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**corporate regulators: Many corporate regulators are requiring companies to file electronic copies of documents for public access such as annual reports, prospectuses (issued to the market to support a float or capital raising and which are required to sketch trends that may affect business forecasts) , changes of directors, major changes to shareholdings etc.
*** In the U.S. the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)'s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) database is at http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/webusers.htm.
*** In Australia the Australian Securities and Investment Commission database - http://www.asic.gov.au/asic/asic_srchlodg.nsf/byheadline/Home+Page?opendocument - allows you to search for company names and view a listing of the electronic documents they have lodged that that can be purchased online and sent to you via email.
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Increasingly company information is available from a variety of online sites including:
** company sites: most major company websites list documents filed with corporate regulators though the extent of the archive varies. They also often include media releases and corporate social and environmental reports. (It is worth noting that it is common for media releases on controversial topics to be posted only for a short period and then removed to avoid drawing attention to a controversy).
*Attorneys and private investigators often use [http://publicdata.com PublicData], which requires a minimum yearly subscription of $25.
*"[http://www.workingamerica.org/jobtracker/sources.cfm Job Tracker], a site affiliated with the AFL-CIO with links to data on companies "exporting jobs, endangering workers' health or involved in cases of violations of workers' rights under the National Labor Relations Act."
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