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How to Do Corporate Research | Corporate Research Project How to Do Corporate Research Online By Philip Mattera Director of the Corporate Research Project Table of Contents Introduction A. A. A. Ongoing problems with corporate crime and misbehavior make it essential for progressive activists to know how to gather information on the way business operates. This Guide is designed to help researchers and activists gather essential information on any type of U.S. Given that most business research these days is done via computer, most of the sources listed are found online. The resources listed here are all, in one way or another, part of the public record. The Guide is divided into three parts. The biggest challenge in most corporate research projects is not a shortage of information, but rather too much of it. Hoover’s Online Hoover’s is one of the most useful places to begin when trying to get a basic picture of a company. Yahoo Finance Yahoo operates one of the most popular of the multitude of investor information sites on the web. 10-Q and 8-K

Corporate Crime Reporter CEO Pay and You I came to the United States from Mexico in 2006, driven by a dream we all share: a better life for my family. What I found, however, is suffering. Fernando is not my real name; I am an undocumented worker and, therefore, I have to protect my identity. I have six children and a wife to support, so I harvest tobacco. Another illness associated with tobacco harvesting is green tobacco sickness. As a farmworker in the supply chain for tobacco, I think it should be an obligation from the boss to pay our wages even when we are ill—when one has been helping him throughout the season. I don’t earn enough to cover major medical expenses. All the boss is interested in is that we work fast.

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