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Paulson: 'Immediate' bailout essential
The Swampby Mark Silva Citing a "chain reaction'' of bad mortgage loans that have led to an impending federal bailout of the nation's financial institutions, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson today will call on the Senate Banking Committee "to stabilize our...Tags: Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Finance, Financial and Business Services, Freddie Mac, Richard Shelby
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Bailout blues: Run business like a government!
Spin CycleJim Callaghan has a hoot of a satirical piece in this week's civil-service Chief-Leader that "reports" Mayor Michael Bloomberg deciding that he had it wrong all along, and so CUNY tuition will be free once again and the subway fares......Tags: Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., New York, Collective Contract, Freddie Mac, Politics
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McCain campaign takes on NYT, again (Updated)
Spin CycleThe McCain campaign is going after the NYTimes again, e-mailing out a blistering attack on its report this morning that McCain campaign manager Rick Davis' lobby/consulting firm was getting money from Freddie Mac until last month. From the McCain......Tags: Media Industry, News Agency, Freddie Mac, Elections, Barack Obama
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McCain's time-out: Letterman 'smell' test
The Swampby Mark Silva John McCain's sudden "suspension'' of his campaign and his call for a postponement of the premier campaign debate Friday night has sparked a round of criticism from people asking why the presidential candidate cannot manage a financial......Tags: David Letterman, Consumers, New York, Freddie Mac, Elections
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Obama hits CEO pay amid Wall St. mess
The Swampby John McCormick, updated DUNEDIN, Fla. - Barack Obama emerged from his cloistered debate preparations for a midday rally in a battleground county in a battleground state to target CEO compensation in the wake of the financial crisis on Wall......Tags: Baseball, Knology Incorporated, Lifestyle and Leisure, Washington Post Co., Freddie Mac
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George Soros hates Paulson's bailout
The SwampGeorge Soros (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) by Frank James George Soros, billionaire financial speculator, philanthropist and liberal boogeyman to many conservatives, doesn't like Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr. $700 billion bailout plan. Indeed, from...Tags: Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Financial and Business Services, Freddie Mac, Values, Barack Obama
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John McCain: 'Teddy Roosevelt' and me
The Swampby Mark Silva Sen. John McCain, invoking Teddy Roosevelt only four times this morning as part of his rationale for being "in the arena'' of the federal financial bailout, said that he is likely to support the agreement which congressional......Tags: Government, John McCain, White House, Sarah Palin, CEO Pay
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GOP: Chuck et al cleaning up their own mess
Spin CycleWith Congressional Democrats carrying Obama's water in their attacks on McCain, the GOP turns its opposition research guns on them -- and finds a target rich environment attacking the likes of Frank, Dodd and our own Chuck Schumer for......Tags: Christopher Dodd, Litigation and Regulation, New York, Housing Industry, Washington Post Co.
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McCain ad hits Obama on Fannie, Freddie
The Swampby Frank James A new TV ad from Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign strives to tie Sen. Barack Obama to the nation's current economic anxiety by linking him to the subprime mortgage crisis which helped trigger the current financial......Tags: Bill Clinton, Freddie Mac, Elections, Heads of State, National Government
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A power-glutton mayor's 'absolute disgrace'
Spin CycleThe blatant power grab Mayor Michael Bloomberg is poised to make, with the blessing of fellow New York billionaires, is ???an absolute disgrace.??? Who would say such a thing? Well, Bloomberg, for one. That???s right ??? the guy who crows......Tags: New York, Rudy Giuliani, Crime, Law and Justice, Freddie Mac, Alcoholic Beverages
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Jobs: 159,000 gone
Spin CycleA new Labor Department report showing 159,000 jobs lost in September is grabbing the morning headlines. Obama and McCain are both out with statements. Obama: ???Today, Americans woke up to the sad news that 159,000 jobs were lost last month......Tags: Petroleum Industry, Government, John McCain, State Budgets, Freddie Mac
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House approves bailout: $700-billion-plus
The Swampby Mark Silva With the House's second and successful vote on a $700-billion federal rescue of the nation's financial markets today, the economic challenge facing the next Congress and president is only starting to reveal its dimensions on Capitol Hill.......Tags: Job Layoffs, White House, George W. Bush, National Government, Barack Obama
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