SEC Says Companies Can Use Social Media to Alert Investors - WSJ.com WASHINGTON—The Securities and Exchange Commission gave explicit permission for companies to use social media such as Twitter and Facebook<http://online.wsj.com/public/quotes/main.html?type=djn&symbol=FB> FB -0.43%<http://online.wsj.com/public/quotes/main.html?type=djn&symbol=FB?mod=inlineTicker>to announce key information, so long as investors have been alerted about which sites will be used to disseminate it. http://on.wsj.com/12dpFFl Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323611604578398862292997352.html?mod=djemalertMARKET See if people are clicking on this link: http://on.wsj.com/12dpFFl+ Try the bitly.com sidebar to see who is talking about a page on the web: http://bitly.com/pages/sidebar List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]