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Some bailout recipients upped lobby spending in 4Q
Washington :: DC :: USA | 10 months ago
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Some big banks and an automaker increased the amount they spent to lobby the government late last year even as they received billions from the $700 billion financial rescue program. The action raises questions about the propriety of big companies getting...
Tags: government, bailout, 700 billion, money, obama, banks, congress, help, auto, bailouts
Treasury, Bank of America agree on bailout
Washington :: DC :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility The government has extended a new multibillion-dollar lifeline to one of the country's biggest banks as officials continue to struggle with a serious crisis in the financial system. After a marathon negotiating session, the Bush administration agreed...
Tags: america, bank, bailout, agreement, 700 billion, Bank of America, Treasury Department, fed, congress
Harkin leans toward release of bailout money
New York City :: NY :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin said today he is leaning toward supporting the release of the second half of the $700-billion financial bailout package, despite having rethought his support of the initial bill last fall. The bill is expected to come up in the Senate...
Tags: 700 billion, Tom Harkin
GOP opposition to additional bailout funds grows
Tarp :: Germany | 10 months ago
Credibility President-elect Barack Obama is having enough trouble getting fellow Democrats to release the second half of the $700 billion bailout, but now he has a growing Republican problem, too. Some half a dozen Republican senators who voted for the financial...
Tags: bailout, 700 billion, democrat
Obama's speed and balancing act
New York City :: NY :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility 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...
Tags: obama, bailout, financial, wall street, 700 billion, Barack Obama
FDIC orders banks to track bailout money
Washington :: DC :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility Federal regulators are asking financial institutions, including Charlotte's Bank of America Corp., to monitor their use of government money received under the $700 billion rescue plan and other support. The agency called on banks to include a summary...
Obama Seeks Release of Second Half of Bailout
Tarp :: Germany | 10 months ago
Credibility Bush said he is willing to ask for the additional $350 billion in financial bailout money if President-elect Barack Obama thinks that should happen while Bush is still in office. But the president, who made the announcement during his final press conference...
Tags: president, obama, bailout, the bush administration, financial, bailout funds, Barack Obama, 700 billion, Bush, democrats
Obama urges changes to bailout
Tarp :: Germany | 10 months ago
Credibility Mr Obama was referring to the Troubled Asset Relief Program set up last year to rescue reeling financial firms and free up the flow of credit. "There hasn't been enough oversight,'' Nr Obama said. "We found out this week in a report that we are not tracking...
Tags: obama, bailout, 700 billion, congress, Mr Obama, Barack Obama, Nr Obama, fed
Trump Entertainment wins 3 weeks' forbearance
New York :: NY :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc. had delayed paying a $53.1 million bond interest payment that was due Dec...The Atlantic City, N.J.-based company had hoped to reach a deal to restructure $1.25 billion in bond debt during that period. The holders of roughly...
Tags: billion, aid, 700 billion, government
CBS 4 Boston (WBZ): 'Curious' About Bailouts & Exec. Bonuses
New York City :: NY :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility It's been a couple of months since the $700 billion bailout was issued to rescue Wall Street, but now many are wondering how the money is really being spent. Alba is ' Curious ,' "Why do we keep hearing about the bank industry getting bail out money and...
Tags: wall street, bailout, 700 billion, bank, obama
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