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By Dominic Jones on May 15, 2007
By Dominic Jones EARLY this morning, the boards of Thomson Corporation and Reuters Group PLC announced that they have agreed to combine their companies. Reuters CEO Tom Glocer, 47, will become CEO of the new Thomson-Reuters. Thomson President and CEO, Richard J. Harrington, 60, will retire after the deal closes, which is expected after anti-trust [...]
Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged Alphaville, business, communications, corporate communications, David Schlesinger, Devin Wenig, Investor Relations, journalist, media, public relations, Reuter Trust Principles, reuters, Reuters Group PLC, Richard J. Harrington, thomson financial, Tom Glocer, Woodbridge
By Dominic Jones on April 28, 2007
By Dominic Jones BARRON’S technology journalist Eric Savitz has lashed out at companies that provide guidance in conference calls but not in their news releases, a practice he says discriminates against individual investors and leads to technical violations of Reg. FD. Writing on the Tech Trader Daily blog, Savitz says companies that provide guidance only [...]
Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged BARRON'S technology journalist, blogs, conference calls, disclosure, earnings, Eric Savitz, Investor Relations, journalist, management, news releases, SEC, Tech Trader, technology, transcript services, transcripts, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
By Dominic Jones on January 18, 2007
By Dominic Jones WITH journalist blogs becoming a major force for newspaper websites, I’m starting to wonder if blogs will finally start to take root in the corporate world? That’s usually how it seems to work. As audiences become accustomed to a format on their favorite websites, corporations pick up on it, work to influence [...]
Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged blogs, bmc software, Google, journalist, media relations people, microsoft, NetRatings, non-technology industries, reuters, SEC, sun microsystems, technology, yahoo
By Dominic Jones on December 28, 2006
By Dominic Jones EVERYONE knows that if you have bad news to deliver then the best time to do so is late on a Friday afternoon. That’s when reporters are distracted and editors are heading home for the weekend. And probably the most-prized Friday or all is the one just before a Christmas long-weekend. You [...]
Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged Barney Frank, Broc Romanek, business, Christmas, Christopher Cox, disclosure, dow jones, EDGAR, Enron, finance, Greg Newton, House Financial Services Committee, John White, journalist, law, London, Michelle Leder, NakedShorts author, Patrick Hosking, rss, SEC, SEC filings, securities, the Times, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
By Dominic Jones on October 20, 2006
There are 6 items… Directors Link Firms in Option Probe | Hedge funds take in record $44.5 bln in 3rd qtr | Corporate Blogging: What Could Go Wrong? | Corporate reporting – Putting the right message in the right bottle | Investor Relations Internet Sites: Practices of European Listed Companies | Stanford uncovers ‘Net addicts’ [...]
Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged blogs, business, corporate reporting, Dan Gillmor, disclosure, financial communication tools, Investor Relations, IR websites, journalist, law
By Dominic Jones on August 10, 2006
By Dominic Jones A SMALL-CAP company at the center of an expose by a new investigative journalism blog that is financed by short-selling profits has seen its stock tank dramatically in the days since the story broke. Shares of AMEX-listed Xethanol Corporation have lost around 40% of their value since Monday Aug. 7. – the [...]
Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged Author and former Business Week reporter, blogs, business, Christopher Carey, finance, Florida, former St. Louis Post-Dispatch business reporter, Gary Weiss, Investor Relations, journalist, legitimate retail investors, Mark Cuban, Sharesleuth.com, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, UTEK Corp., Xethanol Corporation
