Category: Investor Relations

  • Carl Icahn coming soon

    Billionaire financier Carl Icahn is about to start blogging on corporate governance. Well, at least a site is up with a single post on January 31 saying "Blog coming soon." An RSS feed is ready, along with an email subscription…

  • The complexity of combining Microsoft and Yahoo

    Yesterday’s news about Microsoft’s unsolicited $44.6 billion (£22.6bn) bid to acquire Yahoo has, unsurprisingly, made headlines around the world. Plenty of commentators have been quick to analyse what the combination might mean to the tech business and, in particular, search…

  • An abrupt ending for Blognation

    This is what you now see if you go to any of the websites of Blognation, the blog network that’s been embroiled in scandal and controversy for the past few weeks. It’s too bad. If there’s one thing that disgraced…

  • The tipping point for XBRL

    This could be a milestone in illustrating the benefits of using XBRL for companies filing financial data. Last week, Microsoft submitted a Form 8-K filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) comprising financial data for shareholders, using XBRL.…

  • Troubling times for Blognation coming to a head

    Ever since Blognation opened its virtual doors last July, it’s been one of my primary essential daily destinations for RSS reading. It’s an ambitious idea from Sam Sethi – build a network of blogs covering news about emerging startups in…