While the U.S. economy teeters on the edge of a double-dip recession, FD is seeing explosive growth.
The SEC noticed and asked him in a letter to explain how his Twitter updates complied with Reg FD.
FORBES: Don't Blame The SEC, Netflix CEO's Facebook Post Is Questionable
FD, according to an analysis by Stanford University law professor Joseph Grundfest.
Should those involved with Reg-FD look into this matter a bit more?
FORBES: Can Investors Benefit from Private Meetings with Management?
This quid pro quo bias that they share with journalists was a reason that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission passed Regulation FD.
Prosecutors acknowledged what he posted was true but invoked the SEC's Regulation FD to argue this was a material disclosure being selectively disclosed.
WSJ: Gordon Crovitz: The SEC Decriminalizes Facebook Postings
Plans are even bigger for 2012 with at least 42 camps on the schedule and FD heading to the northeast for the first time.
Reg FD, as it is known, was enacted Aug. 15, 2000, to prevent companies from selectively disclosing material information to certain analysts or investors.
In addition, investment managers survive based on their investment performance, which in turn is generally dependent upon access to company management, rule FD notwithstanding.
FORBES: Shareholders, Shake Off Your Apathy And Vote To Stop Tom Ward And Michael Dell
The first time FD 26 was counterfeited was only a few months after the original appeared, and it has been bootlegged many times since.
Facebook intends to use the investor.fb.com website as a means of disclosing material non-public information and for complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD.
You start with Wal-Mart (49, WMT) and Federated Department Stores (56, FD), and work your way down to Costco (81, COST) and Tiffany (97, TIF).
First Descents offers spots in hard t0 enter events like the New York City Marathon in return for participates pledging to fund raise for FD.
U.S. regulators also subpoenaed Avon last October over its contact with analysts and others as part of an investigation related to fair disclosure under Regulation FD.
Motorola (nyse: MOT - news - people ), which was not censured for any actions, was also the subject of a Reg FD investigation.
The SEC thinks Hastings broke disclosure rules (Reg FD) that say companies must make material information available to all investors simultaneously via SEC filing or press release.
FORBES: Don't Blame The SEC, Netflix CEO's Facebook Post Is Questionable
He thinks the competition will get tougher--mainly once midlevel rival Federated Department Stores (nyse: FD - news - people ) (home of Macy's) finishes its painful reorganization.
People raise money for Team FD by tapping their friends and family for donations before participating in an athletic event that can be anything from a 5K walk to an Ironman triathlon.
Most major department stores, including Neiman Marcus , Bergdorf Goodman and Federated Department Stores ' (nyse: FD - news - people ) Macy's and Bloomingdale's have personal shopping services.
The first FD trip took place in 2001 when 10 cancer survivors hit the rivers of Colorado in whitewater kayaks led by professional kayaker Brad Ludden, who was just 20 at the time.
Facebook and Twitter to announce key information in compliance with Regulation Fair Disclosure (Regulation FD) so long as investors have been alerted about which social media will be used to disseminate such information.
According to the report, the Hesse-led network's been hard at work installing the necessary infrastructure to convert to its towers to FD-LTE, which is the same flavor of LTE as Verizon and future partner LightSquared.
ENGADGET: Sprint's LTE build out already underway, new 4G network to launch first half 2012?
Cincinnati-based Federated Department Stores (nyse: FD - news - people) posted a 26% drop in fiscal fourth-quarter earnings, hurt by problems at its Fingerhut catalog unit and, yes, the slowing U.S. economy.
The investigation that the SEC called-off was predicated on whether Netflix and Hastings violated Regulation FD when Hastings used his personal Facebook page to announce that Netflix had streamed one billion hours of content in June 2012.
While we cannot conclusively determine that managers are providing selective disclosure in these off-line settings, our evidence does suggest that selective access to management conveys more benefits to investors than public access even in the post-Reg FD period.
FORBES: Can Investors Benefit from Private Meetings with Management?
Traditionally, issuers complied with Regulation FD (which was intended to prevent issuers from selectively disclosing important information to securities analysts and institutional investors before it was made known to the general public) by disseminating press releases that simultaneously were filed with the SEC.
As you know and have written on extensively, the ELA debt for IBRC was administered in 3 contractual arrangements between IBRC and Central Bank of Ireland, the Master Loan Repurchase Agreement (MLRA), Special Master Loan Repurchase Agreement (SMRA) and the Facility Deed (FD).
As for TD-LTE, China Mobile expects its 4G technology to bloom in China some time between 2014 and 2015, as it continues to help the development of devices that natively support five modes (GSM, TD-SCDMA, UMTS, FD-LTE and TD-LTE) along with 10 to 12 bands.
应用推荐