(Reuters) - NEW YORK, July 5 - U.S. securities regulators
have stirred up a controversy with a new online tool that
allows investors to search for companies with ties to countries
the State Department has designated "state sponsors of
terrorism."
Both business and humanitarian groups say the list,
available on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Web
site, is ill-conceived. The tool provides links to companies
whose annual reports contain "some reference" to business
related to Sudan, Syria, North Korea, Iran and Cuba.
Read more at Reuters.com Government Filings News
have stirred up a controversy with a new online tool that
allows investors to search for companies with ties to countries
the State Department has designated "state sponsors of
terrorism."
Both business and humanitarian groups say the list,
available on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Web
site, is ill-conceived. The tool provides links to companies
whose annual reports contain "some reference" to business
related to Sudan, Syria, North Korea, Iran and Cuba.
Read more at Reuters.com Government Filings News
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