SEC to mandate XBRL for all companies — FT (Updated)
Update: I’m convinced the FT is wrong on this story. The lack of any corroborating coverage from other media and an email exchange with someone who would know if it was true, confirm my suspicions on this. It will happen one day, just not as soon as the FT thinks.
May 11, 2007 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | 
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Thomson Financial’s timeliness troubles
By Dominic Jones
TIMELINESS is vital for investor relations websites to remain relevant to investors. A site that contains out-of-date information will quickly lose users to other sources of information.
May 9, 2007 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | 4 Comments »
Leave good enough alone
By Dominic Jones
SOMETIMES on the Web, it’s best just to leave things that don’t need fixing alone. This idea is becoming more important as new technologies give developers the power to make Web experiences more interactive.
May 7, 2007 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | 1 Comment »
Google Finance adds company events, news RSS
By Dominic Jones
GOOGLE Finance has just been upgraded in the past few hours to add information on company events like earnings call webcasts and upcoming events that integrate with Google Calendar.
May 7, 2007 | Posted in Investor Relations News | 1 Comment »
U.S. companies should look Down Under
By Dominic Jones
AUSTRALIA, according to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), has one of the highest rates of individual share ownership in the world. It’s the best example we have of an equity ownership culture — something many U.S. policy makers and politicians wish America would become.
May 4, 2007 | Posted in Investor Relations News | 1 Comment »
Was I wrong about Black & Decker?
By Dominic Jones
IN A recent post I called out Black & Decker Corporation (NYSE: BDK), one of the highest rated companies for corporate governance among U.S. large-caps, for ignoring its annual meeting on its website.
May 4, 2007 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | 1 Comment »
A riveting Friday read courtesy of the SEC
By Dominic Jones
IF YOU’RE a fan of crime and spy novels like I am, you’ll love the Securities and Exchange Commission’s news release and subsequent media coverage about yesterday’s bust in the TXU insider-trading case.
May 4, 2007 | Posted in Investor Relations News | No Comments »
Proof no one reads disclaimers
By Dominic Jones
WHY do we bother with disclaimers on investor disclosures and investor relations websites? No one reads them. Not even the companies that try to shelter themselves behind them.
May 3, 2007 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | No Comments »
NIRI does blog seminar — shock, horror (Part 2)
By Dominic Jones
THIS IS just a bit of fun, but what the hell is up with NIRI national these days?
Not only are they offering their first webinar on blogging (shock, horror) and new media (shock, horror), but look who is speaking.
May 3, 2007 | Posted in Investor Relations News | No Comments »
Business Wire in NYSE deal — shock, horror
By Dominic Jones
NO I’M not going to freak out about this the way I did about NASDAQ owning a news release business at the same time as requiring its listed companies to use press releases to distribute their information.
May 3, 2007 | Posted in Investor Relations News | No Comments »