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A Decade of Politics Finds a Nation Still Divided
14 hours ago ago from New America Today
This Nov. 4, 2008 file photo shows President Barack Obama looking out into the crowd after his acceptance speech at Grant Park in Chicago. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS It wasn't so long ago that politicians had the luxury to bicker over how to spend a record budget surplus, Barack Obama was a state senator trying unsuccessfully to get a foot in the door of the U.S. Capitol, and George W. Bush went to sleep with visions of a dominant Republican ...
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23 hours ago ago from Asianet | Kerala Latest News | Kerala Breaking News | Kerala Latest Headlines
Washington , 15th December 2009 : President Barack Obama told executives from some of the nation’s largest bank yesterday they have a duty to take “extraordinary” steps to boost lending and help the U.S. economy after getting a taxpayer bailout. Financial institutions were rescued from a crisis “largely of their own making,” he said, and now must help homeowners and small businesses. “America’s banks received extraordinary ...
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23 hours ago ago from Ghana Business News
President Barack Obama President Barack Obama implored top bankers Monday to help keep the fragile recovery from faltering by boosting lending to small businesses and getting behind an overhaul of financial regulation. We rise and fall together, he declared. The bankers said they got the message. Some pledged to increase lending and exercise more caution over outside compensation for their employees. But they also insisted ...
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20 hours ago ago from Pub Blogs
Filed under: Economy , Goldman Sachs , Bank of America , Citigroup After President Obama smashed Wall Street for being out-of-touch fat cats on 60 Minutes over the weekend, the bankers tried to mend fences during a meeting at the White House on Monday. Whether any detente will last is not clear. Obama, whose coolness under pressure was legendary during the campaign, clearly was annoyed with the banks for failing to do enough to jump ...
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7 hours ago ago from US POLL 2008
Seattle Post Intelligencer Obama Rallies Party on Health Bill Wall Street Journal President Barack Obama in the Roosevelt Room at the White House following his meeting with Democratic Senators on Tuesday. President Barack Obama met privately with Senate Democrats on Tuesday and then declared they were on the precipice of enacting Upbeat Obama says Senate near health care passage The Associated Press Obama 'Cautiously ...
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