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By IR Web Report on October 22, 2009
I’M A little bemused by the IR establishment’s response to the sensational allegations in the insider trading case against Galleon Management and a host of corporate executives and one IR consultant. NIRI CEO Jeff Morgan’s immediate response was to publish the following in a Tweet: “Following Galleon & is another reminder to NIRI members & [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged Galleon, insider trading, Investor Relations, regulation fd
By IR Web Report on August 2, 2008
THE US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published its 47-page interpretive release that explains how companies can use their websites and blogs to meet its requirements for public disclosure under Regulation FD. Here’s a Scribd version of the complete release, which can also be downloaded in PDF from the SEC’s website. See my initial [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged annual reports, blogs, Compensation, corporate governance, disclosure, disclosure documents, earnings, EDGAR, electronic delivery, feedback, feeds, finance, financial information, financial reporting, forums, insider trading, Internet, Investor Relations, investor relations website, IR websites, law, management, market participants, new york stock exchange, newswires, nyse, proxy statement, quarterly reports, rss, SEC, securities, securities act, securities and exchange commission, strategy, technology, usability, XBRL, XML
By IR Web Report on May 30, 2008
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 [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged blogs, cowen and company, David Phillips, deutsche bank securities, insider trading, Investor Relations, Jeff Matthews, Michael Arrington, nasdaq, Naveen Jain, SEC, securities and exchange commission, techcrunch, technology, ubs investment bank
By IR Web Report on April 9, 2008
WHEN it comes to disclosing insider trading on their investor relations websites, companies’ practices vary widely. Most firms give the information little thought, while a few go out of their way to make the information easy for investors to access and digest. But with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adding free XML-based news [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged EDGAR, feeds, insider trading, Investor Relations, rss, SEC filings
By IR Web Report on June 26, 2007
By Dominic Jones LONG-TIME readers will know I dislike most regulatory filings databases because they lack the basic usability needed for the public to actually use them. The best of breed right now is the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Edgar database, but even the SEC thinks it could be better. It is spending around [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged disclosure, EDGAR, insider trading, IR websites, SEC, securities, shareholder.com, usability
By IR Web Report on May 22, 2007
By Dominic Jones FOR those of you who appreciate the nuances of insider trading and other securities laws, the following question will probably give you goosebumps: Does the the buyer of securities sold via a big-boy letter have an obligation to inform the next buyer about the existence of the letter? After reading this tremendous [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged insider trading, law, rss, SEC, securities, the Times
By IR Web Report on May 4, 2007
By Dominic Jones IF YOU’RE a fan of crime and spy novels like I am, you’ll love the Securities and Exchange Commission’s news release and subsequent media coverage about yesterday’s bust in the TXU insider-trading case. The full release is here, but I’m reproducing some highlights below: The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Hafiz [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged Bloomberg, compliance, Duke University, Duke University in Durham, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Financial Services Authority, Fort Worth, Fort Worth Regional Office, Hafiz Naseem, insider trading, James Cox, jp morgan, Katherine S. Addleman, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., law, LinkedIn, m&a, New York, Pakistan, Rye Brook, SEC, securities, securities and exchange commission, social networking sites, Stephen Korotash, surveillance, Texas, Texas Pacific Group, TXU Corp., U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
By IR Web Report on March 26, 2007
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. IR News National Investor Relations Institute Elects New Board Chairman and Four Directors The National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged Adobe, communications, Darden Restaurants Inc., disclosure, Financial Services Authority, goldman sachs, Google, House Committee on Financial Services, insider trading, Internet, Investor Relations, law, London, Massachusetts, Matthew V. Stroud, Maureen Wolff-Reid, media outlets, Merrill, microsoft, national investor relations institute, NIRI, NIRI Board of Directors, Orlando, PDF, rss, search function, SEC, Sharon Merrill Associates Inc., Sharon Merrill Associates Inc. Merrill Restricts Research Access, Suspicious, technology, TELLABS Inc., TIAA-CREF, twitter, Volkswagen, Web browser, web traffic
By IR Web Report on March 22, 2007
HEY, everyone has to be good at something, right? Here at IR Web Report, we’re good at snide remarks about regulators and investor relations practices. And Canada? Well, according to a study commissioned by Bloomberg News, it has a prescient knack for buying stocks in companies that are about to be acquired. Looking at 52 [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged Bloomberg, disclosure, Financial Services Authority, insider trading, Investor Relations, London, Measuredmarkets Inc., SEC, securities, stocks
By IR Web Report on March 4, 2007
By Dominic Jones “ARE (ordinary investors) being played for patsies in this system? Are there really just two tiers, and the insiders are always favored?” That question by NewsHour correspondent Maragaret Warner to Columbia Law School professor John Coffee on PBS on Friday night (MP3, 4.0 MB) encapsulates a view many Main Street investors are [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged disclosure, insider trading, Investor Relations, IR websites, law, less-active retail shareholders, management, Maragaret Warner, nasdaq, nasdaq stock market inc, privacy, public relations, retail investors, rss, SEC, securities, shareholder.com, stocks, TXU, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, web privacy rules, web technologies, website tracking systems
By IR Web Report on March 2, 2007
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. Regulators The Century’s Big Insider-Trading Bust Even John Grisham would have a tough time topping the latest [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged finance, Google, IBM, insider trading, Investor Relations, Japan, japan inc, John Grisham, Latin America, law, management, mini-Web applications, morgan stanley, Natural Resources Defense Council, Nike, Rio Tinto, SEC, securities, securities and exchange commission, stocks, technology, TXU, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, UBS
By IR Web Report 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 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 October 27, 2006
There are 6 items … The Next Insider Trading Scandal? | Credit-Default Swap Traders Anticipated Announcements of LBOs? | TSE says in talks with NYSE on business tie-up | Winners of IR Magazine Continental Europe Awards 2006 announced | Companies Fire Back at Backdating Report | Survey Shows MBA Students Believe Business Should Be Agent [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged Bloomberg, E.ON, finance, Germany, insider trading, Stanford University Graduate School, technology, The Corporate Library, The Tokyo Stock Exchange, yahoo, Zurich
By IR Web Report on October 9, 2006
There are 6 items… Fidelity’s Divided Loyalties | Ex-Enron IRO gets two years’ probationes | Global Compact and Global Reporting Initiative Form Strategic Alliance | Sun CEO at front of trend | Redefining content management | Paulson Leads Drive to Ease Regulations of Sarbanes-Oxley Law Fidelity’s Divided Loyalties Does Fidelity primarily serve its corporate customers, [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged blogs, Bloomberg, Corporate Secretary, Enron Corp., Global Compact and Global Reporting Initiative Form Strategic Alliance, Henry Paulson, insider trading, Investor Relations, law, management, Paula Rieker, rss, SEC, Sun CEO, Treasury Secretary, United Nations
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