Inside IPO by Inside Investor Relations

03/09/2012

Data you won't find anywhere else
http://irinsight.insideinvestorrelations.com/bid/128520/NYSE-and-NASDAQ-How-is-investor-relations-budget-spent

Find out where investor relations money is spent. Check out breakdowns by stock exchange and market cap!

03/09/2012

How Apple’s $500 bn value affects the broader market
http://editorsblog.insideinvestorrelations.com/2012/03/how-apples-500-bn-value-affects-the-broader-market.html

Scrambling to understand the latest market movements? They could be down to a certain tech company that’s been in the news this week (and every week). Last month, Apple joined the $500 bn club. Only five other US companies have ever been worth that much, such as Exxon and Microsoft....

03/08/2012

How big is the US investor relations market? [QUICK STAT]
http://irinsight.insideinvestorrelations.com/bid/128514/How-big-is-the-US-investor-relations-market-QUICK-STAT

Find out how much US companies spend on investor relations, based on exclusive research by IR Insight.

03/05/2012

Very cool: Inside IPO featured on the SAP Innovation blog!
http://blogs.sap.com/innovation/analytics/social-media-market-096

“North Korea’s biggest leader Kim Jung Un, this morning in Beijing time 2:45 a.m., had his residence broken into and was assassinated,” a social media message from China stated last week. “Vehicles are rapidly increasing in number ... this sort of ...

03/02/2012

02/28/2012

People are still reacting to Facebook's corporate governance structure

When Facebook announced its long-awaited IPO, the company followed in the footsteps of a number of other tech companies by concentrating control in the hands of the founder through a dual-class share structure. Shares offered to the public will get one vote each, but the shares held by founder Mark....

02/24/2012

The IR Magazine US Awards are right around the corner. Booked your seats yet?

02/22/2012

FREE Silicon Valley event!!!

It’s no secret that several of last year’s IPOs had plenty of corporate governance problems. For companies looking to make the jump into public capital markets, this offers plenty to think about … including regulations. At the Corporate Secretary West Coast Think Tank, on March 14, 2012 in Palo Alto...

02/22/2012

As if 2011 wasn't exciting enough for $YHOO ...

Yahoo! finally took the step of overhauling its board, with four directors – including chairman Roy Bostock – stating that they would not stand for reelection. It may be a case of change that came too late, however, because the company is still in an uproar (with an IR team...

02/15/2012

ISS on Facebook governance: Balkanized ownership (our latest for Corporate Secretary)

02/09/2012

Check it out: Inside IPO gets its first pick-up on PE Hub!

A year ago in this space, I suggested that Facebook begin “supersizing” its acquisition strategy and move beyond its historically small, talent-driven acquisitions and into bigger buys that could move it beyond display advertising and into faster-growing revenue sectors, including search.