SEC Makes Analyzing Corporate Performance Easier for Investors

On Friday February 15, 2008, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced the launch of the "Financial Explorer" on the SEC website to help investors more easily analyze the financial results of public companies and mutual funds. Financial Explorer is an eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) viewer. Financial Explorer illustrates corporate financial performance with diagrams and charts, using financial information provided to the SEC by public companies and mutual funds.

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