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By Dominic Jones on June 22, 2010
US CORPORATE disclosure practices are undergoing dramatic change. New regulations and new web communications technologies are disrupting established practices. The old model is under pressure and increasingly incapable of meeting the needs of companies and their investors.
Posted in Articles | Tagged disclosure practices, Investor Relations, investor relations website, new york stock exchange, web communications, web disclosure
By Dominic Jones on April 16, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged Investor Relations, nasdaq, nasdaq stock market inc, new york stock exchange, regulation fd, securities and exchange commission, wire services
By Dominic Jones on August 21, 2008
PR NEWSWIRE has trotted out its Disclosure Advisory Board (DAB) to say that they do not see companies changing their disclosure practices any time soon in response to the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) recent guidance for company websites. They have issued a statement that basically calls for companies to continue to use the [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged corporate communications, credibility, Deborah Kelly, disclosure, disclosure practices, genesis inc, goldman sachs, individual investors, Internet, Investor Relations, IR websites, Janet L. Fisher, Jerry Hostetter, John Bierbusse, John L. Kelly, Kurt Stocker, Lou Thompson, Mark Hynes, Martin Shea, Mary Beth Kissane, Mr. Hynes, new york stock exchange, notice-and-access, pr newswire, rss, sanderson farms, SEC, securities and exchange commission, Valerie C. Haertel, William A. Relyea
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 [...]
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 Dominic Jones on June 9, 2008
DESPITE the risk that they might be reaping short-term gains while laying the foundation for long-term pain, 566 US companies used notice-only e-proxy mailings for their shareholder meetings by the end of April. According to figures compiled by Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc., companies have saved about $132 million through lower print and mailing costs. Unfortunately, [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged annual meeting, annual meetings, annual reports, broadridge financial solutions inc, corporate governance, director elections, e-proxy, mailing costs, new york stock exchange, proxy statement, proxy statements, retail investor, retail investors, retail shareholders, SEC, securities and exchange commission, shareholder meetings, technology
By Dominic Jones on April 22, 2008
WHERE can you legally stuff the ballot boxes with votes from people who do not actually cast ballots? Where can you cling to your position by having those votes push you to a majority? Why, in America, of course. This happens in elections of corporate directors under something called broker non-votes, which the New York [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged corporate directors, corporate governance, CtW, dow jones newswires, labor federation, Neal Lipschutz, new york stock exchange, nyse, SEC, securities and exchange commission, William Patterson
By Dominic Jones on April 4, 2008
TAKE a look at these news releases put out this week by two New York Stock Exchange-listed companies about awards they’ve received for their investor relations websites and their disclosure practices. The first is from Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligents SA, the airline firm listed on the NYSE under the symbol GOL. SAO PAULO, Brazil, April [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged Bloomberg, communications, corporate governance, disclosure, disclosure practices, finance, financial communications, gol linhas aereas inteligentes, Investor Relations, IR websites, IRGR, management, mz consult, new york stock exchange, news releases, PRNewswire-FirstCall, Richard Lark, SAO PAULO, SEC, TAM, yahoo
By Dominic Jones on May 25, 2007
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, [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged Bloomberg, communications, Europe, Iceland, London Stock Exchange, nasdaq, NASDAQ OMX Group, nasdaq stock market inc, new york stock exchange, OMX AB, Prime Newswire, privacy, Riga, SEC, shareholder.com, stock exchange, Stockholm, Sweden, Tallinn, technology, the Washington Post, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Vilnius
By Dominic Jones on March 6, 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. Investor Relations CEO parachute deals come to light in new filings The severance arrangements outlined will be “where some [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged analyst, Bloomberg, Compensation, earnings, feeds, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Greenwich Associates, Investor Relations, Japan, jpmorgan, Largest Hedge-Fund Manager JPMorgan Chase & Co., law, Marc Andreessen, Michael Melbinger, morgan stanley, nasdaq, New York, new york stock exchange, Pink Sheets LLP, rss, SEC, securities, social networks, social Web sites, stocks, technology, U.S. hedge-fund manager, UBS AG, XBRL
By Dominic Jones on February 14, 2007
By Dominic Jones WHAT year is it? If you spend your life with your head buried in the New York Stock Exchange’s (NYSE) Listed Company Manual, you might be in a 10-year time warp.
Posted in Articles | Tagged Bloomberg, conference calls, disclosure, Dow Jones & Company Inc., finance, New York City, new york stock exchange, pr newswire, Reuters America, rss, SEC, securities, securities and exchange commission, United Press International, yahoo
By Dominic Jones on February 1, 2007
By Dominic Jones THIS shouldn’t be news to anyone in the investor relations field, but the globalization of investor relations keeps rolling on apace as stock exchanges continue to link up. A key component of the cooperation agreement between the New York Stock Exchange and the Tokyo Stock Exchange announced yesterday is helping listed companies [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged communications, General Electric, Investor Relations, IR websites, Japan, nasdaq, national investor relations institute, new york stock exchange, NIRI, retail investors, Tokyo Stock Exchange, transcripts
By Dominic Jones on January 22, 2007
By Dominic Jones THE inherent conflict of interest between stock exchanges’ unique regulatory status and their new standing as for-profit companies is causing problems for US regulators. Critics are questioning separate proposals by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ to raise fees for services that are mandated by the Securities and Exchange Commission [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged blogs, disclosure, Marc Lackritz, nasdaq, NASDAQ's, new york stock exchange, news releases, Prime Newswire, SEC, securities, securities and exchange commission, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, shareholder.com, webcast services, webcasts
By Dominic Jones on December 22, 2006
IN THE sixth newswire deal this year, Canada’s second largest news release distributor CCNMatthews is being acquired by the private equity arm of Canadian pension fund OMERS. The cash deal, terms of which were not disclosed, will also see Manulife Capital, the private equity group of insurer Manulife Financial, take a minority stake. CCNMatthews, which [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged blogs, disclosure, Euronext, Europe, Hugin ASA, Manulife Capital, Manulife Financial, Market Wire, Medialink Worldwide, nasdaq, new york stock exchange, news releases, newswires, OMERS Capital Partners, Paris, Paul G. Renaud, Pims Group, pr newswire, private equity, rss, San Francisco, SEC, securities, strategy, sun microsystems, U.S. newswire, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, United Business Media, Warren Buffett, website services
By Dominic Jones on December 12, 2006
By Dominic Jones EURONEXT NV, which is set to be acquired by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), has strengthened its position in the corporate newswire business by acquiring Hugin ASA of Norway. The move means that the NYSE will join its US rival Nasdaq as the proud owner of a newswire service. In September, [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged blogs, corporate websites, disclosure, Euronext NV, feeds, Hugin ASA, nasdaq, new york stock exchange, newswires, Paris, pr newswire, PrimeZone, private equity, rss, San Francisco, SEC, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, United Business Media
By Dominic Jones on December 1, 2006
There are 8 items … Overhaul Urged for Corporate Oversight | Sharply Divided Reactions to Report on U.S. Markets | Disgraced CEO Behind Report Calling For Weakening Post-Enron Corporate Governance Reforms | Tech Start-ups Spurn NASDAQ for London | $10bn Vista launch is Microsoft’s biggest ever | Cohen, Granville, Acampora Don’t Move Markets Anymore, Do [...]
Posted in Articles | Tagged Bloomberg, France, FSA, Henry M. Paulson Jr., Joseph Granville, London, London AIM, London Stock Exchange, Maurice Greenberg, microsoft, Microsoft Vista, nasdaq, new york stock exchange, Ralph Acampora, SEC, Treasury Secretary
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