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Do female execs produce better stock returns?
News Newly public companies that have women in senior management enjoy higher initial public offering prices and higher earnings per share than companies that have all-male management teams, according to a study by university of Michigan Business...
[December 1, 2000, 9:10]
The Day Ahead: IPO flop-o-meter runs amok
News The prospects for initial public offerings are murky at best, but that hasn't stopped a host of tech companies from diving into the market and drowning quickly. FloNetwork and Coolsavings.com are similar to each other -- and a dozen already public...
[April 12, 2000, 11:52]
Some industries grow and profit despite the recession; others don't
Blog The really dismal year is showing up on the bottom line of many public companies. Reviewing the stocks of several public companies in the Ventura County region revealed a mix of outcomes that are trickling through the local economy.
[March 4, 2009, 10:52]
High-tech firms gingerly approach IPOs
News In a sign that companies delivering business software over the Web are on the comeback trail, two leading names in the fledgling market are considering making initial public offerings next year. In the three months of July to September, 22...
[October 6, 2003, 14:45]
DeviceLock for Compliance With the Combined Code on Corporate Governance (UK)
White Papers The corporate governance systems of public companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) are governed by the Combined Code on Corporate Governance. The principles, rules and requirements set out in the Combined Code are aimed at increasing...
[May 14, 2009, 1:17]
Euro firms losing out on IT value
News Analytical tools company Alinean said public companies in Europe are spending almost twice the percentage of their revenue on IT than US companies. According to the study, which looked at about 9,000 public companies in the US and Europe, the...
[March 6, 2003, 10:52]
Thriving in the Face of Regulation: How to Accommodate the New Corporate Governance Regime and Achieve Optimum Financial Performance
White Papers Business regulation is the bane of US business today; it's public enemy number one for public companies large and small. And will companies adapt to reform effectively? Although debate continues among government officials, corporate executives...
[October 20, 2005, 0:00]
Sarbanes-Oxley and IFRS
White Papers The high-profile corporate scandals of several U.S.based companies, most notably Enron and WorldCom, led Congress to act to restore public confidence in U.S.financial markets. The result was the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (often referred to as SOX...
[January 8, 2008, 0:01]
Kent council bans mobile masts
News Kent County Council (KCC) Monday called upon mobile phone companies to stop hiding from the public and start addressing concerns over the possible health effects of mobile phone masts. He believes that the evasive attitude of mobile phone companies...
[January 22, 2001, 15:53]
UK Net startups not scared by Freeserve plummet
News A number of European Internet companies with a public offering on the horizon have reacted with defiance to the news that the share value of Freeserve and eXchange dropped dramatically Monday and Tuesday.
[September 21, 1999, 16:17]
A Year Ago: UK Net startups not scared by Freeserve plummet
News A number of European Internet companies with a public offering on the horizon have reacted with defiance to the news that the share value of Freeserve and eXchange dropped dramatically Monday and Tuesday.
[September 21, 2000, 7:02]
Private companies to be subject to FoI law
News The government is to extend the Freedom of Information Act, which allows citizens to request information on public-sector activity, to cover private-sector companies on government contracts. Right now, individuals and organisations can request...
[May 14, 2009, 13:18]
The Day Ahead: Summer siesta for IPOs
News The busiest period was the week of 7 August, when a whopping 29 companies went public. If these companies didn't go public now, there was a risk that they weren't going to," he said. There were too many companies coming out and the market wasn't...
[August 21, 2000, 11:59]
Homeland security calls for whistleblowers
News The US Department of Homeland Security is asking companies to send it tips about flaws in the nation's technological infrastructure under a law that guarantees that the information will be protected from public disclosure.
[February 23, 2004, 8:50]
techTrader Special Report: Internet IPO bubblers
News The UK is Europe's Internet and new media hot spot, with dozens of companies likely to go public next year. The following 20 companies are just a few of those competing to be the Net's next big thing -- to do something really new, and, they hope...
[October 26, 1999, 15:17]
Open source projects: Why it pays to keep quiet
News Large companies and analysts that work with open source are fond of talking about vendor "sensitivity" when they are explaining why some customers are reluctant to go public about migrations away from proprietary software.
[November 25, 2005, 14:15]
Google edges closer to IPO
News Many companies will go public before they have to deal with this reporting standard, they say. As previously reported, securities law requires private companies that exceed a certain level of stock distribution to file quarterly financial data with...
[April 26, 2004, 9:50]
IPOs see tech phoenixes rise from the ashes
News Data on initial public offerings from the past year showed that more than half of the companies that went public in 2004 were founded between 1997 and 2000 -- the height of the dot-com investment bubble.
[January 4, 2005, 7:35]
Linux legal team sues over GPL violations
News The Software Freedom Law Center said it has filed suit against two companies for allegedly violating the General Public License, which covers usage of Linux and thousands of other free and open-source products.
[November 21, 2007, 10:34]
Bug alert firm sets new guidelines
News In a move aimed at quieting critics, network protection company Internet Security Systems posted guidelines on Monday on how it will warn the public of flaws in companies' software. Many companies such as Red Hat are members of CERT and could get...
[December 3, 2002, 8:43]
