2006
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By IR Web Report on December 28, 2006
By Dominic Jones EVERYONE knows that if you have bad news to deliver then the best time to do so is late on a Friday afternoon. That’s when reporters are distracted and editors are heading home for the weekend. And probably the most-prized Friday or all is the one just before a Christmas long-weekend. You [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged disclosure, dow jones, EDGAR, Enron, finance, Greg Newton, House Financial Services Committee, John White, journalist, law, London, Michelle Leder, NakedShorts author, Patrick Hosking, rss, SEC, SEC filings, securities, the Times, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
By IR Web Report on December 22, 2006
IN THE sixth newswire deal this year, Canada’s second largest news release distributor CCNMatthews is being acquired by the private equity arm of Canadian pension fund OMERS. The cash deal, terms of which were not disclosed, will also see Manulife Capital, the private equity group of insurer Manulife Financial, take a minority stake. CCNMatthews, which [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged blogs, disclosure, Euronext, Europe, Hugin ASA, Manulife Capital, Manulife Financial, Market Wire, Medialink Worldwide, nasdaq, new york stock exchange, news releases, newswires, OMERS Capital Partners, Paris, Paul G. Renaud, Pims Group, pr newswire, private equity, rss, San Francisco, SEC, securities, strategy, sun microsystems, U.S. newswire, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, United Business Media, Warren Buffett, website services
By IR Web Report on December 20, 2006
By Dominic Jones A FORMER employee of a large IR website vendor has written a damning insider’s account of how such firms bully their clients into buying off-the-shelf packages that fail to deliver value to companies and their investors. Lily Napier, who spent six years as a senior IR consultant for Hemscott, the UK equivalent [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged communications, IR websites, Lily Napier, London, management, nasdaq, online article, online investor communications, Ron Gruner, SEC, shareholder.com, strategy, thomson financial, usability
By IR Web Report on December 20, 2006
By Dominic Jones LOOKING back on 2006, which technologies relevant to investor relations failed to live up to the hype that surrounded them? Fortunately, the list is short because IR websites were not the scene of much innovation during 2006. Relatively few new technologies even registered a blip among the 525 sites in our survey. [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged AJAX, conference calls, Don Dodge, earnings, earnings calls, GE, IBM, Investor Relations, IR websites, JavaScript, low-rent technology, microsoft, MP3, Roger Johansson, rss, SEC, technology, usability, Web developers, web technologies, XML
By IR Web Report on December 18, 2006
By Dominic Jones IT LOOKS like the coming proxy season in the United States is going to be the most controversial one that anyone can remember. According to the experts quoted in an excellent article on Forbes.com by Directorship‘s managing editor Joan Warner, the “central issues in the coming proxy season all point to large-scale [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged blogs, director elections, disclosure, Forbes.com, Gavin Anderson, Investor Relations, Joan Warner, management, managing editor, Nancy Humphries, national investor relations institute, rss, SEC, stocks, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
By IR Web Report on December 15, 2006
There are 7 items … Study ties CEO’s clout, backdating | Reporting review of the year – Corporate responsibility reporting | The Great Internet Brand Rip-Off | Institutional Investors in France Foresee Continuing Growth of Socially Responsible Investing | Corporate Blogs: Handle with Care | PR Newswire, Les Echos to Offer Joint French Disclosure Service [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged blogs, chief executive officer, disclosure, European Union, France, Harvard Law School, Jay Westerdal, Kathee Rebernak, law, Lisa Ashworth, Name Intelligence Institutional Investors, Offer Joint French Disclosure Service, pr newswire, PR Newswire Europe, SEC, technology, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, White House, yahoo
By IR Web Report on December 14, 2006
There are 8 items … S.E.C. Eases Regulations on Business | SEC moves to ease some rules, stiffen others | SEC Aims to Fix “Hotel California” Image | Insider Trading of Derivatives Won’t Be `Tolerated’ | Tales of the unexpected under analysis | Second Life: What are the real numbers? | Designer urges writing of [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged blogs, Broadband, communications, corporate communications, Fleming, insider trading, NetRatings, SEC, securities, securities and exchange commission, social networking, Vancouver
By IR Web Report on December 13, 2006
THE US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today voted to let companies move to default Internet delivery of annual shareholder documents. Stressing that investors can still ask for free paper documents under its voluntary “e-proxy” process, commissioners voted 5-0 to allow companies to ditch bulk mailings of proxy materials and move to a “notice and [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged disclosure, e-proxy, earnings, Investor Relations, IR websites, law, nasdaq, online disclosure, printing, privacy, proxy statements, retail investors, SEC, securities, shareholder.com, technology, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, usability, web surveillance techniques, web usability
By IR Web Report on December 13, 2006
By Dominic Jones WHAT is it with Nasdaq and its plan to bundle investor relations services with its listing fees that seems to attract fake supporters? You will recall that back in October I wrote about how somebody seemed to try to rig a National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) members poll in Nasdaq’s favor. (See [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged Google, Investor Relations, nasdaq, national investor relations institute, NIRI, Scott Leslie, SEC, securities, securities and exchange commission
By IR Web Report on December 13, 2006
There are 7 items … Nasdaq Starts Push for Majority Control of London Market | SEC raises the bar for fund investors | Only 16% of execs believe analysts understand their company | Climate change catching voter attention around world | Google Offers Employee Stock Option Market | Ceres-ACCA Announce Finalists for Sustainability Reporting Awards [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged Austria, Britain, France, Gartner, Germany, Google, law, London, market research, morgan stanley, nasdaq, rss, SEC, securities, SMS, strategy, The CorporateCounsel.net, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
By IR Web Report on December 12, 2006
By Dominic Jones EURONEXT NV, which is set to be acquired by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), has strengthened its position in the corporate newswire business by acquiring Hugin ASA of Norway. The move means that the NYSE will join its US rival Nasdaq as the proud owner of a newswire service. In September, [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged blogs, corporate websites, disclosure, Euronext NV, feeds, Hugin ASA, nasdaq, new york stock exchange, newswires, Paris, pr newswire, PrimeZone, private equity, rss, San Francisco, SEC, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, United Business Media
By IR Web Report on December 12, 2006
By Dominic Jones AT A MEETING tomorrow, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is expected to approve new rules that will allow companies to only mail annual meeting materials to shareholders who specifically ask for them. If it does so, I think the SEC will be giving away the best bargaining chip it has [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged communications, disclosure, e-proxy, GE, IBM, nasdaq, PDF, SEC, SEC filings, securities, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, web communications, XBRL, YouTube
By IR Web Report on December 12, 2006
There are 6 items … Objectivity of a Rating Questioned | Off to The NYSE For Red Hat | Cheap Trades Threaten Brokerages | Google Finance Gets Makeover | Strike Before Mandates Level XBRL Playing Field | SEC Urged To Delay ‘E-Proxy’ Vote Until 2007 Objectivity of a Rating Questioned Standard & Poor’s made at [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged Dion Cornett, e-proxy, finance, Google, google finance, Investor Relations, microsoft, nasdaq, online banking accounts, Oracle, Red Hat, SEC, technology, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, XBRL, yahoo, Yahoo Finance
By IR Web Report on December 11, 2006
There are 7 items… VC rises to dotcom bubble levels | SEC more in tune with European companies | SEC Delays Proxy Access Again | New Online Activities Show Greatest Growth | The price of a tarnished image | Countdown to compliance: The transparency directive | Nasdaq’s CEO ‘does not know how to calculate gross [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged blogs, Ernst & Young, Europe, Hewlett-Packard, Ireland, law, nasdaq, New Jersey Superior Court, SEC, the Times, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, venture capital
By IR Web Report on December 10, 2006
By Dominic Jones NASDAQ has sparked an uproar among its listed firms and investor relations service providers with a proposal to bundle news releases and website services into its listing fees. We cover the furor over the proposal in a separate story. In this article, I want to address a question posed by at least [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged blogs, disclosure, Europe, Investor Relations, IR websites, management, market intelligence services, market intelligence tools, nasdaq, news releases, newswire services, PrimeZone, privacy, rss, SEC, securities, shareholder.com, technology, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, website services, wire services
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