By IR Web Report on April 4, 2008
SOFTWARE company BladeLogic, which went public last July, has one of the hippest ticker symbols going: BLOG. But now that the company is being acquired by BMC Software (NYSE: BMC) those funky four letters are up for grabs. One problem, though. The way the US IPO market has been doing so far this year, it [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged initial public offerings, Investor Relations, IPOs, nasdaq, national venture capital association, nyse, stocks, thomson financial, ticker symbol, venture capital, venture capital association, venture capital funding, wordpress
By IR Web Report on April 5, 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. General News NYSE Euronext Falls in First Day as Combined Exchange NYSE Euronext, home to General Electric Co., France [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged analyst, China, Euronext, Europe, Financial Services Authority, France Telecom SA, FSA, General Electric Co., Heineken NV, IPOs, John Raymond, law, London, Moody's, nasdaq, Nasdaq China, nyse, Paul Munn, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, SEC, securities, Steven Bloom, stocks, The Corporate Library, twitter, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
By IR Web Report on September 14, 2006
There are 9 items today … Judge: Web Accessibility Lawsuit Against Target Can Proceed | More Shareholders Back Green Schemes | Tight deadline seen crimping SEC action on proxy issue | Do Hedge Funds Hold ‘Trade Secrets’? | Paulson supports study into market threat | Ceres/ACCA Seeking Nominations for 2006 Sustainability Reporting Awards | The [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged communications, conference calls, Hank Paulson, IPOs, Judge, law, London, SEC, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, US Treasury, web standards
By IR Web Report on September 13, 2006
There are 7 items today… Fed decision revives investor optimism | Investigative Firms Snoop on Booming Hedge Funds | Hurd, Dunn consolidate power at H-P | Sarbanes-Oxley not why foreign IPOs slow–official | Group to examine impact of new rules | Social Networks: Execs Use Them Too Fed decision revives investor optimism Fund managers have [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged Hewlett-Packard Co., IPOs, law, merrill lynch, official, technology, US Federal Reserve
By IR Web Report on August 30, 2006
There are 7 items today… UK watchdog widens scrutiny as managers wield more influence | Booming European buy-outs outstrip UK | Private Equity Firms Chasing Small-Caps | Americans get texting as SMS finally catches on |AJAX Growing in Emerging Markets | Traders move online for share deals | How to Surf the Web Safely UK [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged AJAX, analyst, Britain, communications, Datamonitor, Europe, finance, Investor Relations, IPOs, London, management, privacy, SMS, web development
By IR Web Report on August 25, 2006
There are 8 items today… US IPOs see slowest August in three years | American Fund Investors Still Looking Abroad | S&P 500 2nd Quarter Buybacks Set Record at $116 Billion | Late Quarterly SEC Filings Hits Record | A Web 2.0 Tour for the Enterprise | Quarterly earnings calls get online play-by-play | Corporate [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged blogs, communications, earnings, earnings calls, IPOs, merrill lynch, mobile devices, PDA, S&P 500, SEC, SEC filings, securities, securities and exchange commission, Standard and Poor's Ratings Services, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
By IR Web Report on August 14, 2006
Here are links to 8 stories… IPOs feel the stock market’s pain Just halfway into the third quarter, some 15 companies have withdrawn or postponed their plans to go public, according to deal tracker Dealogic. Hedge funds see shift away from equity strategies According to Hedge Fund Research, global hedge fund industry assets five years [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged IPOs, London Stock Exchange, SEC
By IR Web Report on August 9, 2006
By Dominic Jones A SCRAPPED IPO is rarely a good thing. It suggests the company being shopped is a lemon. Companies that pull their IPOs traditionally go off to some dark corner with their tails between their legs. So when Internet domain registration company The Go Daddy Group, Inc. withdrew its registration statement with the [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged AICPA, blogs, earnings, EDGAR, financial media, GoDaddy, Investor Relations, IPOs, law, Middle East, SEC, securities, securities and exchange commission, venture capital
By IR Web Report on July 27, 2006
Investors’ Class-Action Lawsuits Drop Sharply The number of new federal class-action lawsuits filed by disgruntled investors has dropped dramatically and is now at its lowest level since 1996, according to a new Stanford University study. Fairfax Sues Investors for $5 Billion Citing Stock Manipulation The alleged scheme, which dates back to December 2002 after Fairfax [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged analyst, Broadband, chief executive officer, communications, deceptive device, Denver, Federal Communications Commission, genesis inc, Investor Relations, IPOs, Jr., Kalorama Partners, law, Lou Thomson, Louis M. Thompson, managing director, national investor relations institute, new york stock exchange, SEC, securities, stanford university
By IR Web Report on July 7, 2006
Japanese Investors Step Up Activism While still in its infancy, Japan’s institutional activism is shocking traditional managements each year with demands for independent board oversight, better disclosure, and warnings against entrenchment measures that sap shareholder value. Shareholder revolt scuttles NZ merger plan Rickey Ward of Tyndall Asset Management says the deal was clearly the biggest [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged disclosure, IPOs, management
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