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global news, company details, press details about
new products and technologies and research
announcements on new products.
Explore the Business & News content on Thomson Innovation.
Company Information
Market Information
News Information
Product Information
Research Information
Company Information
Easily find current address, financial and marketing information on more than 140,000 private and public U.S. companies and 30,000 international companies. Updated daily, this database also contains up to 10 of the most recent news references on each company, as found in over 5,000 journals, magazines and newspapers.
Sources for the company information include:
- Gale Group Company Intelligence (comprising the 1998 Ward's Business Directory and the Graham & Whiteside Limited of London international company directory)
- Dialog
Market Information
Access international market information for 90 industries published weekly in the Gale TableBase. The file covers current year, historical data, time series and forecasts for:
- Demographics
- Imports and exports
- Industry and product forecasts
- Market share
- Market size
- Market trends
- Output and capacity
- Price trends
- Production and consumption
- Rankings
- Sales and company forecasts
- Shipments
Sources for TableBase include:
- Data from trade associations
- Government agencies
- Industry reports prepared by investment research groups
- International organizations
- Non-profit research groups
- Privately published statistical annuals
- Source publications
News Information
Access global news information from leading newspapers, business magazines and newswires in one convenient place: Thomson Innovation. The news database is updated multiple times daily - so you have the most current information on a topic - and contains abstracts and full-text records from a variety of sources compiling 11,000 different publications. It covers an array of topics including:
- Accounting
- Advertising
- Aerospace and Defense
- Agriculture
- Automotive
- Banking and Finance
- Biotechnology
- Chemicals
- Computers
- Economic News
- Electronics
- Energy Products
- Engineering
- European Community
- Food and Beverages
- Health Care Services
- Investments
- Marketing
- Petroleum
- Pharmaceuticals
- Politics
- Publishing
- Retailing
- Software
- Telecommunications
- Transportation
The source for the news information is Dialog's NewsRoom.
Product Information
When it comes to learning all you can about a product or service, there is no better source than press releases. In addition to product descriptions, press releases typically contain key details about new products and technologies, technical specifications, availability, uses, licensing agreements, distribution channels, pricing and company contact details. The product information in Thomson Innovation is updated daily and covers these areas:
- Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Apparel and Related Products
- Chemicals and Allied Products
- Communications
- Electric/Electronic Machinery Equipment
- Financial Services
- Food and kindred Products
- Furniture
- Instruments and Related Products
- Leather and Products
- Medical and Health Services
- Metals and Fabricated Metal Products
- Mining and Extractive Industries
- Ordnance
- Other Kinds of Manufacturing
- Paper and Allied Products
- Petroleum and Energy Products
- Printing and Publishing
- Rubber and Allied Products
- Sciences
- Service Industries
- Stone, Clay and Glass Products
- Textile Mill Products
- Tobacco Products
- Transportation
- Transport Equipment
- Wood and Wood Products
The source for this product information is the Gale Group New Product Announcements/Plus (NPA/PLUS).
Research Information
Search Thomson Innovation to access more than 27,500 organizations conducting research worldwide and identify key information such as:
- Bureaus
- Contact information
- Councils
- Descriptions of research groups and facilities
- Experiment stations
- Foundations
- Institutes
- Laboratories
- Research parks
- Test facilities
The source for the research information within Thomson Innovation is the Research Centers and Services Directory, which features these leading resources:
- Research Centers Directory
- International Research Centers Directory
- Government Research Directory
- New Research Centers
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