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McCain walks tightrope on AIG bailout
The Swampby Frank James We knew Sen. John McCain was going to be in a tough spot this morning when it came to talking about the AIG bailout. When the feds declined to bailout Lehman Brothers earlier in the week, the......Tags: Barack Obama, Corruption, Government, Political Candidates, National Government
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Obama, McCain and their Wall $t. friend$
The Swampby Frank James Listen to both major-party presidential campaigns and you'd think right about now that neither one had very good (that is, generous) friends on Wall Street. Well, both Republican presidential nominee John McCain and his Democratic rival,...Tags: Barack Obama, Phil Gramm, Government, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Political Candidates
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Obama-McCain: Dow down, Obama up
The Swampby Mark Silva The Dow Jones Industrial average may have suffered from the financial crisis unfolding on Wall Street this week, but Barack Obama's stock has risen steadily. The Democrat's five-point edge over Republican John McCain in the newest Gallup.......Tags: Barack Obama, Republican National Conventions, Stock Activities, Democratic National Conventions, Political Candidates
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Wall Street can't fix woes: Stiglitz
The Swampby Frank James Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel laureate economist and Columbia University professor, talked recently about Wall Street's meltdown. The interview is on the site, Big Think which I learned about through Barry Ritholtz's excellent Big Picture blog...Tags: Columbia University, Bill Clinton, Awards and Prizes, Financial Markets, Government
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Bush: We will 'strengthen' the ecomony
The Swampby Mark Silva President Bush, cancelling a planned day trip to Florida and Alabama today to monitor developments in the nation's financial markets from the White House, pledged that "the American people can be sure that we will continue to......Tags: Fannie Mae, Barack Obama, Investments, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Alabama
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Wall Street bailout means DC battle
The Swampby Frank James The Bush Administration wants to get $700 billion, no strings attached, to buy up the bad assets of Wall Street financial institutions. Congress wants to attach strings. That's pretty much where things stand as the week begins.......Tags: Fannie Mae, Financial and Business Services, Financial Markets, Government, Retirement
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John McCain: Immigration reform redux
The Swampby Mark Silva John McCain opened today with an old Irish joke about a couple of guys buying each other drinks at a bar and bit by bit discovering how much they have in common, even went to the same......Tags: Barack Obama, Edward M. Kennedy, Demographics, Migration, Government
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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: Fannie Mae, Financial and Business Services, Personal Finance, Finance, Financial Markets
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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: Fannie Mae, New York, Michael Bloomberg, Freddie Mac, Regional Authority
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Bill Clinton: 'Potential to be this bad'
The Swampby Mark Silva "Panic?...Painful recession? '' Are things all this bad? Former President Bill Clinton, who presided over the good times, was asked the question this morning. "I think it has the potential to be this bad,'' he said. Clinton......Tags: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Executive Branch, Financial Markets, Government
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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: Financial and Business Services, Fannie Mae, Values, Barack Obama, Financial Markets
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Bailout's failure on Paulson's head?
The Swamp(Photo: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) by Frank James As the fingerpointing continues following the House's failure to pass the $700 billion bailout, a lot of blame is going to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr. for first trying to run roughshod......Tags: American International Group, Henry Paulson, Federal Reserve, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Government
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