Joe O'Toole (Independent)

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is the leading financial regulator and authority in the world. I stated on Second Stage that what was happening in Ireland was also happening in the United States, Canada, Australia, Europe and the United Kingdom. The SEC is a God-like body in this field, to which every American and foreign firm is beholden. Yesterday it held a public meeting, which is unusual. A report on the meeting stated: