The leading source for credible citizen reporting

Help | Login | Join Allvoices

Mainstream News

This event is older than two months and is no longer active. Some links older than two months could be broken.

Click here to post a new related report

Obama's speed and balancing act

Source: Politico

New York City : NY : USA | 10 months ago

0 0

First is Obama’s own administration, still being assembled and facing a few rough patches a week before his Inauguration. Next is his ambitious economic recovery bill, approaching $850 billion and fast becoming a second government in its own right. Third is the leftover business of the outgoing...

Reach
Credibility

More News From: New York City : NY : USA

Related Allvoices Contributions

Geithner Plays Favorites

By: StuDio

Quiet concerns are circulating in Washington that the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner authorized purchase of assets from several financial institutions at 100% of their market value rather than the anticipated discounted prices. Reports have surfaced that Geithner approved payments to, among others, Wachovia and Goldman ...

15 days ago
Firms are getting billions, yet aren't averting foreclosures

By: BiodunIginla

Sunday, October 4, 2009 by Judith Stein and Biodun Iginla, BBC News. Judith Stein reported from New York City Sun, Oct 4, 12:00 AM
2 months ago

Fannie Mae, "request the assistance of 15 billion dollars from the U.S....

By: mohammedd

Fannie Mae Foundation announced the U.S. giant mortgage finance plan to seek new financial support from the federal government U.S. $ 15 billion after it continued losses for the ninth consecutive quarter. Fannie Mae reported that its losses during the third quarter of this year hit 18.9 billion dollars against a loss of $ 14.8 billion dollars ...

27 days ago
The Art of putting Wall $treet Wealth before Public Health

By: myVox

This indeed is the sad truth about today’s America! An economy that is reeling under huge deficits incurred in order to shore up banks that were going kaput! The sort of institutions that needed to be left to fend for themselves and die down actually go through resurrection mode. WHY? Is this not a grim indicator of where the ...

29 days ago
- 1
- 2
- >

News Stories

New York Observer: Commercial Heavies Push Fed Group, Enlist Barney Frank

News Source: Uinta County News | 10 months ago

From the Journal 's Jessica Holzer this morning ( last item ): "The nation's struggling commercial real-estate owners and lenders won a key ally on Capitol Hill late last week when House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank introduced...
Obama's speed and balancing act

News Source: Politico | 10 months ago

First is Obama’s own administration, still being assembled and facing a few rough patches a week before his Inauguration. Next is his ambitious economic recovery bill, approaching $850 billion and fast becoming a second government in its own right.
Four Reasons to Oppose the Bush-Obama Request for the Rest of the $700 ...

News Source: Alternet | 10 months ago

at the request of President-elect Barack Obama -- Tuesday formally requested the next truckload of Wall Street bailout cash. Treasury Says It Doesn't Need the Money The New York Times reports, "The first $350 billion in bailout money has been fully...