Companies

Articles from Newspapers and Trade Press

Factiva
1000s of Australian and overseas full text newspapers, including The Australian Financial Review, Business Review Weekly, Financial Times and Wall Street Journal.
Business Source Complete on EBSCOhost
Type the company name and use the drop menu to select the field "CO Company Entity"
Business Spectator
Free to register to Australian business news, analysis and commentary from Alan Kohler, Robert Gottliebsen and Stephen Bartholomeusz
TVNews (Informit)
Australian television news, current affairs and selected documentaries from the free-to-air networks with links to the digitised video content in a compressed format.
The Conversation pages on Business and the Economy

MINT Global (Bureau van Dijk)
For advanced company research, global in coverage, includes public and private companies
Datanalysis
(Australian public companies) includes annual reports
Business Source Complete on EBSCOhost
Click on the link to Company Profiles
Passport
Global Market Information Database (GMID) is an integrated database providing key business intelligence on countries, markets and companies. It provides users with historical statistics and forecasts, analysis of consumers' lifestyles etc
Factiva
Click on the Companies/Markets tab
International Directory of Company Histories
Useful for background on large companies. Type the company name in the search box.
Business eResources available from the State Library of Victoria
Who Owns Whom
Hawthorn General 338.74094 WHO (Europe), 338.740973 WHO (Americas), 338.0025 WHO (Aus,Asia,Africa,MiddEast)
ASIC Search
(Australian private companies) Australian Securities & Investments Commission. Limited information. Click on the Search link to search ASIC's company database and registers.
On this page you'll find links to free searches, which include searching databases for information about companies and individuals registered by ASIC. The free National Names Index search provides basic details about a company. Fees apply for further company details and financial

FinAnalysis
(Public Australian companies) provides a 12-year history of detailed financial information for all companies listed on ASX
Australian Securities Exchange
The Australian Financial Markets Report (AFMR)
A statistical survey of Australia's financial markets providing insight of market activity and concentration of turnover, market growth opportunities and trends.
Trading Room company news from Fairfax
Yahoo Finance (Aus & NZ)
Google Finance (North America)
Money Ninemsn (Aus)
Stock Exchanges- Worldwide Links

Investigating Australian Companies from the State Library of Victoria and Guide to Business Structures
Free Online Classes from the ASX about trading and investing in shares
E*Trade Australia Education Centre
Deciphering Stockmarket Jargon from Baillieu Stockbroking