"We're not investing in the information companies" or gold miners.
The information companies are therefore trying to reinvent themselves.
Industrywide, there is little data about how much contact information companies publish online.
To accommodate the fire hose of information, companies have started revamping their data centers.
"It is critical that we understand what information companies like yours are already collecting and selling".
Often they can't even keep track of the information companies are supposed to be submitting.
In addition, the type of information companies voluntarily provide varies widely.
"The more information companies can provide, the better for the public, for shareholders and or our democracy".
The D&B Corporation, which sells information companies use to evaluate business risks, said yesterday that Steven W. Alesio was named chief executive, succeeding Allan Z. Loren.
Opponents of the bills, meantime, worry about the type of information companies might try to hide behind the cloak of nondisclosure.
Given the huge amounts of personal information companies are collecting about their customers, a challenge is how firms should structure their organisations to benefit from the data.
