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SEC greenlights "notice-and-access" news releases
THE US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new guidance for company websites gives investor relations departments an opportunity to cut their disclosure costs and boost traffic to their websites by using “notice-and-access” news releases for Regulation FD.
Although the SEC’s guidance goes so far as to say that “some companies” may not need to use wire [...]
Who to visit at NIRI's vendor showcase
IN TODAY’S technology-driven disclosure world, every IR department needs a reliable and highly informed web communications partner to help them navigate through the many new and exciting ways that they can connect online with their investors.
This was made clear yesterday at the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) annual conference in San Diego when John White, [...]
What's the word I'm looking for?
THERE is only one word to explain what is depicted in this screenshot I took while visiting the website of Southern Company, a big US energy utility.
But rather than say what I think the word is, I thought you might like to have a quick guess using the poll embedded below the screenshot.
I will [...]
10 signs your IR website is *still* bad
BACK in November 2006, I published a list of 10 signs that an investor relations website was in dire need of an upgrade.
Reading the list again, it struck me how we still see many companies making the same mistakes. So I thought it would be helpful to post the list again and offer to answer [...]
We've acquired Thomson Financial's IR website business
Please note the date of this post (and the many clues throughout) should tell you it can’t be trusted.
AFTER several weeks of intense negotiations, I’m proud to announce today that my company last night signed a binding agreement to purchase the investor relations website hosting and webcasting business of Thomson Financial.
The Thomson Financial business hosts [...]
NIRI members' discontent posted on Web
ABOUT eight months ago, I let my membership of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) expire. I wasn’t happy with the direction of the organization, and I felt that being a member would restrict me from speaking my mind about it on this blog if I wanted to.
Since then, however, I’ve kept my mouth mostly [...]
Yahoo!'s latest inspiration: snail mail
I THOUGHT I wouldn’t have to write about the Microsoft-Yahoo! takeover saga again after likening the investor relations communications around it to watching two drunks wobbling and slurring their way through a back alley rumble.
But I can’t resist.
A couple of hours ago, the great Web pioneer and innovator that is Yahoo! fired off its latest [...]
Microsoft, Yahoo! IR teams drop ball amid bid
IF YOU’RE a Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) or Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) shareholder, you’ve probably heard the news — thanks in no part to the companies’ investor relations departments.
Yes, on February 1, 2008 Microsoft proposed to acquire Yahoo! for $31 per share, apparently comprised of half cash and half Microsoft shares, or something like that. I’m [...]
WSJ adds Facebook widget, where's yours?
NEWS that the Wall Street Journal is adding a feature to its website that lets readers see which stories are popular with their Facebook friends should signal to the investor relations website industry that so-called “widgets” are moving to the mainstream.
According to the Associated Press, the Journal, NBC Universal and CNET are partnering with Loomia [...]
IR Web Report's E-Proxy Coverage
This page consolidates all of IR Web Report’s articles about the SEC’s e-proxy process and default electronic annual reporting generally.
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