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By Dominic Jones on March 5, 2009
SEVERAL months ago, Microvision (NASDAQ:MVIS) IR specialist Tiffany Bradford set out to research how small-cap companies were using blogs for investor relations. She was referred to me by Shel Holtz, ABC, one of the leading advisors on the use of technology in public relations and corporate communications. I didn’t have a lot of concrete examples [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged blogs, corporate communications, earnings, Investor Relations, Microvision, Microvision Inc, public relations, retail investors, Tiffany Bradford
By Dominic Jones on October 2, 2008
IR Web Report’s Q&As are unpaid profiles of service providers that we believe are doing interesting and innovative work in the area of online investor relations and stakeholder communications. If you would like your firm featured in a Q&A, we invite you to contact us using our general email inbox. Firm name: Ge-Ber Unternehmensberatung GmbH [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged annual reports, corporate communications, Investor Relations, technology
By Dominic Jones on August 21, 2008
PR NEWSWIRE has trotted out its Disclosure Advisory Board (DAB) to say that they do not see companies changing their disclosure practices any time soon in response to the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) recent guidance for company websites. They have issued a statement that basically calls for companies to continue to use the [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged corporate communications, credibility, Deborah Kelly, disclosure, disclosure practices, genesis inc, goldman sachs, individual investors, Internet, Investor Relations, IR websites, Janet L. Fisher, Jerry Hostetter, John Bierbusse, John L. Kelly, Kurt Stocker, Lou Thompson, Mark Hynes, Martin Shea, Mary Beth Kissane, Mr. Hynes, new york stock exchange, notice-and-access, pr newswire, rss, sanderson farms, SEC, securities and exchange commission, Valerie C. Haertel, William A. Relyea
By Dominic Jones on July 8, 2008
THERE is a growing chorus of calls for regulatory action in the United States against traders who spread false rumors to manipulate stock prices, but I think at least half of the problem lies with companies themselves — and poor investor relations practices in particular. In today’s New York Times, Dealbook writer Andrew Ross Sorkin [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged corporate communications, credibility, disclosure, FAQs, finance, HBOS, hedge funds, Internet, Investor Relations, investor relations website, ir communications, jpmorgan, lehman brothers, market participants, market rumors, new york times, progressive corp., SEC, securities
By Dominic Jones on April 22, 2008
IR Web Report’s Q&As are unpaid profiles of service providers that we believe are doing interesting and innovative work in the area of online investor relations and stakeholder communications. If you would like your firm featured in a Q&A, we invite you to contact us using our general email inbox. Firm name: Twentysix London Date [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged annual report, corporate communications, Ian Anderson, infrastructure architecture, Investec, Investor Relations, java oracle, online communications, Online Investor Relations, RBS, royal navy, SharePoint, Shell, Sodexho, stakeholder communications, technical consultancy, Twentysix, uk ir, waitrose
By Dominic Jones on May 16, 2007
By Dominic Jones I DREW attention yesterday to the fact that Thomson Financial’s corporate investor relations and public relations businesses don’t fit well in the structure outlined in the Thomson-Reuters acquisition announcement. According to the companies, the combined Reuters and Thomson Financial business will be guided by journalistic principles, such as integrity, independence and freedom [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged ADP, broadridge financial solutions inc, communications, corporate communications, CorporateNews Group, Europe, finance, Investor Relations, nasdaq, pr newswire, privacy, public relations, reuters, rss, shareholder.com, strategy, thomson financial, wire services
By Dominic Jones on May 15, 2007
By Dominic Jones EARLY this morning, the boards of Thomson Corporation and Reuters Group PLC announced that they have agreed to combine their companies. Reuters CEO Tom Glocer, 47, will become CEO of the new Thomson-Reuters. Thomson President and CEO, Richard J. Harrington, 60, will retire after the deal closes, which is expected after anti-trust [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged communications, corporate communications, David Schlesinger, Devin Wenig, Investor Relations, journalist, media, public relations, Reuter Trust Principles, reuters, Reuters Group PLC, Richard J. Harrington, thomson financial, Tom Glocer, Woodbridge
By Dominic Jones on March 2, 2007
Associated Estates Realty Corporation (NYSE: AEC) has apppointed Michael K. Lawson vice president of investor relations and corporate communications. Before joining AEC, Lawson was the principal of the MKL Group, a full service corporate communications and public affairs consulting firm that advises clients on a host of investor, media and government relations strategies and tactics. Lawson [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged communications, corporate communications, Exxon, Granite Construction, Investor Relations, Jeffrey I. Friedman, law, management, Michael K. Lawson, MKL Group, Ohio, San Francisco Bay, Valdez
By Dominic Jones on January 24, 2007
AT the World Economic Forum annual meeting that kicked off today in Davos, Switzerland, some 800 corporate bosses are being encouraged to blog, according to the Economist. Scott Karp of Publishing 2.0 in a column for the Blog Herald thinks that’s a bad idea. He asks, “Can a big company really blog?” “I’m not suggesting [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged blogs, communications, corporate communications, Davos, Economist, Enron, law, management, NetBeans, new york times, Scott Karp, SEC, Seth Godin, sun microsystems, The Economist, World Economic Forum, WorldCom
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 Articles | Tagged blogs, Broadband, communications, corporate communications, Fleming, insider trading, NetRatings, SEC, securities, securities and exchange commission, social networking, Vancouver
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 [...]
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By Dominic Jones on October 3, 2006
By Dominic Jones TELLABS Inc.’s vice president of corporate communications makes a spirited defense of printed annual reports in a cover story for the National Investor Relations Institute’s (NIRI) September 2006 newsletter. George Stenitzer, an experienced annual report producer and a noted speaker and expert on the topic, cites statistics from surveys with his company’s [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged annual reports, CIRI, communications, corporate communications, Investor Relations, national investor relations institute, new york stock exchange, NIRI, online annual report, online annual reports, PDF, SEC, securities, securities and exchange commission, TELLABS Inc., usability, web log analysis
By Dominic Jones on August 15, 2006
TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 15, 2006 — Walter Industries, Inc. has named Mark Tubb vice president – investor relations and strategic planning for the company. In his new role, Tubb will be responsible for directing the investor relations function and will maintain his previous responsibilities in corporate financial planning. He will report to Chief Financial Officer [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged communications, corporate communications, Florida, Henry Pratt, Investor Relations, James Jones, Joseph J. Troy, leader, Mark Tubb, Mueller Co., TAMPA, TECO Energy, Walter Industries Inc.
By Dominic Jones on July 31, 2006
LAST week, Sun Microsystems Inc. reported its Q4 results. Like most investors, I went to the company’s investor relations website for the news.However, I learned today via the New York Times that I missed something. CEO Jonathan Schwartz wrote a long post about the quarterly results on his blog. I would have liked to have [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged blogs, communications, corporate communications, finance, Google, google finance, Investor Relations, Jonathan Schwartz, rss, SEC, Sun Microsystems Inc., technology, Tony Blair, usability, web usability
By Dominic Jones on July 17, 2006
CHARLESTON, W.Va., July 17, 2006 — International Coal Group, Inc. has appointed Ira Gamm as Vice President, Investor and Public Relations. In this newly created position, Gamm will be responsible for developing and executing ICG’s communications with the investment community and news media. “We are pleased to add a seasoned communications executive to the ICG [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged chief executive officer, communications, corporate communications, Figgie International, Gamm & Associates, International Coal Group Inc., Investor Relations, Ira Gamm, law, leading producer, NACCO Industries, Northern Illinois University College of Law, public relations, strategy, United Airlines, University of Illinois, Walgreen Co.
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