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June 2008 (12)
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25: SEC seeks to "blow up" forms-based system (0)
25: SEC to rule soon on websites for Reg. FD (5)
20: IR Magazine Nordic Awards announced (0)
20: Icahn joins blogosphere, gets blank stares (1)
18: Lack of earnings call archives attracts attention (4)
18: IR leaders on YouTube and FriendFeed (0)
10: Robert Williams from Dell talks blogs (1)
10: Who to visit at NIRI’s vendor showcase (3)
09: US firms love e-proxy savings, but at what cost? (0)
08: NIRI 2008 conference goes 2.0 (3)
05: Q&A: George Tsiolis, AGORACOM Investor Relations (4)
03: Reflections on 2008 annual report season (7)

May 2008 (12)
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30: SEC posts text of proposed XBRL rule (0)
30: Top tech blog exposes scam at IPO firm (1)
30: NIRI’s earnings guidance survey makes no sense (0)
29: History made in Japan (0)
28: IROs more short-term focused than analysts — Updated (0)
28: IR Magazine Award winners earn superior returns (1)
27: Web 2.0: Think it through (2)
23: XBRL in plain English (0)
17: XBRL group assesses SEC rule impact (0)
15: SEC proposes rule to make XBRL mandatory (2)
12: Q&A: zu.com communications inc. (2)
07: What is "fundamental" on an IR website? (1)

April 2008 (31)
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25: The SEC inquiry that made me shudder (1)
24: The real story behind RSS registration (2)
23: Get your free ‘XBRL for Dummies’ book — Update (4)
22: 6 tips for a better E-proxy campaign (0)
22: Q&A: Ian Anderson, Twentysix London (3)
22: An analogy that’s hard to miss (0)
22: What’s the word I’m looking for? (3)
21: Service providers: are you interesting?
18: SEC delays meeting on XBRL rule - Updated (1)
18: SEC does first conference call with bloggers (2)
18: 6 things you didn’t know about Thomson Reuters (0)
18: Are Broadridge’s servers slow for you too? (2)
17: InvestorRelationships.com launches (0)
17: SEC to mandate XBRL. Yes, panic. (2)
14: Wienerberger proves bricks aren’t boring (0)
14: Why do you like email more than RSS? (8)
12: 10 signs your IR website is *still* bad (6)
10: E-Proxy Part 37: Try this for fun (8)
10: Associations put online IR in spotlight (0)
09: Build better insider filings pages with free feeds (2)
08: US IRO pay figures released (0)
08: IR research the Web 2.0 way — free! (0)
08: Thomson dispenses IR advice via YouTube (0)
06: Get your SEC filings widget here! (1)
04: How to fix e-proxy (0)
04: Cool ticker symbol up for grabs (0)
04: Is there a disclosure issue here? (0)
03: Intel’s e-proxy is best so far (3)
02: More on PF Chang’s strange website award (0)
01: Top posts in March ‘08 (0)
01: We’ve acquired Thomson Financial’s IR website business (12)

March 2008 (13)
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31: SEC adds free news feeds to EDGAR (2)
30: Pocket projectors: a must-have gadget for IROs? (0)
30: Critical comments boost web credibility (0)
29: Evelyn Davis complains about e-proxy (0)
29: More weirdness from IR Magazine’s US awards (0)
28: I don’t get IR Magazine’s US web award winner (2)
28: Business Wire fumbles error on its blog (13)
26: Talking about transparency (0)
12: Great online annual reports of 2008 — Part 1 (1)
05: Did e-proxy figure in Apple’s surprise say-on-pay loss? (5)
04: NIRI members’ discontent posted on Web (12)
02: Most popular posts in February (0)
02: IR Magazine reports fake interview as fact — updated (1)

February 2008 (22)
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29: Canadian IR websites underutilized, study finds (1)
26: Acergy S.A. gets my attention, then squanders it (11)
24: Earnings releases — the Warren Buffett way (12)
22: SEC posts foreign firm exemption proposals (0)
20: Firms blame Broadridge, SEC for e-proxy snafus (4)
19: Thomson-Reuters must sell datasets to clear merger (0)
19: CESR takes baby step to European EDGAR (0)
19: SEC releases Financial Explorer for XBRL (0)
18: Investors’ new insight on mergers — employee bloggers (2)
14: SEC seeks tighter foreign firm deadlines, web disclosures (1)
14: Yahoo!’s latest inspiration: snail mail (1)
13: Dissent on SEC panel over XBRL (3)
12: Takeover bid sites, old-economy style (1)
11: Watching two tech drunks rumble (0)
11: Open letter to jerry yang (and Yahoo! IR) (0)
11: In tough times, IBM’s IR website shines (0)
10: Microsoft, Yahoo! IR teams drop ball amid bid (2)
09: Yahoo! Finance has lost its way (1)
07: Free online annual reports — in 5 minutes! (5)
07: Real IR magazine, R.I.P (0)
03: Are you ignoring your biggest investor audience? (1)
03: Worth reading… (0)

January 2008 (28)
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31: Transparency 2.0: The executive pay widget (1)
30: WSJ adds Facebook widget, where’s yours? (0)
28: If I contact you, will you ignore me? (0)
27: Canada’s good governance hypocrites (0)
26: Weekend reading… (0)
25: NIRI survey predicts 56% e-proxy adoption (1)
24: SEC outlines 2008 Web initiatives (0)
24: IR Web Report’s E-Proxy Coverage (0)
23: Democratizing the earnings call (0)
22: Which English should you use on the Web? US or British? (0)
20: NYSE’s antiquated Timely Alert Policy (0)
18: Weekend reading… (0)
18: Company tries e-proxy, misses quorum (0)
17: Eproxy: don’t forget the very basics (4)
16: Q1 Online IR Trends now online (0)
16: E-proxy: told you so… (2)
15: Why do regulators frown on this practice? (11)
14: SEC panel advises phased in XBRL (1)
13: SEC urged to issue new IR website guidelines (1)
11: Dell’s IR team finding blog rhythm (0)
10: Boards should adopt shareholder forum policies (0)
08: More on cookies and proxy sites (4)
06: Morningstar: We’ll grow Hemscott IR (1)
05: Use Google to publish your investor presentations (2)
04: Dispelling the “cookie myth” around e-proxy (6)
04: U.S. regulators cut 1,000 slacker firms more slack (0)
03: CEO access to the highest bidder, WTF? (0)
02: "Old Web" gurus lash out at Web 2.0 hype (0)

December 2007 (7)
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20: With XBRL, more IR jobs will go to communicators (2)
20: The future of NIRI… (10)
20: Look who’s closing the governance gap (0)
18: 540 IR website clients no one wants (4)
18: Think retail investors are irrelevant? The feeling’s mutual (5)
10: My gibberish was first, no mine was (7)
07: Canada’s top investor relations websites awarded (0)

November 2007 (18)
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29: Is e-proxy voting tilted to management? (0)
28: Say-on-pay is yesterday’s news (0)
21: SEC puts shareholder forums on agenda (0)
20: Are online annual reports a waste of money? (1)
16: Lululemon takes the PR low road (2)
15: Notes on the annual report webinar (1)
14: Footnote links improve financial statement usability (0)
14: Short-seller tips NYT on yoga firm’s dubious duds (1)
13: Who said the sell-side is dead? (0)
12: With billboards & website, activists target Steak n Shake (1)
09: An XBRL heads-up from Chairman Cox (1)
08: Thanks for your feedback! (0)
07: Internationalize your event start times (0)
06: Sun Microsystems, Inc. confuses me — and Bloomberg (0)
04: 2007 IR Web Report reader survey (0)
02: Review: Thomson’s IR website upgrades (2)
02: Three cheers for Dell Inc.’s new IR blog (2)
01: IR Magazine’s odd November cover story (0)

October 2007 (23)
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31: Most popular posts in October (0)
31: Scams, lies, conflicts, and IR website awards (5)
31: Where’s IR leadership on firms who track investors? (2)
30: Introducing Guest Posts on IRWebReport.com (0)
29: Lights! Camera! Missed opportunity? (6)
29: “Deretailization” and your IR strategy (0)
28: More e-proxy sadness — but not from me (0)
25: Thomson wants to pimp your website (4)
23: Participation plummets in e-proxy votes (3)
22: A mock "notice-and-access" earnings release (5)
22: A "notice-and-access" model for news releases (7)
19: Business Wire, Yahoo! roll out readable releases (0)
18: Microsoft reverts to snail mail in e-proxy (1)
17: When you know, and do nothing… (3)
17: Governance websites behind the times (0)
16: Why Pfizer’s plain proxy misses the real issues (0)
12: A common gaffe sends mixed signals at BP (0)
10: In time for earnings season, a bug fix for Excel (0)
10: Fixing gaps in pay communication (0)
09: SEC sets up interactive data office (0)
09: Broadridge quietly edits website fibs (0)
08: Shareholder meetings back in Web spotlight (3)
01: SEC’s "notice-and-access" model is a mess (4)

September 2007 (4)
Detailed Monthly Archive

28: Are IROs really this dumb? (5)
12: Great Online Annual Report Designers (3)
07: P&G’s financial needle in a haystack — Updated (9)
06: 10-K wraps and unaccountable management (4)

August 2007 (13)
Detailed Monthly Archive

30: Conflicted over NIRI’s activist investor survey (1)
28: Sun CEO’s blog now on Yahoo! Finance (5)
24: Basic guidelines for online annual reports (0)
24: Sun’s Schwartz sparks storm over ticker change (0)
17: Twitter: the newswire killer (7)
16: What is a convenient format for proxy materials? (0)
15: Yahoo! Finance homepage redesigned? (0)
15: Board portals, technophobes, and buying vs. renting (0)
12: Fixing finance calendars with microformats (0)
09: The greatest IR show on earth (11)
05: Looking for great online annual report designers (11)
01: If I was running a PR wire service… (1)
01: The truth about Sun’s Web-first earnings release — Update 3 (4)

July 2007 (17)
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28: Did Shareholder.com finally get a clue? (1)
28: SEC posts Web-related proxy rules (1)
27: Academics blow lid off companies’ analyst schmoozing (0)
25: Sun Microsystems dumps PR wires for Reg. FD — Update 3 (4)
25: NIRI’s obsolete Web policies (5)
24: For the dude with no budget (2)
13: Recharging… recharging…recharging… (1)
13: Quote of the Week #2 (0)
12: CEOs as secret Yahoo! Finance posters no surprise (2)
12: Shareholder wiki warrior Eric Jackson is back (1)
11: AMERCO’s shareholder forum, e-proxy (1)
10: Is Shareholder.com client breaching SEC privacy rules? (2)
10: Thomson Financial vs. Shareholder.com (0)
06: Shareholder forums vs. board blogs (6)
06: The emerging engagement expectation (0)
04: EU regulators’ bafflegab (0)
04: My bad experience with first e-proxy notice (13)

June 2007 (39)
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29: Top posts in June (0)
29: Perception impacts stock prices, doh! (0)
29: Pfizer starts summits with (some) shareholders (0)
28: Simple tip: linking to PDFs (0)
27: SEC creates "simplicity committee" (0)
27: SEC is America Inc.’s strategic advantage (0)
26: When regulators are dunces (0)
26: The SEC list you don’t want to be on… (0)
25: My favorite stock research site (2)
25: What if more sell-side research goes independent? (0)
21: Web 2.0 is delayed — Part II (0)
20: SEC mandates online proxy materials (2)
20: Web 2.0 is delayed, please be patient (1)
20: U.S. GAAP XBRL almost ready (0)
19: Euro IROs like Thomson Financial — sort of (0)
19: Canadian IR conference blogged (3)
15: Quote of the Week (0)
15: PRSA announces investor relations awards (0)
15: SEC to go back on e-proxy usability? — Updated (3)
14: E-proxy: do it for love, not money (0)
13: Is IR a legal, finance or communications discipline? (2)
12: CEOs can smile at Blackstone pay bombshell (0)
11: Why CEOs will never be worth their pay (2)
11: As sell-side declines, go direct on the Web (0)
10: For global IR, use the global medium (1)
07: Canadian IR firms question TSX’s IR conflicts (0)
07: Differences in annual report studies is baffling (0)
07: What’s wrong with these pictures? (0)
07: Marketwire’s NIRI spin machine in overdrive (5)
06: Socially responsible 401Ks predicted to boom (0)
05: SEC smacks IBM for manipulating analysts (0)
05: OmniVision, PR Newswire release earnings by mistake (0)
05: The Web evolves from foraging to sucking (2)
04: NIRI annual conference release roundup (0)
04: What SEC’s Cox almost said about XBRL (2)
04: Unexplained auditor changes a failure to communicate (0)
01: Toronto exchange buys full-service IR firm (2)
01: What really happened in Business Wire hacking case? (0)
01: Google IR eats own dog food (0)

May 2007 (30)
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31: How IR Magazine’s awards are actually chosen (1)
30: Foreign firms check out of SEC’s "Hotel California" (0)
25: Shareholder.com clients should read this (2)
25: How informed are IR Magazine award pickers? (2)
25: Nasdaq and OMX to create trans-Atlantic exchange (0)
25: Home Depot CEO: Nardelli victim of "societal shift" (1)
24: A truth many IR departments must face (4)
22: People in Glass Lewis houses (0)
22: The gray area of “big-boy letters” (1)
18: U.S. say-on-pay support grows (0)
18: How investor relations myths get started (2)
17: SEC in spotlight on critical issues (0)
17: Apple blogged, stock tanks. Wow! (2)
17: Fidelity Investments blinks (1)
16: Is Thomson’s IR/PR business for sale? (2)
15: Thomson-Reuters: mixing journalism with PR? (4)
15: Nothing to see, but much to ponder at XTO Energy (0)
15: TOTAL’s new CSR report published — almost (0)
14: Usability guru: leave good enough alone (0)
11: Subject to risks and uncertainties, here’s our new IRO (0)
11: SEC to mandate XBRL for all companies — FT (Updated) (1)
09: Thomson Financial’s timeliness troubles (4)
07: Leave good enough alone (1)
07: Google Finance adds company events, news RSS (1)
04: U.S. companies should look Down Under (1)
04: Was I wrong about Black & Decker? (1)
04: A riveting Friday read courtesy of the SEC (0)
03: Proof no one reads disclaimers (0)
03: NIRI does blog seminar — shock, horror (Part 2) (0)
03: Business Wire in NYSE deal — shock, horror (0)

April 2007 (20)
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28: Barron’s journalist slams hidden guidance (3)
27: What to do about slumping IR traffic (4)
26: All in the same boat at Applebee’s (0)
24: Traffic to Thomson IR websites slumps (10)
24: What’s wrong with U.S. health care IR sites? (0)
23: Provident Financial should return its award (0)
23: How does pretty stand up when things get ugly? (5)
20: A “governance star” snubs shareholders (1)
18: Citigroup boss says “email me.” Activist bemoans democracy (0)
18: CFOs most skeptical about Web 2.0 (0)
17: What were regulators thinking? (0)
13: 10 steps to a better IR website (2)
12: A short open letter to Thomson and Shareholder (5)
10: Sell-side analysts want guidance (1)
10: SEC upgrades XBRL viewer (0)
08: Pros like it plain, too (0)
05: IBM’s plain(ish) pay report (0)
05: Noteworthy list #19 (0)
02: SEC chairman’s clarion call to IR communicators (3)
01: Best of the Blog Vol. 1 (2)

March 2007 (44)
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31: Amid proxy fight, investors still love Applebee’s IRO (3)
31: IR Magazine US investor relations awards 2007 announced (0)
29: No plain language please, we’re Canadian (0)
29: Surprise! People do read online (2)
29: Why blog network’s "open CEO interviews" are a hit (2)
28: The most powerful IR I’ve ever seen (0)
28: Throw your CEO under a blog bus (1)
28: How a pro reads a proxy statement (0)
28: Media sows more CEO pay confusion (1)
27: Six years of IR Web Report… (4)
27: We don’t need PR wires for Reg. FD (7)
26: Noteworthy list #17 (0)
22: Canada world’s insider trading capital, study (0)
22: An aroma of ostrich at Starbucks (0)
21: Did Google Finance just get big? (2)
21: Gary Ng: Lenovo (0)
20: Starbucks misses opportunity to truly engage (0)
19: Transcripts a sign of transparency (4)
17: Sun IR should now practice what CEO preaches (1)
17: Google Trendalyzer great for finance & spreadsheets (0)
16: Another number investors can’t trust (1)
14: This blogger made $12.6 million last year (1)
14: Don’t treat small investors like they’re dumb (0)
13: A minor navigation detail makes a difference (1)
12: Business panel urges shift to annual guidance (0)
11: Thomson Financial adds Web ‘bling’ (3)
10: IR Magazine spotlights Web in March issue (0)
10: Perspectives on IR from Fidelity and Wellington (0)
09: Cox: New pay disclosures ‘overlawyered’ (1)
09: SEC building XBRL database for CEO pay (0)
09: The most frustrating job in finance (0)
06: Information explosion: implications for publishers (0)
06: IROs more than nannies to hedge funds? (2)
06: Chaka Patterson: Exelon Corporation (0)
06: IROs on candid camera (0)
06: Noteworthy list #12 (0)
05: With a sell side like this, who needs enemies? (0)
04: After "insider trading week," beware the patsies (1)
03: Corey Copeland: Alcan Inc. (0)
02: IR calendars say more than you think (1)
02: More investor relations blogs coming online (2)
02: Michael K. Lawson: Associated Estates Realty Corporation (0)
02: Noteworthy list #11 (0)
01: CEO pay disclosures dense as academic texts (2)

February 2007 (20)
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23: NIRI replaces Humphries after seven months (0)
23: Noteworthy list #10 (0)
23: IR website vendors are failing IROs (0)
22: Philips does good with 2006 annual report (2)
18: Will Aflac’s say-on-pay open floodgates? (0)
14: NYSE in disclosure dark ages (0)
13: Noteworthy list #9 (0)
13: Kieran McShane: XL Capital Assurance (0)
12: On the web, annual meetings matter (0)
09: Recognizing an IR website that doesn’t exist (0)
09: E-proxy misunderstood (0)
09: Effort counts on the Web (1)
09: Explaining Web 2.0 in less than 5 minutes (0)
07: Whoopee! It’s raining awards! (2)
06: Nasdaq spin leads to Bloomberg error — UPDATED (2)
05: Stephane Milot: RONA Inc. (0)
02: Nasdaq’s IR services conflicts in the spotlight (0)
01: SEC strategy sees XBRL for CEO pay, other niches (1)
01: NYSE-TSE pact underscores need for global IR (0)
01: Blogs as an intelligence tool for investor relations (0)

January 2007 (30)
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30: Online trust survey is hard to believe (1)
29: If retail investors don’t matter, IR is in trouble (1)
26: Noteworthy list #6 (0)
25: How to fix your company’s Wikipedia entry (1)
24: In Davos, CEOs encouraged to blog (0)
23: Wire services target Euro gold rush (0)
22: SEC’s e-proxy rule a boost for IR website usability (1)
22: For-profit stock exchanges abusing their power (0)
21: Canada to test XBRL filings (1)
18: Will blogs drift from newspapers to corporates? (0)
17: "Social media" wire releases are bogus (15)
15: Noteworthy list #4 (0)
14: NASDAQ pushes firms to flout SEC web privacy rules (6)
10: SEC assessing blogs for disclosure, says Cox (4)
09: Noteworthy list #3 (0)
09: Push your presentations to Yahoo! Finance (0)
08: Starbucks answers activists on YouTube (3)
08: Like teenagers, IROs tell tall tales in surveys (2)
08: Survey asks how teens socialize online (0)
06: When young analysts know more HTML than you (0)
05: PDF flaw fears grow, Adobe seeks fix (4)
04: Why SEC must treat Steve Jobs like Joe Schmoe (0)
04: Media confused over Nardelli’s pay (1)
04: Measuring the buzz in social media (2)
04: Stockpickr: Web 2.0 social site for stock picks (3)
03: PDF flaw has security experts agog (2)
03: Noteworthy stuff list #1 (1)
03: Citizen Investors 1, Fat Cat CEOs $435 million (0)
03: Waiting for the Citizen Investors (2)
02: Is it a blog? Is it a website? No, it’s Google’s worst fear (3)

December 2006 (23)
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28: SEC gets a lesson on late Friday disclosure (4)
22: Another newswire sold! Sixth deal this year. (0)
20: Cookie-cutter IR websites bad, says ex-insider (3)
20: The most-hyped technologies for IR in 2006 (3)
18: Dear Directors: You’re Screwed. (3)
15: News Digest for December 15, 2006 (0)
14: News Digest for December 14, 2006 (0)
13: With e-proxy, SEC signals it gets the Web (3)
13: More ballot stuffing on Nasdaq bundling plan? (1)
13: News Digest for December 13, 2006 (0)
12: Newswires Selling Like Hot Cakes (0)
12: SEC set to give away its XBRL trump card (0)
12: News Digest for December 12, 2006 (0)
11: News Digest for December 11, 2006 (0)
10: Nasdaq should get out of press release, website business (9)
10: Nasdaq gets black eye over fee hike (4)
08: News Digest for December 8, 2006 (0)
07: Reader Survey: What You Said (0)
07: News Digest for December 07, 2006 (0)
06: SEC launches XBRL viewer (2)
06: News Digest for December 6, 2006 (0)
05: We need your help to end the silence (0)
01: News Digest for December 1, 2006 (0)

November 2006 (35)
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30: News Digest for November 30, 2006 (0)
27: News Digest for November 27, 2006 (1)
23: News Digest for November 23, 2006 (0)
22: Confessions of an Earnings Call Operator (0)
22: Beware of IR Vendors Trading on Your Good Name (4)
21: 10 Signs You Need a New IR Website (1)
21: IR Websites Replace Phone for Fund Manager (3)
21: News Digest for November 21, 2006 (0)
20: News Digest for November 20, 2006 (0)
19: Corporations Are Getting Naked — OK, Some Are (1)
17: News Digest for November 17, 2006 (0)
16: News Digest for November 16, 2006 (0)
15: SEC’s New Edgar Search Useful for IROs. Is RSS Next? (0)
15: Cox’s Blog Post Gets 10x More Media Mentions Than Official Release (8)
15: News Digest of November 15, 2006 (0)
14: News Digest for November 14, 2006 (0)
13: PR Newswire Should Give Heineken’s Money Back (2)
10: News Digest for November 10, 2006 (0)
09: News Digest for November 9, 2006 (0)
09: Effective IR Websites Are Built on Empathy (0)
08: Accounting Leaders’ Grand "Vision" A Big Disappointment (1)
08: News Digest for November 8, 2006 (0)
08: Norelle V. Lundy: Dynegy Inc. (0)
07: News Digest for November 7, 2006 (0)
07: Stefan Rüter: Fraport AG
06: Zac Nagle: Flowserve Corp. (0)
06: IE7 Launches, Dump Big Vendors Now (10)
06: News Digest for November 6, 2006 (0)
06: SEC Chairman Posts Comment on Blog (1)
06: Ken Brause: The Bank of New York
03: A New Model for Corporate Website Management (5)
03: News Digest for November 3, 2006 (0)
02: News Digest for November 2, 2006 (0)
02: Should IROs Comment on Blog Posts? (1)
01: News Digest for November 1, 2006 (0)

October 2006 (43)
Detailed Monthly Archive

31: News Digest of October 31, 2006 (0)
30: Why boards must get web savvy (5)
28: SEC Chairman Wows Audience with XBRL Demonstration (1)
27: News Digest for October 27, 2006 (0)
27: A Closer Look At European IR Websites (1)
26: News Digest for October 26, 2006 (0)
26: IR Magazine’s 2006 Euro Award Winners Announced (0)
25: News Digest for October 25, 2006 (0)
24: Use Links Instead of Directions in New Releases (0)
23: Time to Revisit Your Stock Charts (1)
20: News Digest for October 20, 2006 (0)
20: Hey Google, Where’s the YouTube Video of Your Earnings Call? (0)
19: