71.   Some traders said the new reporting requirements are likely to raise the cost of doing business for the major firms that trade Treasury debt.

72.   Specifically, he said, the agency was reviewing disclosure and financial reporting requirements, the role of audit committees and the oversight of accounting firms.

73.   Some members of Congress have expressed concern that imposing tighter reporting requirements on banks could violate the privacy rights of customers.

74.   State Attorney General Thurbert Baker responded earlier this month, ruling that a blind trust is not exempt from state reporting requirements.

75.   Such reporting requirements apply to all charitable groups so that the IRS can determine whether they are living within what the law requires for tax-exempt organizations.

76.   That is when accountants working for everything from oil companies to kindergartens race around the capital to comply with reporting requirements.

77.   That change would have a significant impact on its financial reporting requirements and potentially negative tax consequences for its shareholders.

78.   The banks argue that a reporting requirement would make of every banker, in effect, a policeman.

79.   The bill would establish a wide range of health care standards and reporting requirements for managed-care plans, which now cover nearly six million New Yorkers.

80.   The changes came after years of complaints from banking industry lobbyists that the reporting requirements were a costly paperwork burden.