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Recent economic news: Obama Administration

1.
Morning Take-Out
–Chris Whalen, in a broadside against Fannie, Freddie and TBTF Banks, writes on his Reuters blog: “Fed Chairman Bernanke and the other members of the FOMC are killing the real ...
US Federal Reserve, Chris Whalen, United States, U.S., Bernanke, All keywords...
dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com
6 days ago
2.
Goldman Schools Students on Debt
On July 23, the Obama Administration proposed restricting—and in extreme cases, cutting off entirely—programs whose graduates end up with the highest debts relative to their salaries and have the most ...
USD, EDMC, Goldman Sachs, Art Institute, Misty Keasler, All keywords...
businessweek.com
2 weeks ago
3.
Stripper Finds Degree Profitable for Goldman Wasn't Worth It
Carrianne Howard dreamed of designing video games, so she enrolled in a program at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, a for-profit college part-owned by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. These ...
EDMC, USD, Carrianne Howard, Jacquelyn P. Muller, Art Institute, All keywords...
bloomberg.com
1 month ago
4.
Desperately seeking COBRA subsidy
Debbie McBride, who takes five prescriptions, depended on her COBRA subsidy for health insurance. By Tami Luhby, senior writerJune 6, 2010: 9:20 AM ETNEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- If you lose ...
USD, California, Families USA, Ann Bates, Debbie McBride, All keywords...
money.cnn.com
3 months ago
5.
Singling out Goldman Sachs
Regular readers know that I have few nice things to say about Goldman Sachs lately. Goldman fully deserves the attention that the SEC has brought to it, and the attention ...
Paulson, Goldman Sachs, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, ABN Amro, Department of Justice, All keywords...
interfluidity.com
3 months ago
6.
Deepwater Horizon Rig Disaster Threatens Drilling
BP Plc last September tapped into a new oilfield called Tiber, estimated to hold at least 3 billion barrels of crude, or six months’ worth of U.S. consumption. Discovered through ...
BP Plc, USD, Oil, Houma, President, All keywords...
bloomberg.com
3 months ago
7.
Study: Batteries and EVs Won't Get Cheaper Anytime Soon
Without a major breakthrough in battery technology, electric vehicles will remain an expensive proposition and a tiny fraction of the vehicle market for the
USD, Nissan, Xavier Mosquet, Boston Consulting Group, Electric car, All keywords...
wired.com
8 months ago
8.
AIG Executive Resigns Over Pay Limits
A top executive at American International Group has resigned because of pay curbs imposed by the Obama Administration's pay czar, the insurer said on Wednesday.
American International Group, Anastasia Kelly, Kenneth Feinberg, USD, Obama Administration, All keywords...
cnbc.com
8 months ago
9.
Don't Give Up On The U.S.
It will take more than a recession to keep the country down.
United States, America, China, India, Japan, All keywords...
forbes.com
8 months ago
10.
A close look at the new antitrust allegations against Intel
Fresh off of Intel's hefty EU antitrust fine, New York's Attorney General has piled on with a whopper of an antitrust suit against the chipmaker. Ars drills down to the ...
Intel, Dell, AMD, Andrew Cuomo, US court, All keywords...
com
10 months ago
11.
Larry Summers and the White House economic team
Larry Summers, the director of President Obama’s National Economic Council and the White House economic team. Larry Summers, one of the most brilliant economists of his generation, left Washington nine ...
Larry Summers, President, White House, Biden, Vice-President, All keywords...
newyorker.com
10 months ago
12.
Capitalism and financial crashes
Why capitalism is crash-prone. On June 10, 2000, thousands of people lined up to walk across the new Millennium Bridge, in London. Within minutes of the official opening, the footway ...
Economist, Hyun Song Shin, US Federal Reserve, Charles Prince, Citigroup, All keywords...
newyorker.com
10 months ago
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