Sunday, June 18, 2006

SEC Makes Corporate Reports Fully Searchable


For the first time, Securities and Exchange Commission information about companies and mutual funds is now fully searchable online.

Investors and analysts can now search the full text of every SEC document filed by companies within the last two years, the agency announced. Searchers will also be able to easily identify and retrieve mutual fund filings by fund or share class.

SEC Chairman Christopher Cox made the announcement in his opening remarks at the agency's Interactive Data Roundtable in Washington. "This is a giant leap for America's 90 million investors toward tapping the full potential of the Internet to provide customized financial information," Cox said, in a statement.

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