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Former Senators Sarbanes and Oxley spoke about financial auditing and business reporting reforms enacted in the wake of the Enron bankruptcy to protect consumers and provide increased transp…

The committee heard testimony about illegitimate tax shelters. Senator Levin testified about his experiences working to curb abusive tax shelters. A panel of witnesses testified about tax…

Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, William Donaldson, Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-Maryland), Representative Michael Oxley (R-Ohio) and others spoke to reporters about the progress of …

Board members held a public meeting to consider rules on investigations, inspections, and procedures fro firms wishing to withdraw from registration. They also received a report on the statu…

Secretary of State Colin Powell and Javier Solana, Common Foreign and Security Policy Chief of the European Union, spoke about relations between the U.S. and Europe, proposed NATO expansion,…

William Donaldson, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, announced that William McDonough had been appointed as the chairman of the SEC’s Public Company Accounting Oversight Bo…

Secretary O’Neill talked about priorities for the Treasury Department. He answered a variety of audience questions about federal financing for education, international financial institutions…

Premier Zhu said that he felt his trip to the U.S. was a success, and that he felt that he had made good progress in negotiating entrance into the World Trade Organization. He also said that…

William McDonough discussed the low unemployment rate and how it had helped low income families to improve their standard of living. He stressed that this had helped low income families to i…

Mr. Grasso and Mr. Richardson discussed the global equity and debt markets. They focused on how the rise in global capital has allowed Europeans to compete around the world, and the interest…

Representative Jim Leach, R-Iowa, House Banking Committee Chairman , and Committee Members heard testimony from Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve Chairman. Chairman Greenspan testified that th…

Mr. Armstrong and Mr. Trotman talked about the U.S. role in the global economy and how government regulation and technology could impact that role. They extoled the success of the global eco…

Mr. Soros and Mr. Bartley each delivered opening remarks about U.S. economic security and stability and then took questions from a panel. They covered such topics as the end of the Cold War,…

Federal Reserve Board Alan Chairman Greenspan talked about the recent volatility in the Asian economies and the effect they have on the rest of the world. He said the current crisis in Asia …

The Senate Banking Committee members heard from Federal Reserve representatives concerning future monetary policy. They stressed that the U.S. economy is performing very well and that moneta…