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Progressive Breakfast: Gagging on AIG
AIG Bonuses Spark Outrage, Frustration LA Times reports on conversation between Treasury and AIG chiefs: In his initial call to Liddy, Geithner asked the AIG boss to renegotiate the bonuses, according to an Obama administration official who was not authorized to...
Progressive Breakfast: Transformational Budget
Ready For Resistance WH signals it's ready to fight obstructionists for critical needs. W. Post: Obama will face increasing partisan opposition to major elements of his plan, even as he attempts to change the tone of political debate in Washington. But he may run into...
Progressive Breakfast: Stress Tests Today After PR Rollout
Stress Test Results Today After PR Rollout "In an interview on Wednesday night with Charlie Rose, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner struck an optimistic tone, saying that none of the 19 banks that experienced government stress tests are insolvent, but he was cautious...
Progressive Breakfast: Stress Tests Today After PR Rollout
Stress Test Results Today After PR Rollout "In an interview on Wednesday night with Charlie Rose, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner struck an optimistic tone, saying that none of the 19 banks that experienced government stress tests are insolvent, but he was cautious...
Progressive Breakfast: Stress Tests Today After PR Rollout
Stress Test Results Today After PR Rollout "In an interview on Wednesday night with Charlie Rose, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner struck an optimistic tone, saying that none of the 19 banks that experienced government stress tests are insolvent, but he was cautious...
Progressive Breakfast: Chrysler-UAW Deal
Chrysler-UAW Deal NYT: "Union leaders said Sunday that they had reached an agreement with Chrysler that meets federal requirements for the automaker to receive more financing. The deal includes Fiat … Neither the United Automobile Workers union nor the company...
Progressive Breakfast: Chrysler-UAW Deal
Chrysler-UAW Deal NYT: "Union leaders said Sunday that they had reached an agreement with Chrysler that meets federal requirements for the automaker to receive more financing. The deal includes Fiat … Neither the United Automobile Workers union nor the company...
Progressive Breakfast: Congress Back To Work
Congress Back To Work CQ on congressional schedule for clean energy and health care: "House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry A. Waxman, D-Calif., has said he expects to complete work on a climate-change bill, which will probably include a controversial cap-and-trade...
Progressive Breakfast: Stress Surrounds Stress Tests
Stress Surrounds Stress Tests "The Federal Reserve and other regulators aim to release the results of stress tests on 19 of the biggest U.S. banks on May 4," reports Bloomberg. "The tests are designed to mesh with the administration’s effort to remove distressed...
Progressive Breakfast: Stress Surrounds Stress Tests
Stress Surrounds Stress Tests "The Federal Reserve and other regulators aim to release the results of stress tests on 19 of the biggest U.S. banks on May 4," reports Bloomberg. "The tests are designed to mesh with the administration’s effort to remove distressed...
