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
We believe that more financial flexibility is in the best interests of our shareholders and will increase the company's value over the long term,
We can afford an increase in the deficit for a year or so,
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,
The initial steps by China to increase its exchange rate flexibility played an important part in this decision,
We will continue to look hard at the situation and try and evaluate whether or not sufficient progress is being made,
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.
To say we have a roadmap would be too grandiose a characterization, ... We do have a long list of things that are being worked on that we're suggesting need to be dealt with.
The President I know is one who is fully engaged, who does ask tough questions, who pesters me all the time with questions.
to allow market forces to set exchange rates, to let the fundamentals of the marketplace drive exchange rate changes.
We need to get sober-minded people looking at the facts and realizing that if we wait it becomes impossible to deal with the situation,
When we talk about our housing market, we're really talking about hundreds of housing markets, each with different characteristics, in local 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,
What we're dealing with in Iraq are not two-and-a-half weeks of conflict, but two-and-a-half decades of misrule and mismanagement, and there's a major reconstruction product that has to go on there,