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SEC's new guidance for websites and blogs posted

By Dominic Jones 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 comments [...]

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IROs, not regulators should quash rumors

By Dominic Jones 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 writes [...]

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