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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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Great online annual reports of 2008 — Part 1

By Dominic Jones on March 12, 2008

IT’S still early in the season, but online annual reports and proxy statements are now flowing onto the Web at a rapid rate.
We’ve been monitoring daily developments, especially in the US where large companies must for the first time comply with new requirements for usable online documents — although they clearly have noooo ideeaa what [...]

Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged annual reports, Flash, GRI, philips electronics, progressive corp., proxy statements, rss, SEC, strategy | 1 Response