A flourishing industry of so-called ‘information brokers’ now openly advertises its ability to obtain information about personal account balances, stock portfolios and other financial holdings,

This issue of trust is very large. It will take some time to unfold,

The use of false pretenses to retrieve confidential customer account information not only victimizes those consumers whose privacy is violated, but also compromises the security of financial institutions that strive to increase customer convenience by...

A delay does not serve well the North Korean people.

The combination of many of the world’s most sophisticated financial powerhouses to operate jointly hedge-fund activities may add up to more sway over relative currency values than any central bank or finance ministry in the...

I do not rule out optimism.

specifically targets the practices of unscrupulous information brokers and others who trade in confidential financial data produced by fraud.

North Korea clearly at this time wants to retain the right to have nuclear programs of one type or another,

It is imperative that compassion for the suffering people of Cuba not be lost, and humanitarian exceptions to the U.S. embargo be allowed to go forward.

Clearly the North Korean desire is for a light-water reactor, and the North Korean desire is to retain a peaceful nuclear program,

If one is an optimist, one might be very hopeful that the principles (on how to resolve the nuclear issue) would be agreed upon at the very next round of talks,

So if this Congress wanted to learn how to censor, we’d go to you – the company that should symbolize the greatest freedom of information in the history of man. This is a profound story...

Working as a cartel, these institutions could influence economies for good or for naught, potentially in ways that may not be guided by any standard of national or international interest.