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Shareholder.com clients should read this
NEWS today that European Union privacy regulators are challenging giant Google Inc.’s privacy practices should be cause for alarm for companies that use Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.-owned Shareholder.com’s investor tracking tools on their websites.
The EU regulators are concerned that Google’s tracking practices violate privacy protections in Europe. However, when you compare what Google is doing [...]
Nasdaq and OMX to create trans-Atlantic exchange
By Dominic Jones
NASDAQ Stock Market Inc. is bidding $3.67 billion for Sweden’s OMX AB, Europe’s sixth-largest stock exchange group, in a deal to create the second trans-Atlantic stock exchange.
OMX AB sells exchange software and operates equity and derivatives exchanges in the Nordic and Baltic markets. Its Nordic Exchange includes exchanges in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, Iceland, [...]
Apple blogged, stock tanks. Wow!
By Dominic Jones
ANYONE who still thinks blogs are irrelevant to what happens on the stock market should read this story.
During the middle of the trading day, top blog Engadget posted an item based on what it thought was an internal company email saying Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) was delaying its highly anticipated iPhone and its new [...]
Is Thomson's IR/PR business for sale?
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 from bias. [...]
What's wrong with U.S. health care IR sites?
By Dominic Jones (Note: See update at end of post.)
A COUPLE of U.S. health care sector companies in our IR website benchmarking survey are in the process of being gobbled up by bigger companies or are going private, so we’ve been looking for replacements.
Usually we just pick companies at random from the S&P 500. However, [...]
Noteworthy list #19
Notable excerpts and links to articles and reports we’ve found worthwhile reading. Though we try to avoid them, some links may be intercepted by ads or may require free log-ins. Please don’t blame us for this.
General News
NYSE Euronext Falls in First Day as Combined Exchange
NYSE Euronext, home to General Electric Co., France Telecom SA and [...]
Noteworthy list #9
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 the post-Enron changes [...]
Wire services target Euro gold rush
Note: After receiving an email from a mutual acquaintance of someone mentioned in the original of this article, I’ve made a minor edit to remove an individual’s name. Seems information was sent to me from Business Wire under the name of an employee per their normal routine, but that individual didn’t personally send it to [...]
Waiting for the Citizen Investors
By Dominic Jones
TODAY I ordered a new book with a promising title. Its called The New Capitalists: How Citizen Investors are Reshaping the Corporate Agenda and it’s co-authored by three experienced corporate governance and asset-management professionals.
I obviously haven’t read the book yet, but I’ve been reading the press coverage and reviews. The central thesis of [...]
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