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As XBRL mandate looms, SEC seeks urgent help with software
AS THE US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) considers new rules to require companies to begin filing their documents in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL), it has been having trouble finding software experts who can help make those filings usable to investors.
The commission put out a pressing call in June for contractors to help it [...]
SEC unveils IDEA — and that's all it is for now
I’VE BEEN following the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) moves around eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) for the past few years and I’m confused about why they chose now to announce that they will be launching a new database to host XBRL for companies and mutual funds.
The only real news at the conference, which I [...]
Cox to announce IDEA will replace EDGAR
YESTERDAY afternoon, a number of bloggers got an email inviting them to a press conference webcast today with US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Chris Cox where he is supposed to unveil a “futuristic information disclosure system for investors and markets.”
No further details on this new system were provided, but at least one bit [...]
SEC OKs websites and blogs for Reg. FD
UNDER certain circumstances, companies can rely on their websites and blogs to meet the public disclosure requirements under Regulation FD, according to new guidance unanimously approved by the US Securities and Exchange Commission today.
The move is significant as it could cut disclosure costs for many companies that today use paid PR wire services to distribute [...]
SEC seeks to "blow up" forms-based system
THE US Securities and Exchange commission has launched a study that could lead to the scrapping of its 75-year-old system that requires companies to file disclosures on prescribed forms like 10Ks, Form 4s and DEF 14As.
SEC to rule soon on websites for Reg. FD
THE US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is expected to address within the next three months whether companies can meet their obligations under Regulation FD by posting information on their corporate websites and in RSS feeds, according SEC Chairman Chris Cox.
The issue is among three areas that the SEC’s Advisory Committee on Improvements to Financial [...]
Top tech blog exposes scam at IPO firm
TECHCRUNCH, a leading technology blog that boasts more than 3 million readers, has accused a company that is currently preparing an IPO of funding its growth by running a scam that gets people to unknowingly bill small recurring payments to their credit cards.
The company, Intelius, is run by Naveen Jain who left his former company [...]
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