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Obama Near to Naming a Car Czar, and Some Say It’s Steven Rattner

 
Mr. Rattner co-founded a private equity firm, the Quadrangle Group, and manages the blind trust of his longtime friend Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. > (link)

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