SEC outlines 2008 Web initiatives
MOVING forward on mandatory XBRL, issuing new guidance for corporate website disclosures, and keeping an eye on the e-proxy process are among the key priorities for the US Securities and Exchange Commission this year.
January 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
SEC panel advises phased in XBRL
AN advisory committee of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is recommending XBRL be made mandatory for all companies, but on a staggered basis starting with the 500 largest companies for a one-year period.
December 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
With XBRL, more IR jobs will go to communicators
THIS XBRL thing has legs. The hype-o-meter is in overdrive and I can’t imagine anything is going to stop it.
So it’s now safe for me to tell you the awful, untold truth about what XBRL means to the investor relations profession as we know it today.
December 10, 2007 | 7 Comments »
My gibberish was first, no mine was
PERHAPS I shouldn’t be so flippant about XBRL, a technology that almost everyone seems to think is a big deal, but I’m more turned on by the offbeat side of events around the financial tagging language than the serious stuff.
November 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
An XBRL heads-up from Chairman Cox
I’M sure there are other ways to interpret a news release issued last night from Tokyo by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox, but my reading is that it’s telegraphing that mandatory XBRL is coming next year.
SEC upgrades XBRL viewer
THE U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Interactive Financial Report Viewer, a free online utility for viewing XBRL filings, has been upgraded with new features, including a chart builder and the ability to export reports to a spreadsheet.
December 6, 2006 | 2 Comments »
SEC launches XBRL viewer
By Dominic Jones
THE US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched a new Web-based tool that allows investors to view XBRL documents filed with the commission.