IR therefore I AM

For those of you seeking a cure for your insomnia, you might want to try wading through the more than 2300-page comprehensive financial regulatory reform bill brought to us by Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT) and Representative Barney Frank (DMA).  For the rest of you, I thought I’d review the key points.

The legislation, known as the "Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act," contains several executive compensation provisions, many of which are incorporated or modified from Senator Dodd’s previous bill passed by the Senate on May 20, 2010.  The key provisions include:

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Welcome to IR-IAM’s inaugural post. This space will offer insights, tips and
tricks of the trade for the investor relations professional. We’ll cover the
issues, regulatory changes (and challenges) and news that is important to the
practice of investor relations. We’ll offer straight talk with a touch of irreverence
as we work to inform and interpret and, perhaps, to amaze and surprise. We
hope to bring you things that will make your life easier by helping you make
your CEO happy…

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