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Companies House
All limited companies in the UK are registered at Companies House, an Executive Agency of the Department of Trade and Industry. WebCHeck is a searchable database of more than 1.8 million companies.
Doing Company Research, Library of Congress
Guide designed to give someone searching for company information some ideas and strategies for finding this type of information. Has separate sections for U.S. public, U.S. private, and non-U.S. companies.
Europages for European Business Directory
Search more than 550,000 companies in 35 European countries by company name or product/service.
globalEDGE, Michigan State University
Features the Resource Desk (directory of international business resources), Country Insights (current information on the business climate, news, history, political structure, economic landscape, and more for 199 countries), Industry Profiles (for select global industries), and more.
International Company and Industry Research Guide, New York University, Bobst Library
Site offers access to research guides, tutorials, and relevant Web links.
International Tax and Business Guides, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Designed to help potential investors understand the investment climate, operating conditions, and tax system of most major trading jurisdictions. The Business Guides are supplemented by the Country Highlights series, which provide a quick overview of the tax landscape of more than 120 jurisdictions.
Kompass
Covers 2.3 million companies and 4.6 million executives in 70 countries. Provides some free information; must subscribe to view full reports ($950/yr).
Market Research Library, U.S. Department of Commerce
The Country Commercial Guides (available via the Report Type pull-down list) contain information on doing business in the country, political and economic environment, leading sectors for U.S. export and investment, trade regulations and standards, investment climate, and more.
PricewaterhouseCoopers: Global
Information on the business environment of many countries worldwide.
Resources for International Business, Rutgers University Libraries
Guide organized into 7 categories: background materials, regions, countries, statistics, periodicals and news, ready reference tools, and resource guides.
The Scannery
Covers more than 36,000 public companies in more than 100 countries. Searchable index of documents (reports, press releases, etc.) found on company Web sites.
TradeStats Express, Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce
Interactive database providing access to annual U.S. trade statistics, including exports, imports and trade balances. Covers 1989 - 2003. Site offers access to national trade data and state export data.
U.S. Court of International Trade
Provides access to slip opinions from 1999-present of the U.S. Court of International Trade (formerly the U.S. Customs Court).
VIBES-Virtual International Business & Economic Sources, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Provides more than 2,800 links to Web sources of international business and economic information that are in English and available free of charge.

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