www.law.com/career_center/lists_rankings.shtml) to view the following free data ifyou are currently not a paid subscriber: THE CHARTS - Gross Revenue; Revenue Per Lawyer (Top 20); Value Per Lawyer (Top 20);Profits Per Partner; Women in Law Firms. Other charts and data are for subscribers only.

Chambers and Partners (http://www.chambersandpartners.com/) - "searchable database of the top lawyers in 175 countries, providingindependent rankings and editorial commentary" - http://www.chambersandpartners.com/ (http://www.chambersandpartners.com/)

"CorporateAffiliations.com (http://www.corporateaffiliations.com/) (LexisNexis) provides current, accurate corporate linkage information andcompany profiles on nearly 200,000 of the most prominent global public and private parent companies and their affiliates, subsidiariesand divisions—down to the seventh level of corporate linkage." http://www.corporateaffiliations.com/ (http://www.corporateaffiliations.com/)

LexisNexis ExecRelate - "find NYSE, NASDAQ, and AMEX board member biographical details and see how they’re connected, viewcompany hierarchies to find connections among current customers and their parent companies, and track merger and acquisitioninformation to keep informed about marketplace changes. http://www.execrelate.com/Nonsub/home.asp(http://www.execrelate.com/Nonsub/home.asp)

FRASER (http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/) (Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research) - "The Federal Reserve Archival Systemfor Economic Research is a project by the Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis to expand on its mission toprovide economic information and data to researchers interested in the U.S. economy. On this web site you will find links to scanned

images (in Adobe Acrobat PDF format) of historical economic statistical publications, releases, and documents."



images (in Adobe Acrobat PDF format) of historical economic statistical publications, releases, and documents."http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/ (http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/)

Fortune 500 (http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2011/) annual ranking of America's largest corporations -http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2011 (http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2008/)

GPO Economic Indicators, 1995 to Present (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/indicators/index.html) - "Available from April 1995 forward, this monthlycompilation is prepared for the Joint Economic Committee by the Council of Economic Advisors and provides economic information onprices, wages, production, business activity, purchasing power, credit, money and Federal finance."http://www.gpoaccess.gov/indicators/index.html (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/indicators/index.html)

"The IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2009 (WCY) (http://www.imd.ch/research/publications/wcy/index.cfm) "is the world’s mostrenowned and comprehensive annual report on the competitiveness of nations, ranking and analyzing how a nation’s environmentcreates and sustains the competitiveness of enterprises...it measures 57 countries on the basis of 329 criteria."http://www.imd.ch/research/publications/wcy/index.cfm (http://www.imd.ch/research/publications/wcy/World-Competitiveness-Yearbook-2008-

Results.cfm)

(http://www.leadershipdirectories.com/products/ln.htm)

(http://www.leadershipdirectories.com/products/ln.htm) (http://www.leadershipdirectories.com/products/ln.htm)








(http://www.leadershipdirectories.com/products/ln.htm) "Marquis Who's Who has grown to include the biographies of millions of leaders andachievers from around the world and from every significant field of endeavor." (http://www.leadershipdirectories.com/products/ln.htm)

http://www.marquiswhoswho.com/ (http://www.marquiswhoswho.com/)

NALP Directory of Legal Employers (http://www.nalpdirectory.com/) - "Available from April 1995 forward, this monthly compilation is preparedfor the Joint Economic Committee by the Council of Economic Advisors and provides economic information on prices, wages,production, business activity, purchasing power, credit, money and Federal finance." http://www.nalpdirectory.com/(http://www.nalpdirectory.com/)

PROFIT 100 Rankings (http://www.profit100.com) - "The exclusive list of Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies: who they are, wherethey're from and what they do." http://www.profit100.com (http://www/profit100.com)

U.S. Census Bureau, Current Industrial Reports (http://www.census.gov/manufacturing/cir/index.html) - "The CIR program has been providingmonthly, quarterly, and annual measures of industrial activity for many years. The primary objective of the CIR program is to producetimely, accurate data on production and shipments of selected products. The data are used to satisfy economic policy needs and formarket analysis, forecasting, and decision-making in the private sector." Includes Mining, Manufacturing and Construction Statistics.http://www.census.gov/manufacturing/cir/index.html (http://www.census.gov/manufacturing/cir/index.html)

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (http://www.bea.gov/) - "The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) promotes a better understanding ofthe U.S. economy by providing the most timely, relevant, and accurate economic accounts data in an objective and cost-effectivemanner." http://www.bea.gov/ (http://www.bea.gov/)

U.S. Commercial Service - Market Research Library (http://www.buyusainfo.net/adsearch.cfm?search_type=int&loadnav=no) - "The U.S.Commercial Service is the trade promotion unit of the International Trade Administration. U.S. Commercial Service trade specialists in107 U.S. cities and in more than 80 countries work with your company to help you get started in exporting or increase your sales to newglobal markets." http://www.buyusainfo.net/adsearch.cfm?search_type=int&loadnav=no (http://www.buyusainfo.net/adsearch.cfm?

search_type=int&loadnav=no)

Country Profiles

BBC News Country Profiles (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm) - "Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politicsand economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions. They also include audio or video clips fromBBC archives." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm)

CIA World Factbook (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html) - "The World Factbook provides information on thehistory, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 worldentities. Our Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, aPolitical Map of the World, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map." https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html)

Economist.com - Country Briefings (http://www.economist.com/countries/) - "News, country profiles, forecasts, statistics" on more than 80



Economist.com - Country Briefings (http://www.economist.com/countries/) - "News, country profiles, forecasts, statistics" on more than 80countries. http://www.economist.com/countries/

guardian.co.uk - World Fact Files (http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/series/country-profiles) : country profiles - click on the interactive map's pinsto read country profiles featured in the Guardian's World Factfiles. http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/series/country-profiles(http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/series/country-profiles)

Index Mundi, Country Facts (http://www.indexmundi.com/) - "This site contains detailed country information, charts, and maps compiled frommultiple sources." http://www.indexmundi.com/ (http://www.indexmundi.com/)

Library of Congress Country Profiles (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles.html) - "This series of profiles of foreign nations is part of theCountry Studies Program...The profiles offer brief, summarized information on a country's historical background, geography, society,economy, transportation and telecommunications, government and politics, and national security."http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles.html (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles.html)

World Bank's Open Data (http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog) - "The World Bank's Open Data initiative is intended to provide all userswith access to World Bank data. The data catalog is a listing of available World Bank datasets, include databases, pre-formatted tablesand reports. Each of the listings includes a description of the data set and a direct link to that set. Where possible, the databases arelinked directly to a selection screen to allow users to select the countries, indicators, and years they would like to search. Those searchresults can be exported in different formats. Users can also choose to download the entire database directly from the catalog. Link(http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog)

World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY) (http://www.imd.ch/research/publications/wcy/index.cfm) - "analyses and ranks the ability of nations tocreate and maintain an environment that sustains the competitiveness of enterprises. Considered the worldwide reference point toworld competitiveness, it has been published without interruption since 1989 and ranks 55 national economies using 323 criteria."http://www.imd.ch/research/publications/wcy/index.cfm (http://www.imd.ch/research/publications/wcy/index.cfm)

CI Pathfinders and Link Collections

BRINT (http://www.brint.com/) - "Business Technology Management and Knowledge Management" - http://www.brint.com/(http://www.brint.com/)

Competitive Intelligence Center Library (http://www.competitivereviews.com/library.html) - http://www.competitivereviews.com/library.html(http://www.competitivereviews.com/library.html)

(http://tinyurl.com/3iiq) (http://www.helicongroup.com/Helicon%27s%20Articles%20on%20Competitive%20Intelligence.htm)

(http://www.helicongroup.com/Helicon%27s%20Articles%20on%20Competitive%20Intelligence.htm)

(http://www.helicongroup.com/Helicon%27s%20Articles%20on%20Competitive%20Intelligence.htm)

Web Directories and Portals

A to Z Index of the Business Reference Services Web Site (Library of Congress) (http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/azindex.html) -http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/azindex.html (http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/azindex.html)

CEO Express (http://www.ceoexpress.com/default.asp) - fee and free, with links to dozens of reliable, business related resources -http://www.ceoexpress.com/default.asp (http://www.ceoexpress.com/default.asp)

Find Articles (http://findarticles.com/) at BNET - free access to millions of articles (premium content as well) - http://findarticles.com(http://findarticles.com/)

HighBeam (http://www.highbeam.com/) (fee and free) "is a magazine and newspaper archive, online library and research tool forindividuals, students and small businesses. We collect millions of research articles from published sources you know and trust – andput them all in one place." - http://www.highbeam.com/ (http://www.highbeam.com/)

HighWire Press (http://highwire.stanford.edu/) - free and free, "1527 journals, books, reference works, & other scholarly publications"http://highwire.stanford.edu/ (http://highwire.stanford.edu/)

LexisNexis (http://www.lexis.com/) - fee/subscription - http://www.lexis.com (http://www.lexis.com/) or http://www.nexis.com (http://www.nexis.com/)

MagPortal (http://www.magportal.com/c/bus) - search engine and directory for locating online magazine articles from over 200 periodicals -http://www.magportal.com/c/bus/ (http://www.magportal.com/c/bus/)

Portal to International Business Resources (http://globaledge.msu.edu/resourcedesk/) - "A rich collection of thousands of resources selected



Copyright © 1996-2011 LLRX, LLC. http://www.llrx.com/features/ciguide.htm

Portal to International Business Resources (http://globaledge.msu.edu/resourcedesk/) - "A rich collection of thousands of resources selectedbased on content and usability. This section also includes our proprietary Market Potential Indicators and the Database of InternationalBusiness Statistics." http://globaledge.msu.edu/resourcedesk/ (http://globaledge.msu.edu/resourcedesk/)

Westlaw (http://www.westlaw.com/) - fee/subscription - www.westlaw.com (http://www.westlaw.com/)

Wall Street Executive Library (http://www.executivelibrary.com/) - Directory of over 1,450 sources that includes: national/international news;company and industry, government, marketing and advertising, statistics and economic research - http://www.executivelibrary.com/(http://www.executivelibrary.com/)

Editor's Note:

First published on November 20, 2005

Completely revised and updated as follows by Sabrina I. Pacifici on: March 15, 2006, October 13, 2006, January 15, 2007, June 19,

2007, September 28, 2007, March 15, 2008, June 1, 2008, March 28, 2009, October 11, 2009 and June 2, 2010, January 2011, March

2011, and July 2011.