The explosive growth of Electronic Communications Networks (ECNs)--computerized venues for trading securities--has forced the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ to alter their visions of the future and has raised fundamental questions about how securities markets should be structured and regulated. This conference will review the changes that seem...

Has the Sarbanes-Oxley Act increased corporate costs without strengthening corporate governance?

Gerald Fordnever lost sight of the importance of unity in the face of the enemy. That is a legacy we need to remember.

One component of potential tax reform that has not received much public focus is the effect tax reform might have on America's international competitiveness. With rising trade deficits and a weak dollar, the competitive implications of tax reform is an essential aspect of the policy debate. Under current law, the...

It has been almost two years since the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed by Congress and signed into law. Adopted in the wake of Enron and other corporate scandals, the act and subsequent regulations by the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq mandated the dominance of corporate boards and audit committees...

A portfolio that is loaded with hot stocks from only one or two sectors is a portfolio that will have wild volatility over the long term.

John R. Bolton, under secretary of State for arms control and international security, discusses the International Criminal Court.

It is absolutely essential to confront terrorism at its source.