Apple blogged, stock tanks. Wow!
ANYONE who still thinks blogs are irrelevant to what happens on the stock market should read this story. During the middle of the trading day, top blog Engadget posted an item based on what it thought was an internal company email saying Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) was delaying its highly anticipated iPhone and its new operating [...]
Is Thomson’s IR/PR business for sale?
I DREW attention yesterday to the fact that Thomson Financial’s corporate investor relations and public relations businesses don’t fit well in the structure outlined in the Thomson-Reuters acquisition announcement. According to the companies, the combined Reuters and Thomson Financial business will be guided by journalistic principles, such as integrity, independence and freedom from bias. However, [...]
Wire services target Euro gold rush
IT IS deeply ironic that while people like me are jabbering on about the demise of the big newswires, over the pond in Europe they’re just getting their first taste of mandatory regulatory wire services.
Waiting for the Citizen Investors
By Dominic Jones TODAY I ordered a new book with a promising title. Its called The New Capitalists: How Citizen Investors are Reshaping the Corporate Agenda and it’s co-authored by three experienced corporate governance and asset-management professionals. I obviously haven’t read the book yet, but I’ve been reading the press coverage and reviews. The central [...]
IR websites replace phone for fund manager
REAL IR, the investor relations magazine focused on Europe, has an interesting cover story this month that shines a spotlight on investors’ ever increasing expectations for IR websites. In the article, Niall Paul, 34, who overseas $64 billion in equities for Morley Fund Management in London, says that just over half of the IR websites [...]
Carbon Disclosure Project finds awareness but little action
WHILE many of the world’s biggest companies are happy to talk the talk about climate change, few are walking the walk with specific actions aimed at cutting their impact on the planet, according to a new report. Released today by the non-profit Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), which is supported by 225 of the world’s biggest [...]
XBRL-Vendor UBmatrix Active in European Projects
UBmatrix™, a leading provider of software and services leveraging the global XBRL standard, has recently won three important contracts providing its technology and services to banking supervisors across Europe. Last week, the Central Bank of France, Banque de France, announced they awarded a contract to UBmatrix partners in France, Umanis/I.I.I (Informatique International Ingénierie) for the [...]
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