11.   Although neither of the reports recommended new rules for the online industry, they telegraph to the brokerage community a regulatory commitment to online investor protection.

12.   Barbara Roper, director of investor protection for the Consumer Federation of America, agrees.

13.   Both nominees, who have broad support from both political parties, stressed investor protection in their testimony today.

14.   Both said the bill would help consumers by cutting costs and at the same time maintaining investor protections.

15.   A number of congressional Democrats and consumer groups have said that this section would reduce investor protection by allowing corporations to be more cavalier in their forecasts.

16.   A number of congressional Democrats and consumer groups have said this section would reduce investor protection by allowing corporations to be more cavalier in their forecasts.

17.   But the firm has said it generally supported the idea of after-hours trading if investor protections were in place.

18.   He also worked to thwart the effects of the Fields-Markey bill, a deregulatory measure that would have repealed many existing investor protections.

19.   Hoping to allay any concerns about taking a deregulatory approach, Pitt vowed not to take any steps that reduced investor protections.

20.   If not, an investor should write the firm, said Barbara Roper, director of investor protection for the Consumer Federation of America.