CIRR DATABASE

 

                  A tool for corporate research

 

For more info, contact:  Kerry Dressler through EnviroNet mail

 

      CIRR actually stands for the Company and Industrial 

Research Reports Datebase.  Not all Libraries will have this 

available on computer, but if you have a Universtiy nearby, you 

might try there. It is usually updated monthly, and searches can 

be made by company name, or type of business. These reports are 

usually done by large stock brockerage houses for their clients, 

but there are also several trade journals that are abstracted.  

Most of the files are available on Microfiche, which can then be 

xeroxed using a viewer.  Companies that I've checked on have all 

been ones traded on stock exchanges.  This is a service for the 

College of Business Administration at the University near me. 

Large brockerage firms would probably have access to the system, 

also.

 

      I ran Waste Management, Inc. through the system and the 

file was 156 pages long!  It traces all the earnings, quarterly, 

large contracts, mergers, intereactions with other firms, and a 

variety of esoteric - business oriented information.  There are 

several firms that write these reports excerpting trade journals 

and tracing rumors.  They discussed the effect new EPA 

regulations would have on the company's earnings, as well as any 

legal problems they were having.  Market managers make their 

decisions on whether to buy or sell stocks by the accuracy of 

these reports. Reports were dated from January 1990 back to 

January 1982.  Other back files are available.

 

      Another, more available computer database is called 

Infotrak.  It has a vast number of subjects available, but rather 

than giving you an abstract, or having microfiche available , it 

only lists the periodicals that a particular subject may be found 

in.  You then have to hope your library carries that particular 

periodical.  A large number of trade journals has been added to 

the database and it is updated monthly.

 

      Both databases are fairly easy to access and have "print" 

features if a printer is on line.  CIRR can also be downloaded by 

subject to diskette.

 

 





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