[Developers] Great site for company information

[Shawn Simister]

This is a great find. If you look in the section called "Company 
Histories Part 2" you'll find that there are actually around 9,000 
companies covered. There are also 600 biographies of prominent business 
people. It would be really great to have the appropriate topics in 
Freebase link back to these articles.

Alec Flett wrote:
> Hey I was poking around and found this rather useful site:
>
> http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/
>
> More specifically, a whole bunch of "Company history" essays which  
> describe the history (founding, aquisitions, brands, etc) of many  
> companies, organized by category of company (Food, Hotels, Insurance,  
> etc)
> http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history/
>
> I found lots of stuff here that I didn't find in Wikipedia or on  
> company pages (like that Weetabix acquired Barbara's Bakery in 1986: http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/28/Weetabix-Limited.html)
>
> It only has some 600 companies, but if you're wanting to unearth the  
> history of your favorite conglomerate, it's pretty good: http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/68/ConAgra-Foods-Inc.html
>
> Alec
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