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Accounting professors find social media improves stock liquidity: interview

Accounting professors find social media improves stock liquidity: interview

By IR Web Report on September 2, 2010

ACCOUNTING professors at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan recently published a study with a rather startling finding — using social media like Twitter can help companies overcome a lack of media and sell-side analyst coverage and improve liquidity for their stock. The study, which we reported in June, has received [...]

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5 free stock chart options for IR websites

5 free stock chart options for IR websites

By IR Web Report on September 1, 2010

STOCK charts are seldom a primary reason for investors to visit corporate investor relations websites, but no IR website is complete without them. That’s why free stock charts make a lot of sense for companies of any size. The good news for companies is that there are now more free chart options available thanks to [...]

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MarkThisDate: a great tool for IR website calendars

MarkThisDate: a great tool for IR website calendars

By IR Web Report on August 31, 2010

EVENT calendars on investor relations websites are one of the most important features companies can offer – but the calendar tools available from all IR website vendors today are little changed from what they were 10 years ago. A few enterprising IR departments, however, have discovered what is arguably the most powerful and versatile calendaring [...]

Posted in Articles | Tagged calendar apps, calendars, investor events, MarkThisDate, online calendars | 3 Responses

Australian retail investors aren't shunning social media

Australian retail investors aren’t shunning social media

By IR Web Report on August 23, 2010

NEWS today from the Australasian Investor Relations Association (AIRA) that only 7% of retail investors say they monitor social media for investing purposes has been wrongly interpreted as a rejection of social media as an information source. The fact is, these results need to be put into context. Retail investors in Australia are highly unlikely [...]

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Reporting earnings, HP style

Reporting earnings, HP style

By IR Web Report on August 23, 2010

WHEN Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) reported its third-quarter earnings last week it did so using a wide range of new and traditional media in a reporting event that shows how complex online corporate reporting has become with the advent of social media. The event also marked the first time that the new StockTwits IR service has [...]

Posted in Articles | Tagged blogs, facebook pages, Scribd, slideshare, social media, stocktwits, time stamps, twitter, web disclosure | 2 Responses

Weekly roundup: stuff that got us thinking in the week ending Aug. 20

Weekly roundup: stuff that got us thinking in the week ending Aug. 20

By IR Web Report on August 20, 2010

This is a weekly feature at IR Web Report highlighting articles and commentaries of interest to our readers. Sponsor us Yep, we’re selling our souls to a few good sponsors. And if you believe that, you’ll believe anything. But seriously, 6,000+ monthly readers is nothing to sniff at. Check out the SNL ad on the [...]

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HP, CME Group, Ford adopt StockTwits as an official IR channel

HP, CME Group, Ford adopt StockTwits as an official IR channel

By IR Web Report on August 19, 2010

STOCKTWITS, the growing investor and trader microblogging service, has introduced a new investor relations service that enables companies to provide verified information and better engage with their online investor audiences. The StockTwits IR service, which is still in beta testing, is currently being used by technology giant Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ), exchange company CME Group Inc. [...]

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5 lists IR Twitter accounts should have

5 lists IR Twitter accounts should have

By IR Web Report on August 18, 2010

TWITTER is becoming a popular way for investor relations departments to alert the market to important news, but many companies are not taking full advantage of all the features the service provides. One of the more useful features that gets little attention is the Twitter lists function. Lists give you the ability to compile groups [...]

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41% of heavily traded US-listed international firms shun PR wires

41% of heavily traded US-listed international firms shun PR wires

By IR Web Report on August 17, 2010

MORE than four in ten of the most actively traded US-listed international companies – including well-known firms like Alcatel-Lucent, Vodafone, Barclays and Petrobras – are not using paid PR wires to distribute their earnings releases and other disclosure information. And more companies are likely to follow suit in coming quarters after rule changes by the [...]

Posted in Articles | Tagged adrs, disclosure, international IR, IR websites, SEC filings | 2 Responses

Does SlideShare Pro make sense for investor relations?

Does SlideShare Pro make sense for investor relations?

By IR Web Report on August 16, 2010

SLIDESHARE, best known as a presentation sharing service, has launched three new paid accounts with features that may appeal to investor relations departments looking for ways to spread their stories online and improve the user experience of their IR websites. A growing number of companies are using SlideShare for investor relations presentations. The main reasons [...]

Posted in Articles | Tagged content sharing, earnings calls, presentations, slideshare, social media | 2 Responses

CEO's online video mea culpa boosts investment -- study

CEO’s online video mea culpa boosts investment — study

By IR Web Report on August 16, 2010

A NEW study has found that when CEOs take responsibility for financial restatements and deliver the bad news via online video, investors’ trust in management rises and they recommend larger investments in the firm. Researchers designed a simulation using a former television news presenter posing as a CEO. They found that when he accepted full [...]

Posted in Articles | Tagged credibility, executive communications, trust, video, web disclosure | 1 Response

Weekly roundup: highlights for the week ending Aug. 13

Weekly roundup: highlights for the week ending Aug. 13

By IR Web Report on August 13, 2010

This is a weekly feature at IR Web Report highlighting articles and commentaries of interest to our readers. How News Consumption is Shifting to the Personalized Social News Stream The social network of a reader is quickly becoming their personalized news wire. That’s because in the last five years, a revolutionary shift has taken place [...]

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How hedge funds analyze your earnings calls

How hedge funds analyze your earnings calls

By IR Web Report on August 13, 2010

NEWS this week from the Wall Street Journal that academics have found key language markers of executive deception on earnings calls won’t come as a surprise to some of the world’s biggest hedge funds. That’s because they have for years used advanced detection techniques devised by the US intelligence community and  sophisticated voice analyzing software [...]

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Broadridge on SEC proxy plumbing: be careful what you wish for

Broadridge on SEC proxy plumbing: be careful what you wish for

By IR Web Report on August 12, 2010

RICH DALY, the CEO of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), has responded to investor concerns about the potential impact on his company of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proxy system review, saying critics want to take the system back 45 years and companies’ costs could more than double in an unregulated market. Speaking on [...]

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Reporting earnings, Cisco style

Reporting earnings, Cisco style

By IR Web Report on August 12, 2010

EARNINGS reporting practices are evolving and becoming more complicated as companies increasingly integrate social media channels into their distribution circuits — and one good example is the closely watched technology bellwether Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) Yesterday, Cisco reported its Q4 2010 results after the regular Nasdaq trading hours but during a very active after-hours session [...]

Posted in Articles | Tagged blogs, facebook pages, social media, time stamps, twitter, web disclosure, YouTube | 4 Responses

SEC's proxy plumbing "does all we could have hoped," says Computershare

SEC’s proxy plumbing “does all we could have hoped,” says Computershare

By IR Web Report on August 11, 2010

STUART CROSBY, the CEO of Australia-based Computershare Limited (ASX:CPU), the world’s biggest transfer agent business and main rival to Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR), has praised the Securities and Exchange Commission’s concept paper on improving the US proxy system. In a presentation to analysts on announcing his company’s full-year 2010 results, Crosby said the concept paper [...]

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