The Street Beat

Two dates stand out for me in the Pixelworks timeline, the first was September 2000 when I had them (Short) in my Market Neutral Portfolio at Husic Capital at $138 1/2,  the second was March 7th 2009 when the stock bottomed at 37 cents.  I need to be clear that these two events were unrelated... I covered the short during the massive selloff in October 2000, and in 2009 I marveled at how viciously undervalued the stock was as I reviewed the carnage of post 2008 liquidation.

MZ Group (www.groupmz.com), a multinational company and the world’s largest independent provider of investor relations (IR), corporate communications, governance, market intelligence and applied technology services, and MVL Communications (www.mvl.com.br), one of the Brazilian leaders in organizational communications, crisis management and solutions for dialogue between people and brands in classic and digital media, announced today the merger of their operations. The transaction will be concluded this December following due diligence from both parties.

IR Services ( www.mz-ir.com), the world's leading independent provider of investor relations consulting, services and technology, announces the launch of the Stock Surveillance Monitor ("SSM"). This new user-friendly and web-accessible technological platform allows companies to monitor the composition of investment fund portfolios on a daily basis, and analyze the main factors influencing the trading of their own shares and those of their peers.

Investor Relations is not your father’s Chevrolet any longer. As the needs of companies change along with the technology tools that support IR, the requirements and demands by the IRO (Investor Relations Officer), the CFO or members of the Board of Directors, has also changed.