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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.   |
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). |
Information Today
August 21, 2008 |
SEC Announces a New IDEA--The Successor to EDGAR Based on a completely new architecture being built from the ground up, it will at first supplement and then eventually replace the EDGAR system. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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
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. |
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. |
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. |
CFO
November 17, 2003
John Goff |
XBRL The universal business language remains anything but universal. |
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. |
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? |
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. |
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. |
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). |
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
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 Technology News
December 2002
Melissa Solomon |
A Standard for All To Understand Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) is progressing, but still needs work. XBRL is an XML-based standard for business reporting that would make everything from public companies' regulatory reports to borrowers' financial statements accessible from any type of software or technology. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
December 26, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
The SEC's Gift to You Securities regulation helps guard investors against fraud. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
November 19, 2004
Tim Beyers |
Take a Footnote, Please One of the best ways to learn how a company works is to study the footnotes from its financial filings. |
Information Today
May 24, 2004 |
Weekly News Digest EDGAR Online Offers XBRL for Financial Information... Dialog Adds Aroq Market Research... LexisNexis Acquires Verilaw Technologies... |
InternetNews
April 27, 2006
Roy Mark |
Ignoring Net Neutrality, Expanding USF House passes anti-pretexting bill... Cox touts XBRL... etc. |
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. |
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. |
Bank Technology News
February 2002
John M. Covaleski |
XBRL Spurs Great Expectations Two front-running banks aim to streamline their lending and credit analysis operations with Extensible Business Reporting Language... |
Information Today
April 26, 2004 |
Weekly News Digest EDGAR Online to Expand Its News Service... Nstein Acquires KMtechnologies... Inxight Introduces Visual Timeline Tool... |
CFO
January 1, 2009
Alix Stuart |
Which One When? A roundup of key accounting deadlines, developments, and detours to watch for in 2009. |
Investment Advisor
August 2007 |
Upgrades The Bank of New York and Mellon Financial have completed their merger, creating The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation... SEC Chairman Christopher Cox said June 14 that he expected the Commission expand an SEC pilot program... etc. |
InternetNews
July 30, 2004
Clint Boulton |
Standards Bodies to Give the Web Legs In a move to get more users to access the Web via mobile devices, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) have inked an agreement to collaborate on specifications. |
Registered Rep.
May 10, 2007
Kristen French |
SEC Impostors on the Loose The SEC issued an alert to securities industry firms, warning them to keep an eye out for impostors -- individuals pretending to work for the SEC. |
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
January 16, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Mr. Softy Meets Edgar Microsoft strikes an online deal with financial filings specialist EDGAR Online. |
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
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.. |
Investment Advisor
October 2007 |
Upgrades LaserFiche has rolled out Intuition... Several mutual funds have begun providing risk/return information using XBRL interactive data... etc. |
CFO
October 1, 2002
Alix Nyberg |
Regulation: Pitt and the Pendulum The kinder, gentler SEC Pitt envisioned vanished faster than you can say Arthur Andersen. Can he run a tougher, meaner agency? |
Wired
Daniel Roth |
Road Map for Financial Recovery: Radical Transparency Now! Financial reporting has become so transparent as to be invisible. |
Bank Systems & Technology
December 15, 2008
Maria Bruno-Britz |
IBM Suggests Global Risk Reporting Standard The Data Governance Council at Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM is seeking to create a global standard for risk reporting |
CFO
October 1, 2006 |
Public Info, Faster and Easier Letters to the editor: XBR-What?... Toxic Torts... Further Thoughts on Dividends... Missing the Mark on "Missing the Mark"... Hidden Energy Costs... etc. |
Wired
May 22, 2009
Mathew Honan |
Risk Calculators: Finance Geeks Use Open API to Crunch Market Numbers Freerisk.org, provides a platform for investors, academics, and armchair analysts to rate companies by crowdsourcing. |
