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Panelists spoke about the state of the economy and ways in which to build investor confidence. They talked about the role of business, government regulation, and pursuing pro-growth policies…

Former Security and Exchange commissioners testified about investor protection and the regulation of securities markets. They focused on the modernization of the entire financial regulatory …

Chairman Cox hosted a roundtable discussion on investors and securities markets. Seven former Securities and Exchange Commission chairmen discussed challenges faced during their chairmanship…

Former SEC Chairman and MCI Corporate Monitor, Richard Breeden, spoke at a meeting of the Council of Institutional Investors. Mr. Breeden talked about corporate accountability and responsibi…

Former SEC Chairman (1989-93) Richard Breeden talked about his perspective on corporate accountability issues, which included his role in the WorldCom investigation, the recently signed Corp…

Former Securities and Exchange Commission chairmen testified about accounting practices and protecting stock market investors. The Enron bankruptcy has raised issues of the integrity of cert…

Judy Woodruff of CNN and AFL-CIO President John Sweeney joined a group of business leaders and scholars at Boston College during a conference on the global economy, the future of U.S. jobs a…

Panelists discussed the future for the U.S. stock market, including the risks facing the markets in terms of regulations and procedures, and the conditions that precipitated the severe drop …

The Senate Finance Committee Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management heard testimony on how high executive salaries and compensation packages affect the business community at large.

Richard Breeden, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, spoke about business and economic issues, including compensation for executives of publicly held companies. He talked abo…

The Senate Banking Committee holds a hearing concerning the impact of the Tokyo stock market decline on the U.S. economy. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan and SEC Chairman Richa…

Mr. Breeden talked about a Securities and Exchange Commission initiative designed to promote small business growth.

Richard Breeden , secretary of the Securities and Exchange Commission talked about trends in the securities and other financial markets. Mr. Breeden said the securities market had experience…

The House Energy and Coerce Subcommittee on Finance heard testimony on the Government Securities Exchange Act of 1991, in the third hearing of the subcommittee’s investigation of the U.S. se…

The subcommittee heard testimony on reports of government securities trading violations by the financial firm Salomon Brothers. The witnesses testified on a report submitted to the subcommit…

The subcommittee heard testimony from Mr. Seidman, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, on restructuring of the financial industry. Mr. Seidman advocated an eleven point pl…

Mr. Breeden talked about capital investments, the budget, and the future of the United States.

Witnesses testified at the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled “Bank & Thrift Accounting Practices” about depositor insurance in light of the savings and loan…

The committee hears testimony on issues related to the jurisdiction of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission.

Senate Banking Housing and Urban Affairs Committee heard testimony on conditions surrounding the collapse of the investment firm Drexel Burnham Lambert which declared bankruptcy last month a…