Federal regulations play a key role in helping to ensure that the products we consume are safe, the environment in which we live is adequately protected and the marketplaces in which our businesses operate are fair, open and competitive.
But regulations can also impose significant costs...
Continue ReadingCNBC's "Squawk Box" morning interview program traveled to Washington for the Dec. 3 meeting of Business Roundtable's CEO Quarterly Meeting.
Top issues for the CEO interviews? The economy, of course, and the imperatives of tax and immigration reform. And addressing the skills gap. And...
Continue ReadingThe skills gap is not a new issue for Business Roundtable, our member CEOs or this blog. I have written extensively on it, and CEOs have talked...
Continue ReadingThe Dodd-Frank Act was passed with the intent of exempting companies outside the financial services business from margin and clearing requirements when these companies use derivatives to manage and reduce business risk, rather than taking speculative risk. Of course, for these companies – known...
Continue ReadingPresident Obama spent a generous 90-plus minutes at Business Roundtable on Wednesday, delivering remarks and taking questions from BRT CEOs. A White House transcript is available here, and...
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