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I want more transparency. It's like a deep, dark hole and no one know what's going on.

Sen Deanna Hanna

We expect ABX to build liquidity and transparency in the synthetic asset-backed market, attracting global investors that seek exposure to this asset class, both on the buy-side and sell-side.

Kevin Gould

I want to commend it as an epoch-making move for the BOJ that will bring transparency to its policy.

Kozo Yamamoto

Progress Energy has long been recognized as a leader in the areas of corporate governance, transparency, board independence and accountability. We believe these proposals are consistent with those same high standards.

Bob Mcgehee

The most important about thing transparency is the clarity of the public's understanding of our intentions.

Jeffrey Lacker

The elephant in the room is the issue of transparency.

Michael Froomkin

We chose steel and extra wide panels of glass, which is almost like crystal. These are honest materials that create the right sense of strength and clarity between old and new, as well as a sense of transparency in the center of the institution that opens the campus up to the street.

Renzo Piano

We are embarking on a new era for AIG that will be marked by changes in the way we operate -- including greater responsiveness and transparency -- while preserving the core values that have enabled us to build an unequaled franchise.

Martin Sullivan

It's bullshit that we're letting our constitutional rights be thrown out the door over this. Three thousand people died [on Sept. 11], and it was horrific. We need to put in place plans to prevent it from happening again -- not destroy democracy and reduce the transparency of government. That's more dangerous.

Bob Tregilus

The absence of access is seriously prejudicing Microsoft's right of defense. The position taken by the commission is particularly troubling because it contradicts the commission's stated commitment to increased transparency and due process in antitrust investigations.

Ian Forrester

All Microsoft is asking for is access to our file. This is a basic question of fairness and transparency.

Tom Brookes

Their transparency and cooperation in resolving this matter is a strong example of how states should respond in complying with their obligations under the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Richard Boucher

India has less risk than China. India has political transparency and a neutral sentiment toward Japan.

Takeo Fukui

Bottom line is, it's good they're in China. . . . But there's a lot more they can do when it comes to thinking through the human rights implications of their business practices. If high-tech companies are serious about doing the right thing, they can join together and lobby for more transparency and accountability in the way in which Chinese officialdom deals with Internet services.

Rebecca Mackinnon

We need to have transparency. There's all sorts of questions about whether this is good from a civil-liberties perspective or public-policy perspective. Is it going to create a new level of bureaucracy? Is that more effective or less effective?

Carol Rose

By walling off senior management from contact with your employees, you undermine transparency, you undermine a broader sense of commitment, and you undermine the kind of candid, two-way communication that builds trust.

Noah Pickus

Transparency, sunshine, disclosure are recurring themes in the conversations that I am having with my colleagues. I think people are in general agreement that names ought to be associated with earmarks that are funded.

Adam Putnam

The Congress is also in the dock and should face this crisis squarely and with much more transparency.

Kuldip Nayar

I'm a pro-process candidate. I'm a pro-coherent debate candidate. I'm a pro-transparency candidate.

Mayor Michael Hassig

Clearly in our opinion there's some dysfunction in how the (CFIUS) process works in terms of transparency and whether national security concerns are being properly weighed in the decision.

Andrew Gray

We have been working for decades to improve transparency at the board level and have fought tirelessly to make our voice as shareholders heard. While we have made great strides in engaging companies directly on these issues, these bills lend a strong and consistent legal framework.

Jack Ehnes

Perhaps it's time to bring the process into a new decade with more transparency.

Deborah Pryce

There's a feeding frenzy for transparency and disclosure on Capitol Hill, and that's not a good way to start. You can't plead national security. The public has a right to know.

Roberta Baskin

I don't think we're going to get that level of transparency tomorrow, and I think that's most unfortunate.

Jeffrey Donaldson

We see real flaws in the method. We're not dealing with a system that has a lot of precedent and has a lot of transparency.

Paul Laviolette

I think that transparency is key to this debate.

Jennifer Holder

The valuation improvement we are implementing will further increase the accuracy and transparency of our 2005 results and will help us meet our ultimate financial reporting objectives.

Gene Mcquade

We have shared our view on transparency with the European Commission and the U.K. 's Financial Services Authority.

Robert Pickel

Search engines need to better educate marketers and provide greater transparency into their methods. If they say that a certain percentage of clicks are fraudulent or if they offer a refund to marketers on some clicks, the engines will best serve marketers and agencies by being more open about how they come to such conclusions.

David Berkowitz

There is a necessity to have a core group, which of course will combine the necessity of a smaller group to negotiate but also the necessity of transparency. So all member states could follow how we negotiate.

Jean Ping

You'll see more and more transparency for sure.

Stephen Cecchetti

What happens in China is of real concern to us. Most of us have been quite surprised that there has not been some evidence of human disease in China and we always worry if that is a function of transparency or the cases just aren't there. We just don't know. And the doubts are troubling.

Michael Osterholm

There's is no watchdog over the industry creating standards of transparency for which they can be held accountable.

Crystal Wright

I think the issue about the proposed bill was an issue of transparency.

Mick Keelty

It's like all the other aspects of detainee treatment -- there's been no transparency whatsoever.

Leonard Rubenstein

Life is filigree work. What is written clearly is not worth much, it's the transparency that counts.

Louis Ferdinand Celine

Consumers want transparency over how information is collected, control over how it is used and expect that information is secure.

Peter Cullen

The burden to show that this is necessary falls on the government. There was no transparency. This is disturbing.

Daniel Patterson

The Web sites allow greater transparency and interaction with government that's very important. I think it will continue that way.

Kevin Maloney

We think it will help stimulate revenue through the reduction of churn and extend the life-cycle of the customer relationship with the carrier. It also reduces cost and adds transparency. It is really about simplifying the relationship between carrier and customer. As more and more of these services get teed up, there's more and more going on in the back office.

David Meredith

[We] feel management needs to give more transparency on churn expectations and true cost of Stern.

Jonathan Jacoby

The challenge ahead of us is transparency - getting the information from the point-of-sale to the ultimate investor.

Robert Murphy

The important thing is that the industry is informed, kept in the loop and given a chance to prepare for such failures. Transparency is the magic word.

Nils Heckscher

We'll create institutions, we'll create accountability and transparency in dealing with the land that's going to be evacuated by the settlers.

Rafiq Husseini

There is a difference between transparency and clarity. You can put everything out there and have a full airing of different opinions. But sometimes there is too much emphasis on the Fed's deliberations rather than its conclusions and that confuses things.

David Kelly

Our two main focuses are transparency and inclusion. This had neither.

Greg Bell

The elephant in the room is the issue of transparency. They don't want you to know anything, so they don't share anything.

Michael Froomkin

While Mr. Owens deserves praise for stepping into a very tough role after the firing of CEO Frank Dunn, we had been increasingly concerned about strategic drift at Nortel, ... In addition, he signally failed to deliver on a promise for greater transparency in financial reporting.

Steve Kamman

The Exchange's addition of live quotes to their website has helped with price transparency for the index products.

Fred Rice

The senator will support reform efforts that include more transparency about what trips are being taken and who is paying for the trips. He will also look closely at additional travel restrictions, including a ban on travel that is deemed extracurricular or a conflict of interest.

Cameron Hardy

When you look back to what we had before Greenspan, we had a Fed that was much more controlled with information. He brought so much transparency to the job.

Bill Davison

The district is trying to become more financially transparent. That is why this stuff keeps coming out. Hopefully, the budget will be a good example of financial transparency.

Larry Snow

There's no transparency here. Everything needs to be done in secret? It's a continuation of the old mode.

John Moynihan

We have changed the transparency of county government. We're very open in the decisions we make. Sometimes it's painful to air disputes, but I think it's very necessary to have an open government.

Jerry Caddel

Obviously, if the 'books are cooked,' investors can't have confidence. This leads to the erosion of confidence in the transparency of American capital markets, which have been a tremendous asset and important economic engine to the United States.

Paul Sarbanes

With the many needs we have in our world today, I believe transparency, accountability and results are the most important characteristics that a donor should expect from a charitable organization. Maintaining these core values in our organization is not only vital for our donors, but also for our stewardship to the children we support.

Ted Jones

One man's transparency is another's humiliation.

Gerry Adams

BCCI will deal only with one party, which is appropriate, for this way we will be able to retain transparency while providing a level playing field for all prospective bidders.

Lalit Modi

There's a new sheriff in town, ... Much more transparency. You ask a question now, and you get an answer.

Glen Stewart

Our objective is to deepen and expand the market, reduce (price) instability, and boost transparency and efficiency.

Darmin Nasution

You are the lens in the beam. You can only receive, give, and possess the light as the lens does. If you seek yourself, you rob the lens of its transparency. You will know life and be acknowledged by it according to your degree of transparency, your capacity, that is, to vanish as an end, and remain purely as a means.

Dag Hammarskjold

Our goal has always been to take Burger King public. We believe the transparency and stability in ownership offered by being a public company will benefit our employees and franchisees for years to come.

Greg Brenneman

The colleagues of the CGI raised questions on the transparency of the compensation fund program and the sustainability of its implementation.

Aburizal Bakrie

A lack of transparency they have had and the poor relationship they have with the media exacerbates the problem.

David Williams

If transparency in government is not ethics, then I don't know what is.

Frank Gibson

This should be administered by a third party. There should be transparency and no control by any members of the music industry in this process.

Jonathan Potter

We had thought that transparency meant efficiency in the market... and that's not what happened. The meaning of the bias within the Fed was not well understood.

Christopher Low

The results of the financial review and restatement process demonstrate our commitment to the integrity of our financial statements and to a new level of transparency.

Michael Roth

We need to know exactly what is happening and what we're talking about, and I pledge my full transparency [and] coming back to you as soon as we know more of this information to inform you of that and any possible -- if necessary -- steps the European Commission would need to take.

Friso Roscam Abbing

Transparency is essential ... what we need now is the implementation of the commission's recommendations but they need to be matched by resources from the Executive.

Kenny Macaskill

We still question how the SEC can allow such non-GAAP reporting practices to continue given that the entire purpose of GAAP reporting is to increase corporate transparency.

Rich Bernstein

If you're guided by a spirit of transparency, it forces you to operate with a spirit of ethics. Success comes from simplifying complex issues, address problems head on, be truthful and transparent. If you open yourself up to scrutiny, it forces you to a higher standard. I believe you should deliver on your promise. Promise responsibly.

Rodney Davis

There needs to be greater transparency. The French deserve to know the truth. They have the right to know the nature of the illness of their head of state.

Francois Hollande

We think [Baker's proposal] would not have the same accountability and transparency for the American taxpayer that the normal appropriations process would.

Allan Hubbard

We need European and all foreign companies to be able to invest in upstream in Russia, and for Russian companies to be able to invest in downstream to provide transparency. Companies need to have a right to invest openly without any restrictions imposed by the state.

Igor Shuvalov

At the end of the day, Boehner believes sunshine and transparency is the single most effective safeguard against political mischief and corruption, and he'll continue to push for more disclosure and transparency.

Don Seymour

In the coming weeks, we plan to hold a senior officials meeting of all partners in Washington to identify steps to achieve transparency, to improve donor coordination, to build capacity and develop containment strategies.

Paula Dobriansky

I don't think our productivity increases if we meet out in Greenwood, but it helps with access and transparency.

Sally Clark

The government has taken a very wrong decision. They have put all ethics of transparency and justice aside. The manner in which the bidding and contracting out to private consortiums has been conducted has raised serious doubts about the legality of the process.

Brinda Karat

Principles of transparency and accountability should apply to corporate charitable contributions. Such disclosure is consistent with public policy in regard to disclosure by publicly-owned companies.

Tom Borelli

The reason for this tremendous shift towards greater transparency is because of the growth and dominance of the capital markets. The monetary policy impulse is now driven by how the bond market, stock market, currency market react, so now it is more important that those markets understand what the Fed intends.

Bill Dudley

All constituents benefit from high-quality standards; however, greater consistency and reduced complexity fosters greater transparency and usefulness for investors. This standard embodies those characteristics.

Pat Donahue

We intend to file and have asked for guidance from our counsel on how to appropriately implement our decision. The goal is transparency.

Anna Farneski

The new scheme will provide transparency to our customers and dispel their doubts on our prices.

Weiming Soh

We think most police officers like the idea of transparency that protects both the police's and the public's confidence in the system.

Jon Scholes

I see transparency as a default position for all those who want to do good journalism. I simply am not sure what the right degree of transparency is, and my not being sure is really a product of my some nine months now as the public editor at the Times.

Byron Calame

I have had unusual difficulty getting a better explanation for readers, despite the paper's repeated pledges of greater transparency.

Byron Calame

We need transparency, and we certainly need accountability.

Kristen Breitweiser

We have repeatedly asked the appeals court that the official count of the votes be carried out with full respect for the law, that is with the maximum precision and transparency.

Sandro Bondi

The seven honorees being recognized at this year's event have consistently demonstrated the highest levels of transparency, independence and accountability on behalf of their shareholders, and each is being honored for his or her career accomplishments in particular areas of mentorship and influence within the sphere of good governance.

Peter Craig

Transparency is the best disinfectant. If they would disclose everything and give the public time to review it, that would change the discourse dramatically.

Keith Ashdown

We hope this provides transparency so consumers will be able to more aggressively negotiate with service providers.

Rich Barton

Given China's record as a launching pad for other infectious diseases, transparency remains a big concern.

Bates Gill

The question is whether it'll be a stable country, will it be a country in which a diversity of views, open transparency, women's rights are recognized. The likelihood of that remains very low.

Joseph Stiglitz

Trust, honesty, humility, transparency and accountability are the building blocks of a positive reputation. Trust is the foundation of any relationship.

Mike Paul

Chrysler Group has provided long-standing support to minority-owned suppliers and will continue to create innovative initiatives and opportunities that leverage their sustainability and growth. Chrysler Group measures suppliers with objectivity and transparency. The companies which perform best in quality, technology, systems cost and supply are winning new business contracts.

Peter Rosenfeld

You're spending taxpayer dollars, so a reasonable degree of transparency is required. But if someone has an expectation that you would have the same efficiencies as in a private sector supply chain, that's probably not going to happen, because private sector doesn't have to worry about transparency. When it's taxpayer money, additional steps are required.

Brian Mersereau

Corporate scandals, equity market problems, a lack of transparency, a lot of greed -- it was not just the Dow falling, it was all of these things that make people very, very nervous.

Delos Smith

This fund brings a new level of transparency to the underlying commodities-futures market, and also allows investors to trade throughout the day.

Kevin Rich

Despite very clear provisions in our contracts, EMI persists in ignoring their obligations and duty to account fairly and with transparency.

Neil Aspinall

I intend to integrate the companies in a phased manner that protects the business interests and ensures transparency.

Vijay Mallya

Transparency was a crucial point of this conference (and) it fully agreed that the communication should take place immediately.

Assad Kotaite

It is inevitable that China needs to increase its military transparency for acceptance by the international community.

Yuji Miyamoto

Loans should not be used as a way of avoiding the transparency that comes with donations.

Tony Wright

In today's market, everyone is a Fed-watcher. Hopefully we will not lose any transparency and will lose some of the volatility.

Christopher Low

My task is not to defer to our worst fears, but to interpret and apply the law, in this case, the Freedom of Information Act, which advances values important to our society, transparency and accountability in government.

Alvin Hellerstein

There's no transparency about what they're charging different parties, and so it's very easy for them to abuse the system.

Michael Weinstein

With the Internet world, we can have people make both sides of the (lending) market, bringing more transparency and efficiency. It can be both more capitalistically efficient and socially beneficial.

Chris Larsen

The budget process is in shambles, devoid of accountability, transparency, and enforcement measures, ... A vote for the status quo is a clear sign of contentment with the spending explosion in Washington.

Tom Schatz

The Chinese are getting very focused on corporate governance. If you're looking around the region, greater transparency is one theme that's developing in other markets.

Michael Nock Draws

There's definitely a need to get the money on the ground fast. But I don't think any of these proposals would do that. What I see them doing is lessening the transparency. It's the opposite of the way we should be going. We need to know more so we can know if all this money is being spent in a wise and responsible manner.

Keith Ashdown

The players are determined to ensure that all NHLPA members are fully and completely informed about matters relating to their membership and their futures. This is about democracy and transparency, ... As veteran players, we want to return the association to its members. It is our responsibility to the younger players.

Chris Chelios

To imagine that an issue of this magnitude would get such an abbreviated report is unbelievably ironic given the amount of lip service that has been paid to the notion of open government and transparency lately.

Ann Smith

It's a significant and positive development. The proof will be in trade flows and the transparency and ease of the approval process.

Susan Schwab

India is very good on transparency. It has always had a very strong governmental reporting of the economic facts of the Indian economy. We are quite assured that the Indian Finance Ministry and Reserve Bank is dedicated to good reporting to the international markets.

John Rutherford

These changes clear the decks, taking risk out of the balance sheet and improving transparency for the market.

David Morgan

I like the effects, the way water works with the paint. I like the transparency, and the fullness you can get.

Patty Krueger

There is nothing really new here for us because it just shows transparency in action.

Cathy Kapica

The companies that produce equipment for elections need to be held to very high standards of accountability and transparency.

Stefanie Miller

There is little transparency in our society, and whatever information is given is likely to be false. It will take a long time for people to believe the government.

Magdi Mehanna

Anything we do should be in the spirit of transparency and open government.

Councilman Van Pearlberg

Transparency in waiting times is much more relevant in an emergency. It's more important than infection rates.

Alan Levine

We will further increase the transparency of the CPC's diplomatic activities and open up a window for people in the rest of the world to better understand China and the CPC through the party's external exchanges.

Wang Jiarui

If you increase transparency between buyers and buyers or sellers and sellers you reduce the fear factor, which is what induces competition - the fear you will be beaten out by the other guy.

Joe Sims

A big worry is the effect the legislation could have on private equity investments. We are already the funding of last resort for private equity firms. Due to transparency concerns this could cause them to no longer look to us.

William Atwood

This is a man who has been held for a long time after the indictment was withdrawn. I think it is a terrible black eye for the Chinese justice system. It's a terrible black eye because there is no transparency, there is no accountability.

John Kamm

Transparency has its risks and costs.

John Calverley

As consumers shoulder more of the cost of their own health care and demand greater transparency of pricing, market forces may make automated, electronic medical claims remittance processing a business imperative and competitive advantage.

Paula Fryland

Transparency and compliance with the law are factors of further development.

Christian Wolff

If only to get as much clarity and transparency as possible.

Friso Roscam Abbing