USEFUL LINKS
IF YOU WANT TO DO MORE RESEARCH
(updated March 28, 2011)

• Securities Rules, Regulations and Regulators
• Electronic Securities Filings
• Other Securities Law Resources
• Corporate Rules, Regulations and Regulators
• Stock Exchanges and Quotation Systems
• Rating Services
• Quotes
• Corporate Finance
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Venture Capital Resources
• Business News Services
• Odds and Ends

• Alberta Securities Commission
   
• BC Securities Commission
   
• Canadian Investor Protection Fund
   
• Canadian Securities Administrators
   
• Investment Funds Institute of Canada

• Investment Industry Regulation Organization of Canada (IIROC) (fka Investment Dealers Association of Canada & Market Regulation Services, Inc.)
   
• Manitoba Securities Commission

• Mutual Fund Dealers Association
   
• New Brunswick Securities Commission
   
• Newfoundland Securities Commission
   
• Nova Scotia Securities Commission
   
• Ontario Securities Commission
   
• Quebec Securities Commission
   
• Saskatchewan Securities Commission
   
• Securities Rules and Regulation for all Provinces  (Links to all Canadian Securities Regulators)

•  Federal Securities Law
   
• Investment Company Act
   
• Investment Company Institute
   
• North American Securities Administrators Association
   
• Financial Institute Regulatory Authority (FINRA)

• FINRA - Arbitration & Mediation
   
• FINRA - Regulation
   
• Securities and Exchange Commission
   
• Securities Act of 1933 and 1934, with selected forms
   
• Securities and Exchange Act 1934
   
• State Blue Sky Laws (Links to State Regulators)

• SEDAR
   
• SEC Info

• Edgar (SEC Site)
   
• Edgar Online
   
• Free Edgar

• Morning Star Document Research (fka 10K Wizard)
   
• SEC Filings.Com
   
• Securities Lawyer's Deskbook

• Investment Advisor Public Disclosure

• NASDAQ News
   
• RR Donnelley Financial Articles
   
• Securities Class Action Clearinghouse
   
• Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association

• Securities Investor Protection Act
   
• Securities Investor Protection Corporation
   
• Securities Law News
   
• Securities Law Publications

• British Columbia Registrar of Companies
    • Business Corporations Act, S.B.C. 2002, c. 57
    • Business Corporations Regulation, B.C. Reg. 65/2004
    • Extraprovincial Companies and Foreign Entities from a
      Designated Province Regulation, B.C. Reg. 88/2009
   
• Alberta Corporate Registry
     • Business Corporations Act, R.S.A. 2000, c. B-9
     • Business Corporations Regulation, Alta. Reg. 118/2000
   
• Corporations Canada (Federal)
    • Canada Corporations Act, R.S.C. 1970, c. C-32
    • Canada Corporations Regulations, C.R.C., c. 424
   
• Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Business Services
  Companies and Personal Property Security Branch
  • Ontario Business Corporations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. B.16
  • Ontario General, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 62
   
• Corporate rules and regulation for all provinces along with full contact information

• California Secretary of State
   
• Colorado Department of State
   
• Delaware Secretary of State
   
• Delaware Corporate Law Clearing House
   
• Florida Department of State
   
• Nevada Secretary of State
   
• US Corporate Law

• CNSX - Canadian National Stock Exchange (fka CNQ)
   
• ICE Futures Canada (fka Winnipeg Commodity Exchange)
   
• Montreal Stock Exchange

• Nasdaq Canada
   
• Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange

•  NYSE - AMEX - American Stock Exchange
   
• CME Group (fka Chicago Board of Trade & Chicago Mercantile Exchange)
   
• CBOE - Chicago Board Option Exchange
   
• CHX (fka Chicago Stock Exchange)
   
• Instinet

• Nasdaq Stock Markets
   
• NYSE Euronext (fka New York Stock Exchange)
   
• NYSE Arca (fka Pacific Stock Exchange)
   
• Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board
   
• OTC Markets Group Inc. (fka the PinkSheets)

•  Standard & Poor
   
• Mergent

• DBRS - Dominion Bond Rating Services
   
• Fitch Rating, Inc.

• Yahoo Finance
   
• Mytrack.com

• Corporate Financials Online
   
• P2P Financial Inc.
   
• Community Lend

• Angel List
   
• Capital Connection

• Merger Network
   
• The Daily Deal

• Pricewaterhouse Coopers Venture Money Tree Survey
   
• Pricewaterhouse Coopers Venture Capital Best Practices Survey
   
• Venture Capital Resource Directory
   
• Thompson Venture Economics
   
• Dow Jones Private Markets

• Founder Institute  Plain Preferred Term Sheet (Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati)
   
• NVCA Model Venture Capital Financing Documents
   
• Series Seed Documents Version 2.0 (Fenwick West)
   
• TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents (Cooley)
   
• Y Combinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents (Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati)
  
   

• ABC News (Business)
   
• Barron's
   
• BBC News (Business)
   
• Bloomberg
   
• BusinessWeek
   
• CNBC
   
• CNN (Money)
   
• Economist
   
• Entrepreneur
   
• Financial Times
   
• Forbes
   
• Fortune
   
• Fox News (Business)

• Harvard Business Review
   
• LA Times (Business)
   
• Marketwatch
   
• MSNBC (Business)
   
• New York Times (Business)
   
• New York Post (Business)
   
• Reuters (Business)
   
• Silicon Valley
   
• Stockwatch
   
• The Street
   
• USA Today (Money)
   
• Wall Street Journal
   
• Yahoo (Finance)

• Bloomberg Business Week’s Small Business Online
   
• Canadian Intellectual Property Office
   
• Canadian Patent Search (Free)
   
• Canadian Trademark Search (Free)
   
• E Commerce Times
   
• Encyclopedia of Business & Finance
   
• Harvard Business Law Review
   
• Lexis Nexus
   
• Inc.Com
   
• Hoover's IPO Central

• IPO Monitor
   
• Red Herring Magazine
   
• The Street.Com
   
• Search for the Transfer Agent of US Companies
   
• US Patent & Trademark Office
   
• US Patent Search (Free)
   
• US TradeMark Search (Free)
   
• Wall Street Net
   
• Wall Street Journal Small Business