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Paterson: New session possible
Spin CycleFrom last night, here's Paterson's statement on the bailout of AIG, which indicates that a new special session may be necessary to deal with budget shortfalls: "The decision tonight by the federal government to provide assistance to AIG will help......Tags: New York, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Federal Reserve, Insurance, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania)
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Bernanke rejects nationalizing banks
The SwampFederal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke appears on a television screen on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) by Frank James While leaving open the chance the economy could start......Tags: Unemployment, NYSE Euronext, Inc., Federal Reserve, Economy, Business and Finance, Energy
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Fed-up Fed chairman meets fed-up pols on the Hill
Spin CycleFed Chairman Ben Bernanke drew the national spotlight Tuesday on Capitol Hill with his testimony -- and got an earful from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders who wanted to know which private banks were receiving loans. The testy exchange is......Tags: Ron Paul, Vermont
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Bernanke: Too-big-to-fail banks need more scrutiny
The Swampby Frank James Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday called for a major reform of the financial regulatory system to create more "holistic" oversight of the world's largest financial institutions in an effort to avoid a repeat of the......Tags: Fannie Mae, Federal Reserve, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Business Institutions
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Bernanke: 'Era of high living...is over now.'
The SwampWatch CBS Videos Online by Frank James It was refreshing to see Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke do an on-the-record interview, breaking the central bank's tradition that the top official doesn't do interviews. It's too bad it took the worst......Tags: Ohio, Central Bank, Federal Reserve, Economy, Business and Finance, State Budgets
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For wonks and insomniacs: AIG bonus terms on line!
Spin CycleFrom Newsday's business staff, Ellen Yan tells us the public can read the 15-page retention contract online, courtesy of the House financial services subcommittee, whose members were the ones grilling chief executive Edward Liddy the other day. The...Tags: American International Group, Federal Reserve, Economy, Business and Finance, Credit and Debt, Services and Shopping
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Geithner: 'Credit flowing again' the goal
The Swampby Mark Silva Timothy Geithner, the somewhat embattled Treasury secretary whose strategy for settling the "toxic assets" clogging the nation's financial markets -- as Treasury's Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned at the close...Tags: Financial Markets, Securities, Pies and Tarts, Timothy Geithner, Politics
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Geithner call for more power not new
The Swampby Frank James Financial crises may result in the destruction of wealth and the dreams of many private citizens. But they're like fertilizer for the federal government, cultivating new agencies and employees meant to address the weaknesses in the overall....Tags: National Government, Barney Frank, Employers, Career and Workplace, Regulatory Policy and Organizations
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Obama should mimic Lincoln on bonuses
The Swampby Frank James How does a president stop a nation from cutting off its nose to spite its face? That is the challenge now facing President Barack Obama as he tries to keep the populist rage against Wall Street, in......Tags: Newspapers, Human Body, Parliament, Financial Markets, Career and Workplace
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Obama would rein in masters of universe
The Swampby Frank James The Obama Administration wants to give Wall Street's masters of the universe a new master, the federal government. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner will propose greater regulation of the financial markets when he testifies before the House...Tags: The Associated Press, Fannie Mae, Financial and Business Services, Mutual Funds, Timothy Geithner
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Obama's 2nd press conference live-blog
The Swampby Frank James 9:05 pm -- The press conference is over, not having gone the full hour. Obama didn't make any news either way. There won't be any new controversies coming out of this press conference, which is the first......Tags: Democratic Party, White House, Politics, John McCain, Barack Obama
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Light at end of economic minefield?
The Swampby Frank James Rudolph Penner, a former director of the Congressional Budget Office, now an Urban Institute fellow, has a piece in which he likens the nation's economic situation to a minefield with many potential dangers all around: As we......Tags: Economic Policy, Barack Obama, Budgets and Budgeting, Economy, Business and Finance, Labor Disputes
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