The companies also complain that current regulations demand so much disclosure that they end up giving away several years of expensive research.

"I still think the banks are going to persist in demanding global disclosure," one senior bank official commented.

Now, the bureaucrats have lost a tiny battle: a panel has recommended that people be given the right to demand disclosure of Government documents.

Some couples demand full disclosure and absolute fidelity; others allow a wider range of behavior.

This is not to demand total disclosure.

It charged the 2,000 inner members of the royal family with corruption and demanded public disclosure of state expenditures.

Saudi officials were not alone in demanding disclosure.

Labour are demanding full disclosure of the meetings attended by the two men.

Political action committees, after all, must abide by laws that limit donations to $5,000 and demand public disclosure.

Many are found overseas, though there are dark corners, too, in American markets, where securities laws have demanded full disclosure for more than 60 years.