SEC smacks IBM for manipulating analysts
By Dominic Jones
EMBARRASSING is the only word I can think of to describe International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM), the biggest Blue Chip of them all, getting a public tarring and feathering from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for trying to manipulate earnings expectations with misleading statements.
June 5, 2007 | Posted in Investor Relations News | 
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OmniVision, PR Newswire release earnings by mistake
By Dominic Jones
A WEBSITE scheduling glitch at OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OVTI) and a mistake by PR Newswire led to the halting of the company’s stock last week.
Barron’s blogger Eric Savitz pieces the story together:
June 5, 2007 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | No Comments »
The Web evolves from foraging to sucking
By Dominic Jones
THE web is evolving from a model where people go out in search of information using a browser and search engines to a model where they increasingly pull in information of their choice from the Internet into a variety of software applications and personal homepages.
June 5, 2007 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | 2 Comments »
NIRI annual conference release roundup
By Dominic Jones
THE National Investor Relations Institute’s (NIRI) annual conference is in full swing at the Grand Lakes Resort in Orlando,
Florida, and once again it’s time for vendors to trot out their new products and make major announcements.
June 4, 2007 | Posted in Investor Relations News | No Comments »
What SEC’s Cox almost said about XBRL
By Dominic Jones
A WEEK or so ago, the Financial Times seemed to jump to conclusions when it reported that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was working on a rule to make XBRL mandatory for all companies.
June 4, 2007 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | 2 Comments »
Unexplained auditor changes a failure to communicate
By Dominic Jones
INVESTOR relations communications professionals need to be on the look out for unanswered questions in their companies’ disclosures. The fewer questions you leave unanswered the less you leave to investors’ imaginations.
June 4, 2007 | Posted in Corporate Governance, Online Investor Relations | No Comments »
Toronto exchange buys full-service IR firm
By Dominic Jones
IN A deal that makes absolutely no sense to me, TSX Group Inc. has acquired The Equicom Group Inc., a full-service Canadian investor relations and corporate communications firm.
June 1, 2007 | Posted in Investor Relations News | 2 Comments »
What really happened in Business Wire hacking case?
By Dominic Jones
THE SEC has finalized its case against two Estonian citizens and a financial services firm for hacking into Business Wire’s computer system and trading in advance of more than 360 press releases — but how the scheme was pulled off remains shrouded in mystery.
June 1, 2007 | Posted in Investor Relations News | No Comments »
Google IR eats own dog food
By Dominic Jones
WE HAVE finally added Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) to our survey of investor relations websites. We didn’t cover the company before because it didn’t have a long enough track record as a public company.
June 1, 2007 | Posted in Online Investor Relations | No Comments »