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CIRR DATABASE
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A tool for corporate research
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For more info, contact: Kerry Dressler through EnviroNet mail
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CIRR actually stands for the Company and Industrial
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Research Reports Datebase. Not all Libraries will have this
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available on computer, but if you have a Universtiy nearby, you
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might try there. It is usually updated monthly, and searches can
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be made by company name, or type of business. These reports are
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usually done by large stock brockerage houses for their clients,
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but there are also several trade journals that are abstracted.
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Most of the files are available on Microfiche, which can then be
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xeroxed using a viewer. Companies that I've checked on have all
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been ones traded on stock exchanges. This is a service for the
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College of Business Administration at the University near me.
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Large brockerage firms would probably have access to the system,
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also.
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I ran Waste Management, Inc. through the system and the
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file was 156 pages long! It traces all the earnings, quarterly,
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large contracts, mergers, intereactions with other firms, and a
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variety of esoteric - business oriented information. There are
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several firms that write these reports excerpting trade journals
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and tracing rumors. They discussed the effect new EPA
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regulations would have on the company's earnings, as well as any
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legal problems they were having. Market managers make their
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decisions on whether to buy or sell stocks by the accuracy of
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these reports. Reports were dated from January 1990 back to
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January 1982. Other back files are available.
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Another, more available computer database is called
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Infotrak. It has a vast number of subjects available, but rather
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than giving you an abstract, or having microfiche available , it
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only lists the periodicals that a particular subject may be found
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in. You then have to hope your library carries that particular
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periodical. A large number of trade journals has been added to
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the database and it is updated monthly.
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Both databases are fairly easy to access and have "print"
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features if a printer is on line. CIRR can also be downloaded by
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subject to diskette.
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Another file downloaded from: The NIRVANAnet(tm) Seven
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& the Temple of the Screaming Electron Taipan Enigma 510/935-5845
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Burn This Flag Zardoz 408/363-9766
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realitycheck Poindexter Fortran 510/527-1662
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Lies Unlimited Mick Freen 801/278-2699
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The New Dork Sublime Biffnix 415/864-DORK
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The Shrine Rif Raf 206/794-6674
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Planet Mirth Simon Jester 510/786-6560
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"Raw Data for Raw Nerves"
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