News Digest for August 25, 2006
There are 8 items today… US IPOs see slowest August in three years | American Fund Investors Still Looking Abroad | S&P 500 2nd Quarter Buybacks Set Record at $116 Billion | Late Quarterly SEC Filings Hits Record | A Web 2.0 Tour for the Enterprise | Quarterly earnings calls get online play-by-play | Corporate Execs Hooked on Mobile Communications | Four in 10 UK homes shunning the net
August 25, 2006 | Posted in Investor Relations News | 
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News Digest for August 24, 2006
There are 6 items today… Stock Spammers Profit And Target Firms Complain | Agencies to draw up hedge fund credit and risk ratings | Junk Bonds Surge as Asian Firms Rush to Europe, U.S. | Reality of stock-option drama is most errors were unintended | Billionaire goes muckraking for profit | Is A Friendly Board A Better Board?
August 24, 2006 | Posted in Investor Relations News | No Comments »
News Digest for August 23, 2006
There are 9 items today … Institutional investors to pile into ETFs, study | Firms accelerating stock-option availability | Some Hedge Funds to Stay Registered | Investor Confidence Slightly Lower in August | Lifting the veil of secrecy on corporate political donations | Are CEOs Worthy Of Their Pay? | Dutch IR society ups the pace | University Develops Online Opinion Thermometer | Microsoft campaign goes after ‘cybersquatters’
August 23, 2006 | Posted in Investor Relations News | No Comments »
Drew Mackintosh: The Ryland Group, Inc.
Homebuilder The Ryland Group, Inc. has promoted Drew Mackintosh to vice president of investor relations.
Since joining the company in October of 2005 as director of investor relations, Mackintosh has assumed an increasing role in communicating Ryland’s direction and vision to its shareholders and the financial community.
August 22, 2006 | Posted in IR People | No Comments »
Jon Safran: Cooper Industries, Ltd.
Cooper Industries, Ltd. (NYSE:CBE) has appointed Jon Safran as director of investor relations. Safran, who will join Cooper from Austin-based Dell Inc. later this month, will hold additional responsibilities in business development and strategic planning. He will report to Cooper’s Senior Vice President of Business Development C. Thomas O’Grady.
August 22, 2006 | Posted in IR People | No Comments »
Tina Soin Sharma: Global Power Equipment Group Inc.
Global Power Equipment Group Inc. has appointed Tina Soin Sharma to the position of Director of Investor Relations.
August 22, 2006 | Posted in IR People | No Comments »
Web 2.0 for investors is alive and kicking
By Dominic Jones
I SAW today one of the big benefits that social/web 2.0 technologies will bring to individual investors.
I’ve been wondering a lot about this, how Web 2.0 technologies might benefit investors, and have been somewhat at a loss to figure it all out.
August 22, 2006 | Posted in Investor Relations News, Online Investor Relations | 2 Comments »
News Digest for August 22, 2006
Here are links to 9 articles … British individual investors pull £6bn out of the market | Applebee’s IRO sets stakeholders’ table | Junk Bond Fees at Record Low | Web 2.0: What on earth is it and should you care? | UK Executive Rewards Fail to Reflect Performance, PwC | Marketing Reality Check: Blogs, Pods, RSS | One Third of Actively Managed U.S. Mutual Funds Are ”Closet Indexers” | Strategy should start in the boardroom | OFRs published by half of UK big businesses
August 22, 2006 | Posted in Investor Relations News | No Comments »
Kenneth Fischbach: Residential Capital Corporation
Residential Capital Corporation (ResCap) has appointed Kenneth Fischbach to managing director, investor relations. Fischbach will lead ResCap’s global investor relations efforts supporting the company’s ongoing access to capital markets both domestically and internationally.
August 21, 2006 | Posted in IR People | No Comments »
Eric Hageman: KPN
Eric Hageman has been appointed as the new Head of Investor Relations at Koninklijke KPN N.V. effective September 15, 2006. He was previously deputy head.
Hageman, 36, replaces Jantiene Klein Roseboom, who has decided to leave the company after nearly three years.
August 21, 2006 | Posted in IR People | No Comments »