Online trust survey is hard to believe
By Dominic Jones
SURVEYS are good fodder for news organizations and online publications like ours. I see a lot of them and I’d like to write about more of them, but there’s often some reason why I won’t use them.
January 30, 2007 | Posted in Investor Relations News | 
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If retail investors don’t matter, IR is in trouble
By Dominic Jones
RETAIL investors’ direct ownership of U.S. stocks has dwindled to new lows. According to a survey released by the Conference Board, institutional investors owned 68% of the top 1,000 companies in 2005.
January 29, 2007 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | 1 Comment »
Noteworthy list #6
Notable excerpts and links to articles and reports we’ve found worthwhile reading. Some links may be intercepted by ads or may require free log-ins. Please don’t blame us for this. Publications have to make a living some way.
January 26, 2007 | Posted in Investor Relations News | No Comments »
How to fix your company’s Wikipedia entry
By Dominic Jones (disclosure: no one paid me to write this)
WIKIPEDIA, the encyclopedia that anyone can edit, is one of the Web’s most popular websites. As such, it is also extremely influential, which means that a lot people have a vested interest in what it says about a wide range of topics.
January 25, 2007 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | 1 Comment »
In Davos, CEOs encouraged to blog
By Dominic Jones
AT the World Economic Forum annual meeting that kicked off today in Davos, Switzerland, some 800 corporate bosses are being encouraged to blog, according to the Economist.
January 24, 2007 | Posted in Investor Relations News | No Comments »
Wire services target Euro gold rush
Note: After receiving an email from a mutual acquaintance of someone mentioned in the original of this article, I’ve made a minor edit to remove an individual’s name. Seems information was sent to me from Business Wire under the name of an employee per their normal routine, but that individual didn’t personally send it to me. I was not aware of this at the time of originally writing this post. After thinking about it, I’ve removed that individual’s name, but everything else stays the same. Usually, the practice on a blog is to strike through changes (like this) so that people can see what was changed. However, in this case that does not work. The individual should not be named at all.
January 23, 2007 | Posted in Investor Relations News | No Comments »
SEC’s e-proxy rule a boost for IR website usability
WITH just a few lines in the 110-page final e-proxy rule posted on its website, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has given a big boost to those who have long complained about the poor usability of online investor disclosure documents.
January 22, 2007 | Posted in Online Investor Relations, e-proxy | 1 Comment »
For-profit stock exchanges abusing their power
By Dominic Jones
THE inherent conflict of interest between stock exchanges’ unique regulatory status and their new standing as for-profit companies is causing problems for US regulators.
January 22, 2007 | Posted in Investor Relations News | No Comments »
Canada to test XBRL filings
By Dominic Jones
CANADA’s securities regulators are launching a voluntary eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) pilot program to gain real-world experience with interactive financial data.
January 21, 2007 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | 1 Comment »
Will blogs drift from newspapers to corporates?
By Dominic Jones
WITH journalist blogs becoming a major force for newspaper websites, I’m starting to wonder if blogs will finally start to take root in the corporate world?
January 18, 2007 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | No Comments »