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News Source: Miami Herald
| 12 months ago
President-elect Barack Obama worked to send a message of confidence to jittery markets and consumers Monday, unveiling an economic team tested in crises past and present and promising a massive stimulus package big enough to send a ''jolt'' through...
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News Source: The Courier-Journal
| 12 months ago
Citing an "economic crisis of historic proportions," President-elect Barack Obama urged Congress to pass a costly stimulus bill as quickly as possible. The rare pre-inaugural call to action was delivered as the Bush administration approved fresh...
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News Source: National Public Radio
| 12 months ago
Morning Edition , November 25, 2008 · For the second time in as many days, President-elect Barack Obama is scheduled to meet with reporters to discuss the sagging economy. On Monday, he sketched out plans for a massive government spending effort...
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News Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal / Sun
| 12 months ago
Speaking to reporters at a food bank in Las Vegas on Monday, Reid said, "I think that during his first month in office, we'll have a stimulus package." Reid noted that the particulars of the proposal are not yet known as Obama outlined it in broad...
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News Source: Daily Nation
| 12 months ago
President-elect Barack Obama promised on Monday to jolt the faltering US economy with a costly stimulus package next year and introduced the team that will help him navigate the global financial crisis. Obama, who warned again that the economy would...
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News Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner
| 12 months ago
A day after introducing the captains of his economic team and promoting a giant jobs plan, Obama on Tuesday was to lay out his budget belt-tightening vision...Obama also was expected to introduce Peter Orszag as his new director of the Office of...
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News Source: Houston Chronicle
| 12 months ago
President-elect Barack Obama sought to seize the reins of the economic crisis on Monday as he and his new economic team worked closely with President George W. Bush to inject confidence into the trembling financial markets, which rallied throughout...
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News Source: Asian Tribune
| 12 months ago
The team will immediately work on economic revival amidst the unprecedented downturn in the economy...Many analysts believe that the team would bring fresh thinking, both a depth of experience and a wealth of bold, new ideas. Obama said that they all...
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News Source: Dallas Observer
| 12 months ago
Citing an "economic crisis of historic proportions," President-elect Barack Obama urged Congress to pass a costly, job-creating stimulus bill as quickly as possible, a rare pre-inaugural call to action delivered as the outgoing Bush administration...
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News Source: Truthdig
| 12 months ago
He sees economic recovery as intimately linked with economic and social reform. And he is bringing in a gifted brain trust to get the job done. Just three weeks after Election Day, Obama has already expanded his authority by seizing on “an economic...