Intel Corp (INTC)

[highlandpk]

What do earnings warnings have to do with the "quiet period"?

The federal securities laws do not define the term "quiet period," which is also referred to as the "waiting period." However, historically, a quiet period extended from the time a company files a registration statement with the SEC until SEC staff declared the registration statement "effective." During that period, the federal securities laws limited what information a company and related parties can release to the public.



http://www.sec.gov/answers/quiet.htm