Been completely unhelpful. In may of this year the Enforcement Bureau says they intend that the broadband providers should enemploy Privacy Protections. What does that mean . I have no idea. I sp prks isps have no idea. I have no idea. I would rather have let the experts who have protected consumers handle this issue based on law that you have given them. They have the expertise to handle these issues, correct . Expertise and legal authority, yes. The chairman talked another issue about privacy and edge providers. Chairman wheeler the Consumer Interest Group filed a petition to ask you to oppose a Consumer Privacy protections. When are we going to see your response . Do you believe providers should have a different standard of protection than isps . Thank you very much. The commission has for decades been enforcing privacy on the telecommunications carriers. Its not as though we fell into this patch. Theres a long history of Privacy Protection regarding telecommunications carriers. In
All that would have otherwise gone toward retirement in addition to any pension plan they had but isnt available any more. We know that workers are not saving enough for their retirement. We know, as youve outlined, there has been a real shift from defined benefit to defined contribution plans. And that shift puts more responsibilities on workers shoulders to manage risks and to manage the decisions. Oftentimes without having investment expertise. Youve actually covered a lot of trt that i hope to cover territory that i hope to cover in my questions with you. In particular, about how workers with smaller accounts, those who arguably need the retirement protection the most, will have access to high quality and affordable advice. So im going to move to something a little bit more specific given some of the proud traditions in my home state of wisconsin. We actually have a history of cooperatives and mutual ownership companies. So companies that are owned northwest mutual for instance. Fo
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Its tuesday the 12th of september. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The cost of living has risen again, blamed on the higher cost of imported goods like clothes and shoes. Its now back at the peak of 2. 9 it last hit in may this year. Our Business Correspondent ben thompson is here to explain. Ill let you talk us through the latest figures. Inflation is the cost of living, it shows how quickly things dont work the price of things dont work the price of things is rising. It has hit 2. 9 . Todays figure was expected to come ina todays figure was expected to come in a little lower than that. Why are prices rising so quickly . It is a cost of imported things, issues, household goods. All of those sorts of things. They are more expensive because after we voted to leave the eu, the value of the pound fell which means things we import from overseas are more expensive. It is the first indication we are getting all those things we buy from overseas are adding to the overall cost of things that we