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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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SEC seeks to "blow up" forms-based system

By Dominic Jones on June 25, 2008

THE US Securities and Exchange commission has launched a study that could lead to the scrapping of its 75-year-old system that requires companies to file disclosures on prescribed forms like 10Ks, Form 4s and DEF 14As.

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Pocket projectors: a must-have gadget for IROs?

By Dominic Jones on March 30, 2008

ADD pocket projectors to the obligatory BlackBerry as among the list of must-have gadgets for investor relations officers and CFOs.
As the New York Times reports today, tiny projectors that can be embedded in mobile phones or in pocket-sized standalone projectors are coming this year. Analysts predict that the business market — and my tween daughter [...]

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In Davos, CEOs encouraged to blog

By Dominic Jones on January 24, 2007

AT the World Economic Forum annual meeting that kicked off today in Davos, Switzerland, some 800 corporate bosses are being encouraged to blog, according to the Economist.
Scott Karp of Publishing 2.0 in a column for the Blog Herald thinks that’s a bad idea. He asks, “Can a big company really blog?”
“I’m not suggesting that big [...]

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Media confused over Nardelli's pay

By Dominic Jones on January 4, 2007

By Dominic Jones
SO HOW much did shareowners pay former Home Depot CEO Bob Nardelli over the course of his six years at the helm of the world’s biggest DIY chain?
No one seems to know for sure, in part because the figures for 2006 haven’t been published yet. Even so, I’ve seen five different amounts quoted [...]

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