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Dan Quayle: Obama's left-wing problem
The Swampby Mark Silva No hot potatoes here. One former Republican vice president may be giving the Obama administration a hard time lately, but another is offering a measured assessment of the new regime. Dan Quayle, former vice president of the......Tags: Lawrence Summers, Dining and Drinking, Harry Reid, Barack Obama, Alcoholic Beverages
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White House: Middle-class taxes out
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated at 3:30 pm EDT Despite warnings from President Barack Obama's top economic advisers that new taxes for middle-income Americans cannot be ruled out, the White House insisted Monday that the president's "commitment'' to a campaign....Tags: Lawrence Summers, Barack Obama, ABC (tv network), Public Finance, Politics
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Bernanke, 'bold,' offered anew for Fed
The SwampBy Christi Parsons and Mark Silva OAK BLUFFS, Mass. -- President Barack Obama, praising Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke for resolute handling of the worst economic crisis in decades, said today that he will nominate the appointee of his Republican.....Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Lawrence Summers, Barack Obama, Financial Markets, Emergency Planning
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Obama nominating Bernanke: New term
The Swampby Jim Puzzanghera and Christi Parsons Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, a scholar of the Great Depression who moved boldly last fall to prevent another economic catastrophe, will be nominated by President Obama to a second four-year term as......Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Barack Obama, Financial Markets, Christopher Dodd, Politics
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Obama: Wall Street complacency warning
The Swampby Jim Puzzanghera and Walter Hamilton President Obama, in a speech today on the anniversary of the start of the financial crisis, said "the storms of the past two years are beginning to break," but warned Wall Street that "normalcy......Tags: Washington (U.S. state), New York City, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Banking, Barack Obama
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Obama: Executive excess 'bad strategy'
The Swampby Jim Puzzanghera and Christi Parsons President Barack Obama this morning unveiled new restrictions on pay for executives at financial institutions receiving federal bailout money, slamming corporate leaders for "narrow self interest" in enriching...Tags: National Government, Barack Obama, White House, Citigroup Incorporated, CEO Pay
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Tom Daschle should go: NYT
The Swampby Frank James When a Democratic president wakes up to a New York Times editorial asking that the president's pick for a key cabinet post withdraw his nomination because of tax and other troubling issues, that's not a good start......Tags: Health, National Government, Government Health Care, State Budgets, Tom Daschle
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Obama crackdown on CEO pay
The Swampby Christi Parsons President Barack Obama is expected to call for a crack down on cash payouts to corporate executives this morning, unveiling new rules he thinks should govern firms that take government bailout money. The president plans to propose......Tags: National Government, Barack Obama, White House, Big 3 Auto Bailout (2008), CEO Pay
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Jump ball: Treasury, HUD and more
The Swampby Mark Silva and Jim Puzzanghera We already know about mortgage foreclosures, the recession and the wars. But that big game at the White House this afternoon is on everyone's minds. At the start of a media conference call this......Tags: National Government, White House, Basketball, Sports, Government
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Treasury's Sperling and private sterling
The Swampby Mark Silva Some of the Treasury Secretary's top financial advisers, helping the government oversee the $700-billion rescue of the nation's financial markets, know something about the risky businesses that the Obama administration has targeted for...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Corporate Crime, Financial Markets
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Should companies with naming rights deals also be getting bailouts?
The Business of Sports | Sun-Sentinel BlogsCitigroup???s $400 million naming rights deal for the new New York Mets ballpark has gotten the attention of members of Congress. After all, the banking giant is receiving $45 billion in federal bailout money through the government???s Troubled Asset...Tags: Arizona Diamondbacks, Baseball, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Economy
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Will banks get $1 trn to clean up books?
The Swampby Frank James First there was 2008's $152 stimulus package (remember those rebate checks?) Then there was last fall's $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program. Now Congress is considering another economic stimulus of upwards of $800 billion. And the...Tags: Federal Reserve, Restructuring and Recapitalization, National Government, Prices, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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