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By Dominic Jones on February 13, 2007
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. Regulation S.E.C. Seeks to Curtail Investor Suits Critics said that the moves signaled a major retrenchment from [...]
Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged Britain, business, California, Cisco, Enron, Europe, facebook, Five Across Inc., Germany, Hank Paulson, law, MySpace, News Corp., San Jose, SEC, securities and exchange commission, social networking, social networking site, technology, US Treasury
By Dominic Jones on December 14, 2006
There are 8 items … S.E.C. Eases Regulations on Business | SEC moves to ease some rules, stiffen others | SEC Aims to Fix “Hotel California” Image | Insider Trading of Derivatives Won’t Be `Tolerated’ | Tales of the unexpected under analysis | Second Life: What are the real numbers? | Designer urges writing of [...]
Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged blogs, Broadband, business, California, communications, corporate communications, Fleming, insider trading, NetRatings, SEC, securities, securities and exchange commission, social networking, Vancouver
By Dominic Jones on December 11, 2006
There are 7 items… VC rises to dotcom bubble levels | SEC more in tune with European companies | SEC Delays Proxy Access Again | New Online Activities Show Greatest Growth | The price of a tarnished image | Countdown to compliance: The transparency directive | Nasdaq’s CEO ‘does not know how to calculate gross [...]
Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged blogs, Bob Greifeld, business, California, Ernst & Young, Europe, Hewlett-Packard, Ireland, law, nasdaq, New Jersey Superior Court, SEC, the Times, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, venture capital
By Dominic Jones on December 10, 2006
By IR Web Report Staff (Update added Dec. 14) THE Nasdaq Stock Market has provoked an unprecedented uproar among its listed companies over a proposal to raise its listing fees and force them to pay for investor relations services from firms the exchange owns. In a major embarrassment for the exchange, dozens of investor relations [...]
Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged Abatix Corp., Abraxis BioScience Inc., ADC, American Physicians Capital Inc., Andrew J. Simmons, Ann M. Storberg, Arkansas Best Corporation, ARM Holdings, ARRIS Group Inc ., Bancshares, Bill Newbould, Bill Perry, Biosite Incorporated, Bob Greifeld, Boston, Bruce N. Beckloff, business, business wire, California, Cellegy Pharmaceuticals, Christine Cassiano, communications, corporate communications, Darin Sahler, David G. Wallace, David Humphrey, David W. Dunlap, Diane Helland, disclosure, Don Jennings, earnings, EDGAR, EDGAR Online Inc., Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., Escalade Inc., Eschelon Telecom Inc., FARO Technologies, First Federal Bankshares Inc., Frank Cinatl, Gander Mountain Company, Geoffrey M. Boyd, Georgia, Harvard, Hiland Holdings GP LP, Hiland Partners LP, Incyte Corporation, Independent Bank Corporation, International Speedway Corporation, Investor Relations, Jim Bauer, Jon Olson, K-Tron International Inc., Ken Maples, Kentucky First Federal Bancorp, Kevin Rhodes, law, London Stock Exchange, Mark Borman, Mark E. Reese, market leader, Massachusetts, media outlets, Michael Frank, Michael W. Dosland, Mitchell A. Derenzo, Nadine Padilla, nasdaq, NASDAQ 100, NetBank Inc., news releases, NewStar Financial Inc., Officer, Pamela Murphy, Paul Richins, pr newswire, PrimeNewswire, PrimeZone, PRNewswire, public relations, Quality Distribution Inc., Rancho Cordova, Rich Jeffers, Robert C. Weiner, Robert J. Caso, Robert Shuster, Ronald R. Remick, Scott C. Harvard, Scott Poirier, SEC, securities, Shannon H. Burns, shareholder.com, Shenandoah Telecommunication Company, Shore Financial Corporation, Socket Communications Inc., SumTotal Systems, technology, Terry D Frandsen, Thomas J. Linneman, thomson financial, Treasurer, Utah Medical Products Inc., Warren Buffett, webcast services, wire services, Xilinx Inc.
By Dominic Jones on December 8, 2006
There are 7 items… Execs Stay Connected, Tethered to Office | It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad LBO world | Medium sized M&A deals create more long-term value | Is The SEC Afraid Of The Elite On Wall Street? | PotashCorp Top Corporate Reporter for Third Consecutive Year | HP in $14.5m settlement after leak [...]
Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged business, California, Hewlett-Packard, morgan stanley, MSCI World, nasdaq, PotashCorp, SEC, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
By Dominic Jones on October 16, 2006
By Dominic Jones (2 comments added) AT THE recent 2nd Annual Podcast & Portable Media Expo in Ontario, California, three men stood up to talk about podcasting in investor relations. Only problem was that almost no one came to hear them. According to Jason Lee Miller of news website WebProNews, the “presenters were nearly speaking [...]
Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged Ben Edwards, blogs, California, communications, conference calls, earnings, earnings calls, feeds, General Electric, IBM, Internet Explorer, investor communications, Investor Relations, Jason Lee Miller, Ken Balog, mainstream media, mainstream Web, mainstream Web users, media communications team, media publishing techniques, microsoft, MP3, Ontario, Podcasting, rss, Scott Whitney, strategy, Vcall
By Dominic Jones on October 13, 2006
There are 7 items… SEC Delays Access Hearing | CEO Confidence Declines, The Conference Board Reports | Jasdaq, Nasdaq consider alliance | Price war erupts as Bank of America offers free online stock trades | Multimedia on IR Websites | Online Annual Reports – of Spinach and Popeye | Business change to lure Muslim investors [...]
Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged Bank of America, business, California, IR websites, nasdaq, online annual reports, online brokerage industry, Ontario, SEC, securities, technology, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, yahoo
By Dominic Jones on October 5, 2006
By Dominic Jones (1 update added) WHY do companies issue full-text earnings releases via newswire services? Except for bloating the bottom lines of the newswires, who actually benefits from this practice? Sun Microsystems Inc.’s CEO Jonathan Schwartz has written to the SEC to ask the same thing. I’ve chimed in with how I think companies [...]
Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged blogs, Bloomberg, Bret Schaefer, business, California, Computing, Dell, earnings, Emma Johnson, finance, HP, Investor Relations, Java, Jonathan Schwartz, Kristi Rawlinson, Linux, management, media outlets, Michael Lehman, nasdaq, newswire services, newswires, pr newswire, reuters, SANTA CLARA, SEC, securities, securities and exchange commission, Sun Microsystems Inc., thomson financial, Tim Bray, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, UltraSPARC, wire services, yahoo
By Dominic Jones on September 29, 2006
There are 6 items… California takes the lead in global warming fight | Program to train corporate directors on climate change | Options Probe Has Cost Investors $7.9 Billion in Market Value | Tough Questions at House Hearing on H.P. Spying | HP general counsel resigns before hearing | Singapore firms should encourage feedback to [...]
Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, disclosure, greenhouse gas emissions, John D. Dingell, law, Michigan, Richard Nixon, Singapore
By Dominic Jones on September 12, 2006
By Dominic Jones IN AN ambiguous gesture, Hewlett-Packard’s embattled chairwoman Patricia Dunn will relinquish her seat as chair in January but will stay on the board as a director. And in a step backwards for the company’s corporate governance practices, CEO Mark Hurd will become both Chairman and CEO, a practice widely considered to place [...]
Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged Alex Simpson, Attorney General, business, California, Federal Bureau of Investigation, George Keyworth, Hewlett-Packard, House Energy and Commerce Committee, law, lead independent director, mainstream media, Mark Hurd, Patricia Dunn, Richard Hackborn, SEC, securities, securities and exchange commission, the Washington Post, yahoo
