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Paterson: Pass the bailout
Spin CycleGov. Paterson has, with some success, raised his profile during the Wall Street crisis. He's got a statement out now calling on Congress to act on the negotiated package, fast. After the jump.......Tags: Foreclosures, Laws, Politics, State Budgets, Government
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Bailout crisis partly created in DC room
The Swampby Frank James After nearly every disaster involving Americans, there's the usual investigation to figure out why the plane crashed or the ship sank and to affix blame. The difference between most calamities and the present financial-markets meltdown is...Tags: Insurance, Banking, Crime, Law and Justice, Disasters, Investment Service
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Bush, Paulson should just follow Brit lead
The Swampby Frank James In digging out of their part of the global financial hole, the British may have an advantage over the U.S. in that they have a prime minister who, prior to his current job, was the Chancellor of......Tags: Public Relations, Government, Henry Paulson, Ben Bernanke, Economy, Business and Finance
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Global economic summit: Solutions?
The Swampby Mark Silva The global economic meltdown is beginning to sound somewhat like the crisis of global warming, something which every important industrial nation in the world must do something about, but a problem which everyone is not willing to......Tags: Global Warming, United Nations, Government, Weather, Economy, Business and Finance
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Obama names SEC chair, vows crackdown
The Swampby Christi Parsons and James Janega CHICAGO--Decrying a lack of "adult supervision" in American society, President-elect Barack Obama this morning vowed to try and clean up the worlds of politics and finance and called on others to take seriously their......Tags: Politics, Hawaii, Georgetown, Inauguration of President Barack Obama (2009), Barack Obama
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Car Parts Could Save Premature Infants in Developing World
KickingTiresEvery year, millions of premature newborns in the developing world die from ailments easily defeated by an incubator. Unfortunately, incubators that provide premature infants with the body temperature regulation, climate control and quiet they need cost...Tags: New York Weather, Science, Weather, Health, Engineering
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Obama team scrubs NASA expenses
The SwampThe helmet camera of astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper shows her tool bag as it floats away from the International Space Station. She lost hold of it when when a grease gun inside it exploded. NASA/Associate Press. by Frank James Who......Tags: Politics, Government, Barack Obama, U.S. Presidential Transition (2009), Heads of State
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Madoff put many underwater but ...
The Swampby Frank James A lot of people who checked out the House hearing yesterday on Bernard Madoff's alleged Ponzi scheme probably got a little confused by something Rep. Gary Ackerman of New York said. Ackerman, a Democrat, was castigating the......Tags: Politics, Long Island, Government, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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Obama: Speech here
Spin CycleObama's big speech, in which he tries to build support for the stimulus package, is after the jump. The thrust seems to be the need for speed, and Nancy Pelosi is projecting a package by Feb. 16. For Congress,......Tags: State Budgets, Employees, Disasters and Accidents, Economy, Business and Finance, Government Debt
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Barack Obama: 'Pragmatic progressive'
The Swampby Tom Hamburger and Peter Wallsten Some liberals might think that R. Bruce Josten has no business visiting President-elect Barack Obama's transition office once, let alone 16 times. That's because Josten is the top lobbyist for the U.S. Chamber of......Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Unions, Ronald Reagan, Economic Policy, Inauguration of President Barack Obama (2009)
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Regulators: Past, present, future
Spin CycleWe all live now with the consequences of massive underregulation and lack of executive and Congressional oversight of Wall Street. Two important pieces of reading: 1. The Wall Street Journal (including former Newsday reporter Tom McGinty) offered this...Tags: Politics, Paul Volcker, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate Crime, Bernard Madoff
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Schumer: The Sen. from the Great State of CYA
Spin CycleIt's kind of like reading a novel about a schizophrenic Senator who can't resist doing favors for donors, but feels bad about it after he lets them wreck the nation's economy. For some light weekend reading, you might want......Tags: Mutual Funds, Banking, Social Issues, Credit Ratings, Economy, Business and Finance
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