authorities should be clearly articulated and designed to serve the public interest. Corporate governance requirements and practices are typically influenced by an array of legal domains, such as company law

, the profitability of listed companies is likely to be influenced by higher input costs from upstream pricing materials, while lower consumers’ confidence may limit the ability to on pass these costs to

unduly influenced by their firms' investment banking activities. And it is critical that credit rating companies, though compensated by the issuers they rate, ensure that they are free of conflicts of