Information is crucial to a business. Each year, real businesses spend considerable sums for industry and market research. The information that they receive is often invaluable in helping them gain a competitive advantage.

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A subscription buys access to several reports.

There are reports that present real time information on the market of every primary, intermediate and final good, describing the current average price, number of producers, number of retailers, advertising expenditure, profits and more. This information can be used to gauge the level of competition and profitability of various markets. For final goods, the report even shows information on aggregate demand.

There's the top 50 most profitable business units, the top 50 largest business units by market share, the top 50 most active research centers.

There's a report on product innovation.

There's the top 50 most profitable apartment buildings.

There's share buy recommendations, share sell recommendations, information on share bids and offers outstanding in the sharemarket. This report is especially useful for players who want to fend off hostile takeover attempts.

A subscription also buys access to an automated price cutting tool for shops and an automated production management tool, both of which are helpful for players who can't be online too often.

There are two subscription options: 1 week for $6; 4 weeks for $19.

Only players who have paid the premium account fee can buy a subscription to the research reports.