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Provides access to a wide variety of global business information, enabling users to research company profiles, brand information, rankings, investment reports, company histories, chronologies, and industry news and periodicals.

Procurement research reports cover a multitude of indirect purchasing lines. These detailed reports, ranging from 15-20 pages, cover product/service pricing dynamics, product characteristics that affect the purchasing decision, supplier benchmarking and supply chain risks, and negotiation questions and tactics. The reports get updated 1-3 times a year, and for some, depending on the industry, 6-7 times a year. The coverage is quite comprehensive with an impressive amount of purchasing lines being represented. The first part of a report, "At a Glance," provides the recent price, forecast price, market characteristics, market risk, benchmark price, key price drivers, major vendors, vendor cost benchmarks and the Buyer Power Score.

Company information, including market snapshot, company quote, equity indexes page, the Outlook's market insight, S & P stock stock report, economic calendar, economic insight, industry in focus, and Stovall's sector watch. Also includes mutual funds, S&P industry surveys for the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America

The Value Line investment survey--historical reports contain backfiles with information on industries, the stock market, and the economy. The reports date back to 1998 and are made accessible in PDF format.