Task Force Urges Ambitious Paperless Disclosure Model for Canada
By Dominic Jones
A PRIVATE-SECTOR task force has urged Canada’s securities regulators to scrap all print delivery requirements and move to a completely electronic system based on access equals delivery principles.
October 9, 2006 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | 
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News Digest October 6, 2006
There are 5 items…Guidelines on corporate responsibility simplified | Investors Call on S&P 500 Companies to Use New Global Reporting Initiative G3 Guidelines | Private-Equity Funds Raise More Than $300 Billion | The State Of Web Development - Ajax set to surpass Flash in ‘07 | A Gaggle of Google Wannabes
October 6, 2006 | Posted in Investor Relations News | No Comments »
The Perfect Earnings Release For 2006 Can Save You $$$
By Dominic Jones (1 update added)
WHY do companies issue full-text earnings releases via newswire services? Except for bloating the bottom lines of the newswires, who actually benefits from this practice?
October 5, 2006 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | 6 Comments »
Websites and Blogs Should Be Approved for Scheduled Disclosures
By Dominic Jones (1 update added)
SUN Microsystems’ CEO Jonathan Schwartz has written to the Securities and Exchange Commission to argue that website postings should be recognized as full and fair disclosure under securities regulations.
October 5, 2006 | Posted in Investor Relations News | 10 Comments »
News Digest for October 5, 2006
There are 7 items… Sun Chief Schwartz Wants to Announce News on His Blog | Ex-HP chairwoman, 4 others face charges | Former HP General Counsel Escapes Charges | The Good and Bad About XBRL’s Future | Pepsi CEO says switch to XBRL data not costly | GRI new rules aim to boost “responsible” reporting | FTSE4Good Deletes Nine Companies on Environmental and Supply Chain Labor Standards
October 5, 2006 | Posted in Investor Relations News | No Comments »
Web Marketing Association Opens Online IR Competition
By IR Web Report Staff
THE US-based Web Marketing Association has announced the call for entries for the 2006 Interactive Investor Relations Awards.
Sponsors include The Wall Street Journal Online, Barron’s Online and the American Stock Exchange.
October 4, 2006 | Posted in Investor Relations News | No Comments »
Brazil’s MZ Consult Kicks Off 2007 IR Global Rankings
By IR Web Report Staff
A BRAZILLIAN investor relations consultancy, MZ Consult, is running an investor relations competition which it hopes will attract registrations from the around the world.
October 4, 2006 | Posted in Investor Relations News | No Comments »
Free Finance Gadgets and Widgets: What They Mean For Corporate Websites
By Dominic Jones
BIG web companies like Google and Yahoo! are providing free web content that may be useful to anyone with a finance-related website, including corporate investor relations departments, shareholder activists and finance bloggers.
October 4, 2006 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | 2 Comments »
News Digest of October 4, 2006
There are 5 items… Fewer Companies Are Paying Dividends | Institutional Investors Surpass $1 B Clean Technology Investment Goal | German government in U-turn on Transparency Directive | Will stocks go Boom? | 5 ways to personalise your corporate website
October 4, 2006 | Posted in Investor Relations News | No Comments »
Nasdaq Sets Collision Course With IR Vendors
By Dominic Jones (3 updates added)
THE Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. appears ready to wrap the cost of investor relations websites and newswire services into its annual listing fees — putting it on a collision course with many of its listed companies’ current service providers.
October 3, 2006 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | 4 Comments »