New stats: Scandinavian companies using Twitter for IR
SCULPTOR IR has just completed a major survey of 760 Scandinavian companies to learn how they are using Twitter for investor relations information, and to identify country differences and best practices at specific companies.
Research points to lack of level playing field in Europe
A TEAM of German researchers from Goethe University Frankfurt have published a study that finds evidence to suggest that corporate executives are sharing material, non-public information in private earnings calls and conferences with select groups of invited analysts.
Bloomberg grabs NetApp’s earnings early, second case in a week
NETAPP Inc. (NASDAQ:NTAP) has become the second company in less than a week to have earnings information leaked from an unsecured area of its corporate website.
10 IR Twitter accounts revisited: honeymoon is over
WHAT a difference a quarter makes! Back in August we showcased 10 companies that used Twitter to distribute information about their Q2 earnings announcements, so we thought we would check in to see how they’re doing this quarter.
Step by step: how to do an advisory earnings release
WITH the third-quarter earnings season fast approaching now is the time to begin planning an advisory release process for your next earnings announcement.
Companies shifting IR tactics to be more social, transparent
AS EARNINGS season comes to a close it’s become increasingly apparent that public companies are focusing more heavily on their investor relations (“IR”) efforts. What explains this phenomenon?
HP, CME Group, Ford adopt StockTwits as an official IR channel
STOCKTWITS, the growing investor and trader microblogging service, has introduced a new investor relations service that enables companies to provide verified information and better engage with their online investor audiences.
41% of heavily traded US-listed international firms shun PR wires
MORE than four in ten of the most actively traded US-listed international companies – including well-known firms like Alcatel-Lucent, Vodafone, Barclays and Petrobras – are not using paid PR wires to distribute their earnings releases and other disclosure information.
Does SlideShare Pro make sense for investor relations?
SLIDESHARE, best known as a presentation sharing service, has launched three new paid accounts with features that may appeal to investor relations departments looking for ways to spread their stories online and improve the user experience of their IR websites.
How hedge funds analyze your earnings calls
NEWS this week from the Wall Street Journal that academics have found key language markers of executive deception on earnings calls won’t come as a surprise to some of the world’s biggest hedge funds.
How to fix the 80-second disclosure gap
NOW that we’ve shown that PR wire services can’t guarantee simultaneous access to disclosure information for all investors, let’s look at why it matters and what you can do to treat all shareholders fairly.
Most US investors get PR wire releases 80 seconds after Wall Street
A SIMPLE analysis of 100 company news releases shows that the average delay between when PR wire services release the information to Wall Street and when most non-professional investors actually have access to it on Yahoo! Finance is just over 83 seconds.
Nokia cuts PR wire earnings release to 41 words
NOKIA Corporation (NYSE: NOK) last week became the latest company to use the advisory news release process that IR Web Report has long urged companies to adopt for disclosure information.
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