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Biden on AIG bailout: 'No'
The Swampby Frank James (corrected from an earlier version which wrongly said Biden's remarks were made today. He made them yesterday.) Sen. Joe "Working-Class Hero" Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, said yesterday in an interview we missed in real time....Tags: John McCain, Political Candidates, Bankruptcy, Politics, Financial and Business Services
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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: Freddie Mac, Business Institutions, Bankruptcy, Fannie Mae, Citigroup Incorporated
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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: CBS Corp., Nevada, Politics, Ohio, Federal Reserve
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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: Debt Market, Services and Shopping, Financial and Business Services, Timothy Geithner, Financial Services
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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: Consumer Confidence, Politics, Barack Obama, Money and Monetary Policy, Moving
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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: Employers, Politics, Barney Frank, Government, American International Group
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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: Migration, The New York Times, Politics, Barack Obama, Newspaper and Magazine
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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: Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Services and Shopping, Politics, Financial and Business Services
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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: John McCain, People, Budgets and Budgeting, Politics, 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: Budgets and Budgeting, Barack Obama, Career and Workplace, Labor Disputes, Economic Policy
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Obama: 'Glimmers of hope' in economy
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, after meeting with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and others today, suggested that the economy is starting to show some "glimmers of hope.'' The president had met with Bernanke, Treasury Secretary Timothy...Tags: National Government, Barack Obama, Timothy Geithner, Federal Reserve, Government
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