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The Motley Fool
August 20, 2008
Tim Beyers |
The SEC Has a New IDEA The Securities and Exchange Commission unveils IDEA, a successor to the EDGAR database that stores filings for thousands of U.S. companies and foreign firms listed on U.S. exchanges.   |
Information Today
October 16, 2006
Marydee Ojala |
The SEC's Plans to Reinvent EDGAR In its ongoing quest to modernize its EDGAR system, the SEC has awarded three contracts worth a total of $54 million to upgrade the system into a dynamic real-time search tool with interactive capabilities. |
Information Today
January 5, 2009 |
SEC Approves Requirement of Interactive Data for Financial Reporting With interactive data, all of the facts in a financial statement are labeled with unique computer-readable "tags," which function like bar codes to make financial information more searchable on the internet. |
Wall Street & Technology
January 6, 2006
Paul Allen |
Is EDGAR Headed for XBRL? The SEC released a draft request for proposals for a new contract to overhaul its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) system and enable it to embrace interactive data formats such as eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL). |
CFO
March 1, 2009
Marie Leone |
It's Here (Seriously) The SEC mandates the use of data-tagging for public company financial results. |
Investment Advisor
June 2007
Melanie Waddell |
SEC Furthers Tool for Investors, While Frank Plans Hearings The SEC is working on an interactive system using the computer language called XBRL that's designed to give investors the tools they need to more easily compare mutual funds. |
CIO
February 1, 2003
Megan Santosus |
Full Disclosure The electronic financial disclosure system known as Edgar streamlines regulatory compliance and information access for multiple constituencies. It transforms the interface among the investor, stock share issuer and the SEC. |
The Motley Fool
January 16, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Mr. Softy Meets Edgar Microsoft strikes an online deal with financial filings specialist EDGAR Online. |
The Motley Fool
September 28, 2007
Tim Beyers |
Thanks, Edgar The SEC rolls out a plan that's sure to help investors, by making the organization's entire EDGAR database of financial filings, and future filings, fully interactive and simple to use. |
The Motley Fool
June 24, 2005
Tim Beyers |
Your Own Personal Deep Throat Do you know all there is to know about the stocks you own? The government does. You can, too. EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval) is an investor's best friend. |
Wall Street & Technology
September 21, 2004
Beth Bacheldor |
Looking for Trouble Under new IT leadership, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is upgrading technology to become a better watchdog and maintain market confidence. |
The Motley Fool
August 23, 2006
Tim Beyers |
Meet the SEC If you're an investor, you have a friend. His name is EDGAR (the acronym for the database hosted by the Securities and Exchange Commission). |
CFO
June 1, 2008
Alan Rappeport |
Suddenly, It's Here The SEC votes unanimously to soon require companies to file data-tagged financial statements. The move seems certain to breathe new life into XBRL (extensible business reporting language), the data-tagging scheme for financial reports. |
The Motley Fool
December 31, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
A Shiny New Year for CEO Pay Disclosure While the EDGAR database has gone a while without any major innovations, there's finally some good news to report. It has now upped its functionality by a long shot by offering a new XBRL enhancement. |
InternetNews
April 27, 2006
Roy Mark |
Ignoring Net Neutrality, Expanding USF House passes anti-pretexting bill... Cox touts XBRL... etc. |
CFO
August 1, 2006
Alix Nyberg Stuart |
XBR-What? Even as SEC chairman Cox champions "interactive data," few CFOs seem impressed. Is that because too few of the benefits accrue to them? |
Wall Street & Technology
February 27, 2005
Beth Bacheldor |
A Watchdog to Watch In his first CIO job, Corey Booth, just 34 years old, is leading the IT department of one of the country's most closely watched and influential government agencies: the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
CFO
November 1, 2010
David McCann |
18,000 Errors and Counting The number of mistakes in XBRL-tagged financial statements continues to pile up, but results are actually better than expected so far. |
CFO
October 1, 2009
Alix Stuart |
X Marks the Spot, for Errors Early results indicate that filing financial statements to fulfill the Securities and Exchange Commission's new XBRL requirement is far from simple. |
Information Today
December 2000 |
EDGAR Online, Inc. to Acquire Financial Insight Systems EDGAR Online, Inc., an Internet-based provider of business, financial, and competitive information derived from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR filings, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Financial Insight Systems.. |
InternetNews
June 3, 2005
Clint Boulton |
XBRL Chugs Along Despite Scant Users The eXtensible Business Reporting Language was created to promote the automated processing of business information by software on a computer. |
Bank Systems & Technology
June 1, 2005
Ivy Schmerken |
Regulators to Launch Call Report Modernization Project The initiative revolves around a Central Data Repository containing the quarterly regulatory filings of more than 8,400 financial institutions. All of the information within the filings will be tagged using eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL), a cross-industry standard for representing financial data. |
Bank Systems & Technology
August 30, 2004
Ivan Schneider |
XBRL Gathers Momentum With SEC and EC Attention Financial-reporting protocol gains high-level attention on road to adoption. |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Tell the SEC What You Think Help the Securities and Exchange Commission disclose Wall Street's conflicts of interest by giving feedback on their proposed rule changes for mutual funds. |
Information Today
June 3, 2002 |
News Digest SEC Announces Free, Real-Time Public Access to EDGAR... OneSource Expands Global Content... Factiva Launches Web API Based on XML |
Information Today
April 26, 2004 |
Weekly News Digest EDGAR Online to Expand Its News Service... Nstein Acquires KMtechnologies... Inxight Introduces Visual Timeline Tool... |
The Motley Fool
December 26, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
The SEC's Gift to You Securities regulation helps guard investors against fraud. |
Investment Advisor
July 2008 |
Group Think The CFP Board has filed a comment letter with the SEC welcoming the Commission's proposal to improve the quality of information that investment advisors must provide to clients and prospective clients. |
Information Today
August 19, 2002 |
News Digest LexisNexis to Offer LIVEDGAR Access... Thomson Acquires Lawtel... EDGAR Online Announces 2Q Results, Expands International Coverage |
OCC Bulletin
January 25, 2007 |
Registered Transfer Agents: Transfer Agent Registration, Annual Amended rules will require registered transfer agents to file Form TA-2 electronically through the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system. |
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2006
S.J. Caplan |
It's Your Turn to Manipulate Data! By obviating endless loops of frustration and inefficiency, interactive data empowers investors to conduct research. Although not heavily reported, the advent of interactive data could quietly revolutionize the financial world. |
InternetNews
October 2, 2007
Larry Barrett |
IBM's Web 2.0 Approach to E-Documents IBM's new Lotus Forms 3.0 offering lets customers create, fill out and sign documents from a Web browser, saving time, money and lots of trees. |
The Motley Fool
March 24, 2008
Tim Beyers |
The Most Important Shareholder Initiative in a Decade The company doing more for shareholders than any other right now is Microsoft, by developing a standard called eXtensible Business Reporting Language on its investor website. |
Information Today
December 11, 2008 |
Morningstar, Inc. Acquires 10KWizard The acquisition of 10KWizard aligns with the goal of bringing greater transparency to equity investments. For 10KWizard, the acquisition means it will have access to an array of additional data. |
Investment Advisor
June 1, 2011
Thomas D. Giachetti |
From Deadlines to Lifelines The SEC extension of registration deadlines provides a potential grace period for stressed out advisors. |
Information Today
August 18, 2008
Marydee Ojala |
The End of the Corporate News Release? On July 30, 2008, the SEC (U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission) staff recommended that the commission issue an interpretative release to provide additional guidance to companies wishing to use their websites as vehicles to provide information to investors. |
InternetNews
April 27, 2004
Jim Wagner |
Former Exec Sues Edgar Online A former senior vice president at the popular online regulatory reporting site, sues the company for not correctly reporting its own filing. |
CFO
November 17, 2003
John Goff |
XBRL The universal business language remains anything but universal. |
The Motley Fool
December 7, 2005
Rich Duprey |
Inside the SEC Filing Maze Need help digging out information before you invest? Let us give you a hand. Here's a map to some of the best sites to help you navigate the maze. |
Investment Advisor
February 2010 |
Securities Lawsuits Down The number of federal securities class action law suits filed dropped sharply in 2009. |
Investment Advisor
October 2007 |
Upgrades LaserFiche has rolled out Intuition... Several mutual funds have begun providing risk/return information using XBRL interactive data... etc. |
The Motley Fool
March 7, 2006
Tim Beyers |
Get Your Special K You should pay attention when a company you own files its 10-K. These reports offer key data to help you build a richer portfolio. |
CFO
May 1, 2010
Sarah Johnson |
The SEC Has a Few Questions for You This is the envelope no CFO looks forward to opening, even if the inquiry proves to be fairly routine. |
The Motley Fool
September 13, 2005
Nathan Parmelee |
Buckle Shares the Wealth The retailer's quarterly filings reveal an impressive stock buyback. |
Registered Rep.
September 18, 2007 |
Cease and Desist Order Looms for NEXT Financial Group The Securities Exchange Commission issued an Order Instituting Cease-and-Desist Proceedings against the independent broker/dealer late last month. |
Information Today
September 27, 2004 |
Weekly News Digest Dialog Expands Dialog Choice Pricing Plan... Verity Introduces New Integrated Extractor... EDGAR Online to Offer Reports in XBRL... |
The Motley Fool
April 5, 2007
Nathan Parmelee |
SEC Says It Again: Speak English! Executive compensation was supposed to be easier to understand for investors, but it's not quite there yet. |
Knowledge@Wharton
September 10, 2003 |
Do High Regulatory Costs Force Public Firms to Go Private? Steps aimed at increasing the financial transparency of U.S. companies could backfire if companies respond by going private instead. In these post-Enron, post-WorldCom times, that would deal a body blow to confidence in capital markets. |
Registered Rep.
April 7, 2005
Kristen French |
NASD Advocates More Disclosure, Less Paper Broker/dealers and their reps may get a big break on point-of-sale disclosure if the Securities and Exchange Commission heeds recent NASD advice. |
CFO
June 1, 2009
Reason & Stuart |
Crackdown Alert After a GAO report documents a slowdown in the SEC's case generation and penalty volume under former chairman Christopher Cox, the regulator's new leaders talk tough. |
