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Inside information about companies is in demand. Out of some 400 CD‐ROMs related to business, for instance, over a third deal with company data (141 titles). Even so, when information managers and business librarians were asked to suggest ideas for new CD‐ROM titles, several said they wanted even more company information discs. Online, you can find more information about more companies in more countries every month. The big boom at the moment is in data from East European and Soviet companies. Yet here, again, there is a cry for more — especially in the way of reliability and quality.