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By IR Web Report on August 20, 2010
This is a weekly feature at IR Web Report highlighting articles and commentaries of interest to our readers.
Posted in Articles | Tagged Corporate Blogs, hedge funds, social media, twitter
By IR Web Report on March 15, 2010
The Wall Street Journal writes about how hedge funds and proprietary traders are working to automate trading based on social media information and sentiment. Some traders use message boards, StockTwits and Google Insights to “get a handle on the buzz for stocks they are trading,” says the report. Meanwhile, StreamBase Systems Inc. provides tools to [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged alacra pulse, hedge funds, Investor Relations, sentiment, social media
By IR Web Report on August 8, 2008
THE US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new guidance for company websites gives investor relations departments an opportunity to cut their disclosure costs and boost traffic to their websites by using “notice-and-access” news releases for Regulation FD. Although the SEC’s guidance goes so far as to say that “some companies” may not need to use [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged disclosure, disclosure practices, earnings, EDGAR, feeds, hedge funds, Internet, Investor Relations, investor relations website, ir departments, IR websites, national investor relations institute, news releases, NIRI, notice-and-access, nyse, rss, SEC, securities and exchange commission, shareholder.com, technology, Thomson Reuters, twitter, us sec
By IR Web Report 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 IR Web Report on December 6, 2006
It’s back, with 9 items… US Audit Watchdog Rewrites Internal Control Standard | SEC eyes new rule to make market exit easier | NYSE-Euronext clears a regulatory hurdle | Spam Doubles, Finding New Ways to Deliver Itself | Hedge Funds to Face More Scrutiny From U.S. Market Regulators | Nonfinancial Reports Fail to Capture Key [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged Electronic trader, Euronext, hedge funds, insider trading, Instinet Inc., JavaScript, law, NYSE Group, Russia, SEC, stocks, TSX Group Inc., U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, United Nations
By IR Web Report on August 21, 2006
Here are links to 8 articles… Delisting stocks hurts investors | A Look Forward to the High-Definition Web | Banner Year for Majority Elections | For some, public-to-private move may be permanent | Netherlands is New Stomping Ground for Hedge Funds | Moody’s Cites Effects of New Pension Law | Activist Shareholders Flex Their Muscles [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged Eric Karp, financial reporting, hedge funds, Japan, law, Look Forward, Moody's, Moody's Investors Service, SEC, securities, stocks, ticker symbol, Web browser, XBRL, XML
By IR Web Report on July 25, 2006
SEC Names Hewitt Chief Accountant Conrad Hewitt, former chief financial regulator for the State of California, was named chief accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. He will oversee accounting interpretations, international accounting matters, and professional practice issues, for the SEC. Google makes nice with Wall Street “When a company first goes public, [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged Google, hedge funds, m&a, management, Names Hewitt, SEC, securities, securities and exchange commission, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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