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U.S. Publicly Traded

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company annual report2, 3, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19
Form 10-K2, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
Form DEF 14A8, 9, 10, 12, 15
general news search3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 20, 21, 22, 23

External Links

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35021
AFL-CIO23
Angie’s List19
As You Sow9
Balance’s Guide to Reading and Understanding Financial Statements5
Better Business Bureau19
BRBPub3
Business Journal6
Center for Responsive Politics24
Change to Win23
Common Clues of Financial Statement Manipulation5
CrocTail12, 13
Crunchbase6, 12, 13
EarningsCast7
Economist Intelligence Unit14
Enforcement & Compliance History Online (ECHO)21
Environmental Defense Fund21
Facebook4, 8, 10
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS)4
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration17
Federal Procurement Data System19
FedSpeding.org19
Financial Analysis for Union Researchers5
Fitch5, 7
Follow the Money24
Free ERSIA4
Glassdoor4
Good Job First’s COVID Stimulus Watch3, 20, 22
Good Jobs First’s Subsidy Tracker2
Good Jobs First’s Violation Tracker20, 21, 22
Google Finance1
Google News Archive5
Google Trends15
Greenpeace21
Import Genius (requires payment)16
International Trade Administration14
Investopedia5
Jobs with Justice23
JUSTIA22
LinkedIn4, 8
Little Sis8, 9, 10
Mapping the Common Good23
Merrill Lynch Guide to Understanding Financial Reports5
Monster4
Moody’s5, 7
MSN Money1, 2, 5, 9
NAICS lookup2
NIOSH20
NLRB Case Search4, 22
OHSA 300 Logs20
OSHA Establishment Search20
PACER (requires payment)22
Panjiva16, 19
Rank and Filed8, 10
Revenue Recognition Methods5
Right to Know Network21
Search Systems3, 11
SEC’s EDGAR database2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
Sierra Club21
SpyFu15
Standard & Poor’s5, 7
The Federal Election Commission24
The National Transportation Safety Board17
The Stanford Law School’s Securities Class Action Clearing House22
Thomas Register2, 16
U.S. Department of Labor22
USAspending.gov13, 19
Underwriters Laboratories22
Union Buster Alerts8
US Department of Labor’s Career Stop website4
USPIRG21
Wall Street Transcript7
Wayback machine6
Web Wire14
Yahoo Finance1, 2, 5, 9, 14, 15
Yelp19
Zacks Investment Research5

UMass Resources (for UMass Students only)

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ABI/ Inform Global7, 8 9, 10
Ad$pender17, 19
BCC Research14, 15
Business Source Complete1, 7, 8
CB Insights (Note: you must be on the UMass network and sign up for an account to use this resource).7, 14
Directory of Venture Capital & Private Equity1
ESG Manager on Campus21
IBIS World14, 15
Marketline Advantage14, 15
Mergent Archive6
Mergent Intellect1, 2, 3, 4, 12, 13
Mergent Investor Edge5, 9
Mergent Online1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15
Morningstar Investment Research Center5, 9
Plunkett Research8
ProQuest6
ReferenceUSA12, 13
Westlaw12, 13, 22
WISERTrade19