ResourceShelf Newsletter 320
EDTECH Editor-Jones
This newsletter is reproduced with permission of Gary Price.
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:52:53 +0100
From: Gary Price <gary....@resourceshelf.com>
To: jw...@temple.edu
Subject: ResourceShelf Newsletter 320
ResourceShelf Newsletter
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Number 320 July 26, 2007
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Gary has been out and about on the Web this week. If you haven't
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+ Gary wrote for SearchEngineLand -
Of Permanent Value: Archiving the Web (SearchEngineLand): "It's my
goal in this series of articles to keep you posted on some of the
major web archiving initiatives, databases, research and services,
while at the same time offering quick peeks at tools you can use to
save web pages and other forms of electronic content on your own."
<http://digbig.com/4tgsr>
+ Gary was a key source in this New.com article, on one of his
favorite topics, the wealth of online resources available via public
libraries - Steal this book? Don't bother: "The hardest part of
using the wealth of free sources out there may be finding them.
There are easy ways to locate these sources, but few people use
them, according to Gary Price, founder and editor of the
ResourceShelf blog and director of online resources at Ask.com."
<http://digbig.com/4tgss>
+ A sidebar article details some of these resources -
Free information for the taking <http://digbig.com/4tgst>
Happy reading.
Catch you next week.
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Resource of the Week: Corporate Filings - U.S. and Otherwise
By Shirl Kennedy, Senior Editor
EDGAR at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is a basic
business reference tool. Public corporations (domestic and foreign)
and certain "insiders" are required by law to file certain documents
(PDF; 250 KB) here on a regular basis. This information, of course, is
scrutinized by investors, financial analysts, journalists,
ResourceShelf editors, etc. A good basic tutorial is available on the
SEC website. It was updated earlier this year.
There are other ways to get at EDGAR data - many for free - that
provide unique searching options. This annotated compilation from our
friends at Virtual Chase provides an excellent overview of many such
resources.
Companies must also file certain documents in the different states
where they are doing business. The Judi Prokop Newman Information
Resource Center at the University of Miami School of Business offers a
good, annotated list of links to state corporate filing databases.
You'll also find pointers to international sites as well as US/SEC
data sites such as those in the Virtual Chase listing.
Free sources of international corporate filings are few and far
between. One good place to start poking around is the membership
directory of the International Organization of Securities Commissions.
It links you to the websites of SEC-equivalent regulatory bodies
around the world. A different alternative is Yahoo! Finance -
Worldwide. It has many localized sites; if you drill down, you can
sometimes find company report announcements. Note that most of these
are available in their native languages; India and Singapore, however,
are available in English.
globalEDGE, at Michigan State University, has an International Country
Insights section worth checking out. There are pointers to the
homepages of major companies in each country via a "corporations"
link; you may find financial reports online.
+ SEDAR (System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval)
"provides access to most public securities documents and information
filed by public companies and investment funds with the Canadian
Securities Administrators (CSA)." Naturally, it's available in
French as well as English. (The SEDI system allows you to search for
insider filings.)
+ SEC Info searches EDGAR and SEDAR filings simultaneously. Free
registration required. The site...uh, takes a bit of getting used
to, but an FAQ is available.
+ CAROL (Company Annual Reports On-Line) is a UK-based site that
offers "direct links to the financial pages of listed companies in
Europe and the USA." Free registration gets you access to the full
text of annual reports.
+ Companies House is where you go for UK corporate filings. Its
WebCheck tool provides basic information for free; full documents
may be purchased for a nominal fee.
+ Northcote provides direct links to information offered on the
websites of companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. "Free
information on corporate websites includes; annual and interim
reports, press releases, summary financial information, results
presentations and webcasts, chairman's statements, price information
and broker research. Not all companies publish everything so our
page on a company will enable you to quickly assess what is
available."
+ Hugin, a service which distributes financial announcements for
European companies, is another fishing hole worth trying. It seems
to have a large portfolio of clients. Use the Companies link to
browse alphabetically or by sector; a simple search form is also
available. If a company is one of Hugin's clients, you'll find links
to reports, press releases, etc.
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