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Business: International

Country Background

Fitch Connect
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Global industry, economic and political risk ratings and analysis.
Global Road Warrior
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Country information for travelers. Including business, human rights, education, and culture topics.

Country Commercial Guides
Excellent guides for US companies entering a foreign market. Includes brief profiles of leading sectors for US export and investment.
Doing Business
Reports on the ease of doing business in different countries from the World Bank.

Companies

Orbis
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Company information, news, and market research on businesses and industries worldwide.
Mergent Online
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Extensive information on U.S. and international public companies, including financials, stock, properties, and SEC filings.
PrivCo
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Estimated revenues and valuations of privately held companies.

News & Journal Articles

Factiva
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Local, regional and international newspapers, trade publications, press releases, media transcripts, and news websites.
Access World News
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Regional, national, and international newspapers, 1980's-present.
Business Source Complete
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Magazines, newspapers and journals in all business disciplines.

More news and articles
Links to all business article databases

Market Research

Passport
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Data & reports on consumers, marketing and companies around the world.
eMarketer
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Market research reports and statistics on digital consumers and online marketing strategies.
BCC Research
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Specialized market research reports covering healthcare, science, and technology sectors. Husky OnNet is required for off-campus access.

Data

World Bank Data
Development data from the World Bank
UNdata
Development data from the United Nations.
CIA World Factbook
Quick country data

UN Comtrade Database
Comprehensive source for world trade data.

USA Trade Online
"Provides U.S. export and import information on more than 18,000 commodities presented in the Harmonized Tariff Classification System for current month and previous month; cumulative year to date, current year and prior year; and annual two year and historical data."

Fitch Connect
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Global industry, economic and political risk ratings and analysis.
Passport
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Data & reports on consumers, marketing and companies around the world.
China Data Online
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Comprehensive China statistics, census data, economy, and population data at national, provincial, city, county, and township levels.

Last Updated: Sep 18, 2020 1:41 PM
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Subjects: Business