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As XBRL mandate looms, SEC seeks urgent help with software

By Dominic Jones on August 25, 2008

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 [...]

Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged business, Chairman Chris Cox, chris cox, EDGAR, finance, financial statements, footnotes, IDEA, interactive data, Internet, Investor Relations, Officer Michael Davis, SEC, securities and exchange commission, technology, XBRL | Leave a response

SEC unveils IDEA — and that's all it is for now

By Dominic Jones on August 19, 2008

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 [...]

Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged Bill Lutz, business, Chairman Chris Cox, disclosure, Ed Hodder, finance, IDEA, Investor Relations, SEC, securities and exchange commission, webcast, XBRL | 7 Responses

Cox to announce IDEA will replace EDGAR

By Dominic Jones on August 19, 2008

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 [...]

Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged business, Chairman Chris Cox, Christopher Twarowski, disclosure, EDGAR, IDEA, interactive data, Investor Relations, SEC, XBRL | 4 Responses