The company, Ponemon says, gave data from six million customer accounts to a marketing firm in Southeast Asia, where it was eventually posted to a Central Asian site dealing in black-market credit card numbers.

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Obviously the work period that Congress is involved in now is in dealing with some tremendously important issues, including the credit card stuff, financial regulation -- all of these issues, the President wants to work with Congress to see progress on these issues.

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Consumers are already dealing with the credit effects of declining home values and are encountering obstacles in finding loans.

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While the nation tightens its belt and is dealing with unemployment and credit problems, I think it is important that we keep this in mind in attempting to restore the US economy.

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Namely, the survey quantifies the time and costs involved in starting a business, dealing with licenses, employing workers, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and closing a business.

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