John W. Snow
John W. Snow
John William Snowwas the CEO of CSX Corporation, and served as the 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury under U.S. President George W. Bush. He replaced Secretary Paul O'Neill on February 3, 2003 and was succeeded by Henry Paulson on July 3, 2006, in a move that had been anticipated. Snow submitted a letter of resignation on May 30, 2006, effective "after an orderly transition period for my successor." Snow announced on June 29, 2006 that he had completed...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEconomist
Date of Birth2 August 1939
CountryUnited States of America
These results are disappointing. Our rail and container-shipping businesses are taking steps to regain earnings momentum by lowering costs and improving efficiency,
Completion of this transaction strengthens our balance sheet, increases shareholder value and allows us to focus more of our energies on our core railroad business,
We have been taking a very close look at its lines of business and believe there is a clear opportunity to unlock more value by running Sea-Land's three key components as distinct profit centers.
I was here when the cemetery was dedicated last fall. We had a good turnout then and a good turnout now. I'm so impressed with the cemetery that I'm going to pick out a plot for myself.
We continue to have a strong dollar policy; we continue to support the strong dollar policy. It's been our policy and will continue to be our policy.
Well, I'm not going to review here all the candidates that are on the list, but I will attest to my admiration for Bono, ... He's somebody I admire. He does a lot of good in this world of economic development...he understands the give and take of development. He's very pragmatic, effective and idealistic.
We can afford an increase in the deficit for a year or so,
We support the strong dollar. We think the value of currencies are best set in open currency markets,
Moderation of oil prices would be very, very welcome. But overall I think we are in a position of stable growth, sustainable growth, and basically with inflation in check.
China can quickly move forward with further liberalization of its financial services sector by allowing foreign securities firms to establish wholly owned subsidiaries, and by expanding the scope of products securities firms can offer,
I have many private conversations with Chairman Greenspan and we never reveal what we talk about. So I don't want to break my rule.
When we talk about our housing market, we're really talking about hundreds of housing markets, each with different characteristics, in local markets,
to allow market forces to set exchange rates, to let the fundamentals of the marketplace drive exchange rate changes.
We would expect some continuing moderation in the energy market, ... But it's clear the United States has to be less dependent on supplies from abroad.