3rd Quarter 10-Q Filings Down 9%

10/27/2009

3rd Quarter 10-Q Filings Down 9%

Third quarter 10-Q filings were down 9% from last year and 3% from Q2. Can't quite say things are getting worse more slowly but it looks like some deceleration. Blank Check firms made up about 9% of the companies that failed to file followed by Business Services NEC, Pharmaceutical Preparations and Services-Prepacked Software.

Oct 27, 2009 7:23:41 AM | SEC Filings

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Posted by: Sanjeev Dhir | 01/21/2010 at 09:42 AM

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Posted by: Sanjeev Dhir | 01/21/2010 at 09:56 AM

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