Editorial standards and corrections policy

Sourcing

Articles are based on published, attributable reporting and on primary material such as official statements, filings, court records and data. News articles cite at least two independent, relevant sources. Several outlets repeating the same original report count as one source. Every paragraph of an article links to the sources that support it.

Verification

Names, dates, figures, locations and quotations are checked against the sources before publication. Where facts are disputed or unknown, the article says so. We do not publish rumours, speculation presented as fact, placeholder articles or stories we cannot support.

Primary sources for business and finance

For company, market and economic stories we go first to the primary record: SEC filings, earnings releases, central bank and government statistics, court documents and official advisories. Figures are taken from those documents, and any calculation we add, such as a growth rate or a share, is shown with the numbers it is based on.

No financial advice

We report what companies, markets and regulators do. We do not tell readers to buy or sell anything, and we do not publish price predictions. Calculators on this site give estimates, not financial, tax or legal advice.

Rumors and unconfirmed reports

We do not publish stories built on rumors, leaks we cannot support or unconfirmed release dates. When a company has not confirmed something, we say so.

Search interest

Rising search interest can help us decide which subjects to cover. It is not evidence of anything, and we do not guess why a search is rising when the reason has not been reported.

Originality and quotations

Articles are written in our own words. Quotations are short, attributed and taken from the cited source.

Images

We use images that are freely licensed, in the public domain, or provided by companies and agencies for press use, and each image carries a credit line naming its source. Rights holders who want an image credited differently or removed can email us and we will act promptly.

Updates

When a story develops, we update the existing article and show the time of the latest update next to the original publication time.

Corrections

We correct factual errors as quickly as possible. When an error materially changes an article, the correction is noted in the article with the date it was made and listed on our corrections page. To request a correction, email hello@thesignaledition.com with the article link and the correct information.

Independence

Advertising does not influence what we cover or how we cover it. Advertisements are clearly separated from editorial content.