Category: Business
House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank is taking his TARP mandate and the Obama Corporate Management Strategy to the next logical step by proposing legislation that would heavily regulate …
HughS
March 21, 2009
Barack Obama, Business, Congress, Democrats, Economics, House of Representatives, Law, New York Times, Politics, Republicans, Senate
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's plan to fix the bank problem is coming into focus this weekend. Based on initial reports it appears the Obama administration is going to attempt …
The economic recession has claimed another high profile casualty as The Greenbrier announced today that the luxury resort has filed for bankruptcy protection. The news of another hotel bankruptcy …
Being an attorney, my husband, Steve, has some strong opinions about the brouhaha surrounding the AIG bonus debacle and the Democrats' attempt to recover the bonus money. I told …
Buried amid yesterday's coverage of the president's announcement that 50,000 troops will remain in Iraq and Treasury Secretary Geithner's acquisition of almost half of Citibank was this interesting development, …
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Citigroup and the Treasury are in negotiations to sell up to 40% of the bank to the federal government. This would be...
GM and Chrysler are getting another $7 Billion, keeping the UAW in its perch of power over these companies: Detroit's carmakers are due to submit their latest viability plans …
That's the official word from President Obama. It's awful when the financial sector gives its employees $18.4 billion in bonuses. It's inexcusable when Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain spends …
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced today that it is acquiring drug maker Wyeth in a gargantuan deal valued at over $68 billion dollars. Pfizer CEO Jeff Kindler didn't hesitate to …
The very high wattage of the Obama inauguration this week has relegated what would otherwise be a high profile news event to the back pages of media attention. Bank …