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Labor Secretary Thomas Perez testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension Subcommittee on Education and Workforce Safety. He addressed questions on a proposed rule aimed…

Panelists talked about the history, implementation, and multiple legislative revisions of the Communications Act of 1934. Topics included the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) relati…

Joshua Gotbaum talked about changes to the nation’s pension system and their impact on labor and business. He predicted that Congress would pass a bill in the next couple of years to provide…

Panelists talked about a joint effort by labor groups and employers to preserve private employer pension programs. They discussed details of the proposal and some of the concerns of employee…

Panelists talked about the state of the economy and the impact of public debt on business markets. Among the issues they addressed were the pace of business investment in the economy and way…

Robert Litan and Hal Singer, co-authors of The Need for Speed, talked about their book, which promotes less regulation and more competition for broadband development in the U.S.

Panelists talked about taxing the energy industry and capital markets. After their discussion, they answered questions from the audience.

Independent financial analysts from around the world talked about the impact of the global financial crisis. They discussed happenings in their region, emerging trends in the financial servi…

Witnesses testified on proposals that would regulate currently unregulated financial markets. They focused on over-the-counter derivatives markets, which Ms. Born said had become “extremely …

Sheila Bair delivered keynote remarks on the current state of the markets and possible policy solutions for alleviating the current credit crisis. Following her presentation, Martin Neil…

Cindy Skrzycki discussed her book The Regulators: Anonymous Power Brokers in American Politics, from Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. The book looks at how the federal government’s reg…

Peter Wallison and Robert Litan talked about monitoring the financial services industry and the efforts by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to lower the cost to investors of the …

Mr. Bogle, a founder of the Vanguard Group, criticized the structure of the mutual fund industry, saying that insufficient emphasis is placed on the interests of the owners of the funds with…

The Center on Federal Financial Institutions held a policy forum on federal flood insurance after Hurricane Katrina. Members of the panel discussed the need to increase participation, encour…

Mr. Dorman talked about the history of the telecommunications industry and its future. Topics included rapid technology changes, marketplace changes, and the need for restructuring and dereg…

Experts talked about two alternative visions for the future of U.S. telecommunications deregulation, including suggested key legislative and regulatory changes for improving the economic wel…

Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, spoke at the Brookings Institution about an antitrust agreement reached between the Justice Department and Microsoft, as well as the future of Microsoft. Among …

Former Vice President Gore spoke about the need to focus policy debate on the U.S. economy. He said that the talk of war with Iraq was consuming political discourse and was not as important …

The panelists talked about corporate disclosure rules, including the results of an analysis of those rules by the report’s co-authors. The panelists answered questions from members of the au…

Officers of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and economic experts talked about the effect of the Enron bankruptcy on both large and small accounting companies. They als…