Blast from the past: When you need to value a company “back in time,” it might be useful to look at what they posted on the Internet in the past. The Internet Archive (http://web.archive.org) captures snapshots of web pages from as far back as 1996. Want to see what BVResources looked like in 2000? Click here.

Better Business Bureau Report database. Has anyone registered complaints against your subject company with the Better Business Bureau? And how has the company handled complaints? Find out at the new database, http://search.bbb.org/. Reports vary based on business location and the local BBB.