SEC to rule soon on websites for Reg. FD
THE US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is expected to address within the next three months whether companies can meet their obligations under Regulation FD by posting information on their corporate websites and in RSS feeds, according SEC Chairman Chris Cox. The issue is among three areas that the SEC’s Advisory Committee on Improvements to [...]
NIRI 2008 conference goes 2.0
THE NIRI annual conference is underway in San Diego, and while there’s no replacement for actually being there, this year you’ll be able to pick up at least some of the goings on via the Web as attendees use Web 2.0 tools to share their experiences. We picked up the first online mentions of the [...]
Sun IR should now practice what CEO preaches
LIKE many in the investor relations community, I’ve been following and commenting on the public discussion between Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission about Regulation FD and corporate website disclosures. In a letter to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox that he posted on his blog a [...]
SEC assessing blogs for disclosure, says Cox
By Dominic Jones THE U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is continuing to weigh whether to allow companies to use website and blog postings instead of news releases for investor disclosure. Chairman Christopher Cox told a Reuters Regulation Summit in Washington that the dissemination requirements for Regulation Fair Disclosure (Reg. FD) that were passed more [...]
Cox’s blog post gets 10x more media mentions than official release
Update: Please see the comments by Dave Armon, COO of PR Newswire at the end of this post. Simon Phipps, Sun Microsystems’ Chief Open Source Officer, has also commented. While neither Simon nor I agree with Dave’s position, his willingness to take us on in such a public forum is a credit to him and [...]
SEC chairman posts comment on blog
YES I know it’s only been a few days since my last post about him, and no, I’m not changing this site’s name to ChrisCoxWatch.com. It’s just that the SEC chairman’s exploits on the technology front leave me little choice but to keep writing about them. You will recall that several weeks ago, Sun Microsystems [...]
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