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NYSE, NASDAQ move to scrap compulsory news releases
THE New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ plan to eliminate rules that currently require listed companies to issue press releases when disclosing important information.
The NYSE has filed a proposed rule change (PDF 503KB, 18 pages) to amend its Listed Company Manual to allow listed companies to comply with its immediate release policy by disseminating [...]
Did Shareholder.com finally get a clue?
By Dominic Jones
INVESTOR relations website developer Shareholder.com, a subsidiary of Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ), appears to be finally getting the message that snooping on the activities of investors on company websites is unethical — and even illegal.
At some point in recent weeks, Shareholder.com has changed the marketing information on its website to remove many [...]
Shareholder.com clients should read this
NEWS today that European Union privacy regulators are challenging giant Google Inc.’s privacy practices should be cause for alarm for companies that use Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.-owned Shareholder.com’s investor tracking tools on their websites.
The EU regulators are concerned that Google’s tracking practices violate privacy protections in Europe. However, when you compare what Google is doing [...]
Nasdaq and OMX to create trans-Atlantic exchange
By Dominic Jones
NASDAQ Stock Market Inc. is bidding $3.67 billion for Sweden’s OMX AB, Europe’s sixth-largest stock exchange group, in a deal to create the second trans-Atlantic stock exchange.
OMX AB sells exchange software and operates equity and derivatives exchanges in the Nordic and Baltic markets. Its Nordic Exchange includes exchanges in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, Iceland, [...]
After "insider trading week," beware the patsies
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 likely [...]
Nasdaq spin leads to Bloomberg error — UPDATED
By Dominic Jones
SOMEBODY please explain to me why an institution that plays such a central role in the capital markets as the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. seems to have such a hard time writing transparent news releases.
Yesterday, the exchange issued a less than forthright news release that had the effect of confusing at least one [...]
NASDAQ pushes firms to flout SEC web privacy rules
NASDAQ is pushing its listed companies to flout recently approved rules that bar them from tracking investors’ personal activity on websites hosting annual meeting materials under the e-proxy provisions.
In a controversial proposal awaiting regulatory approval, the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. wants to bundle a number of shareholder communication services into the annual listing fees it [...]
Is Nasdaq Becoming a Major IR Services Player?
BY Dominic Jones
AMERICA’S second-biggest stock exchange looks poised to become a major player in the investor relations services business after closing a deal to buy a newswire service.
The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. announced September 1 that it had finalized the purchase of Los Angeles-based PrimeZone Media Network for an undisclosed sum.
Added to its recent buy [...]
IR Community Must Address Online Privacy
By Dominic Jones
THE recent uproar over America Online releasing compromising information on its customers’ search activities should be a warning to investor relations website managers to take their investors’ privacy seriously.
The media storm around the AOL incident has served to put Web users on notice that their Internet activity can reveal vast amounts of private [...]
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