News Source: Asian Wall Street Journal
| about 1 year ago
Lawmakers sent Detroit packing last week, saying the Big Three auto makers had to establish their financial viability before any bailout, but it moved quickly over the weekend to give Citigroup Inc. $20 billion and promised as much as $275 billion...
News Source: Asian Wall Street Journal
| about 1 year ago
It was a dose of tough love that President-elect Barack Obama offered the American auto industry Monday. America shouldn't let the auto makers "vanish," he said at a news conference. But the auto companies should get help, he added, only when they...
News Source: Christian Science Monitor
| about 1 year ago
Washington Even before taking office, President-elect Barack Obama is becoming an essential player in decisionmaking on Capitol Hill. From the pre-Thanksgiving “pardon” of Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I) of Connecticut to the shape of an economic...
News Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| about 1 year ago
Although the composition of the full Senate is not yet determined, the now expanded Democratic majority in Congress is beginning to reconfigure itself to carry out President-elect Barack Obama's agenda. A significant move in that domain was the vote...