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Corporate Blogs and 'Tweets' Must Keep SEC in Mind - WSJ.com
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124078135070257099.html

Post a disclaimer if you are part of a publicly-traded company.
[IBM] avoids blogs and Twitter for investor issues, because it fears violating SEC disclosure rules or inviting public criticism
The growing Twitter audience also attracted the attention of eBay's lawyers, who last month required Mr. Brewer-Hay to include regulatory disclaimers with certain posts. Some followers think the tougher oversight is squelching Mr. Brewer-Hay's spontaneous, informal style. His experience shows the tension that can arise as more companies tap social media to reach investors, customers and others. Eighty-one Fortune 500 companies sponsor public blogs, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Chevron Corp. and General Motors Corp., according to the Society for New Communications Research. Of those blogs, 23 link to corporate Twitter accounts.
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For later reading; missed this when it came out.
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Op-Ed Contributors - The End of the Financial World as We Know It - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/opinion/04lewiseinhorn.html
The Wallstreet mindset that allowed the Madoff scandal to happen, and how to fix it.
Required reading, Part I.
OUR financial catastrophe, like Bernard Madoff’s pyramid scheme, required all sorts of important, plugged-in people to sacrifice our collective long-term interests for short-term gain. The pressure to do this in today’s financial markets is immense... The tyranny of the short term has extended itself with frightening ease into the entities that were meant to, one way or another, discipline Wall Street, and force it to consider its enlightened self-interest.
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Corporate Tweets and the SEC: Sometimes It’s Better To Keep Your Mouth Shut
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/03/corporate-tweets-and-the-sec-sometimes-its-better-to-keep-your-mouth-shut/
Disclosure and the web.
Good article on corporate disclosure and social media