If you ...
If you know a company name, use ...
- Securities and Exchange
Commission Edgar Database (web link) ... to find 10-K, 10-Q and other
reports made by publicly traded companies. Can search by ticker symbol or
name of company.
- Wall Street
Research Net (web link) ... to find SEC filings, ticker symbols,
graphs and charts on the company's earnings.
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Hoovers Online (web link) ... to find company capsules, quarterly
earnings and corporate websites.
- Thomas Register
of American Manufacturers (web link) ... to find addresses, products,
and services for over 155,000 US and Canadian companies.
- North Carolina Manufacturers Register (book) ... to find address,
phone numbers, type of business, officers, and employment & sales
information for over 10,000 companies.
- N.C. Secretary
of State (web link) ... to find out if the company is registered as a
corporation in North Carolina. Will give you the address and registered
agent's name.
- Phone Disc (cheatsheet) ... to find phone numbers, address,
neighbors, type of business. (Mid-Atlantic phone disc includes NC, SC, GA,
VA, WV, DC, MD, DE and PA. Discs for other states are available in News
Research.)
- Wake County Property Records (cheatsheet) ... to find address,
ownership, previous owners, square footage of building, selling price,
perimeter sketch of property.
- Durham County Property Tax Records (cheatsheet) ... to find address,
ownership, assessed value of property and other information. Can also find
Durham property owners' employers.
- Greater Raleigh Cross Reference Directory (book) ... to find names,
addresses, phone numbers and neighbors of businesses(various years
available).
- Greater Durham Cross Reference Directory (book) ... to find names,
addresses, phone numbers and neighbors of businesses for Durham, RTP,
Creedmoor, Hillsborough, Chapel Hill, Pittsboro and Oxford (various years
available).
- Raleigh City Directory (book) ... to find names, addresses and phone
numbers of a business.
- Durham City Directory (book) ... to find names, addresses and phone
numbers of a business in Durham and RTP.
- Switchboard (web link) ... to
find addresses and phone numbers for people and businesses. (Caution: Some
of these may be outdated.)
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FAA N-Number database (web link) ... to find if the company owns an
airplane. (Always double-check FAA information with the FAA.)
If you know a company address, use ...
- Phone Disc (cheatsheet) ...
to find name of business, phone numbers, neighbors, type of business.
(Mid-Atlantic phone disc includes NC, SC, GA, VA, WV, DC, MD, DE and PA.
Discs for other states are available in News Research.)
- Wake County Property Records (cheatsheet) ... to find address,
ownership, previous owners, square footage, selling price, perimeter
sketch of property.
- Wake County Tax Records (cheatsheet) ... to find billing and
collection information on property.
- Durham County Property Tax Records (cheatsheet) ... to find name of
business, ownership, assessed value of property and other information. Can
also find Durham property owners' employers.
- Switchboard (web link) ... to
find addresses and phone numbers for people and businesses. (Caution: Some
of these may be outdated.)
- WhoWhere (web link) ... to find
e-mail addresses, company addresses and phone numbers.
If you know a ticker symbol, use ...
- Securities and
Exchange Commission Edgar Database (web link) ... to find ticker
symbols and 10-K, 10-Q and other files, registered with the SEC. Can
search by name of company or ticker symbol.
- Hoovers Online (web link) ... to
find company profiles, quarterly earnings and corporate websites. Can
search by ticker symbol or company name.
- Wall Street Research Net (web
link) ... to find SEC filings, graphs and charts on the company's
earnings.
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Researchers.