There are 8 items today… US brokers unveil new trading system | SEC Hires a Company It’s Investigating | Biovail Asked for Punishment of Critical Analyst, Report Says | Less paper, more trees | Rivet Software and Market Wire In XBRL Partnership | Yahoo, MySpace lead online video index | Yahoo acquires video-editing site | 11 Best Practices for URLs
SEC Hires a Company It’s Investigating
Hired on Monday to work on the commission’s new filing system, BearingPoint earlier reported that it would file its financials late—and that it was under investigation by the SEC.
US brokers unveil new trading system
Known as BIDS (Block Interest Discovery Service), the system makes it easier for brokers to place large blocks of shares off-exchange where they will not incur trading tariffs.
Biovail Asked for Punishment of Critical Analyst, Report Says
Jerry Treppel, a former Bank of America analyst who issued a “sell” rating on Biovail in April 2002, infuriated company management with the recommendation. Mr. Treppel is now suing both Biovail and his former employers.
New plan: Less paper, more trees; Stockholders aid by having reports delivered online
Computershare launched the program in 2002 in its home country of Australia and has since expanded it to shareholders in Canada, South Africa and the United Kingdom. The company estimates that eTree has already been responsible for 1.5 million tree-plantings worldwide.
Rivet Software and Market Wire Enter Strategic Partnership to Deliver XBRL Solutions
Under the terms of the agreement, Market Wire clients will have access to the full suite of Rivet software solutions and service offerings for the creation, distribution and analysis of XBRL data.
Yahoo, MySpace lead online video index
About 106.5 million people — or three in five U.S. Web surfers — watched an online video in July, according to comScore, an Internet research firm.
Yahoo acquires video-editing site Jumpcut
Six-month-old Jumpcut of San Francisco provides Web users a free set of online video editing tools that give people the ability to manipulate moving video images without the need to own or install software on their own computers.
11 Best Practices for URLs
URLs seem like one of the most simplistic parts of SEO, but I find myself returning to this issue with nearly every client. Hopefully these guidelines can help a few folks make use of best practices before it becomes an issue down the road.
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