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Published 11/17/2008 at WSJ.com: Washington Wire

As President-elect Barack Obama prepares to take office, The Wall Street Journal is convening about 100 top CEOs and influential policy-makers to discuss what the new administration’s priorities should be. Heavyweights expected at the Journal’s CEO Council, held in Washington, D.C., Monday evening and Tuesday, include: Rahm Emanuel , Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and his predecessors Lawrence Summers and Robert Rubin ; Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein ; Google CEO Eric Schmidt ; Carlos Ghosn , CEO of Nissan; Intel CEO Paul Otellini ; and FedEx CEO Frederick Smith , among many others. A list of participants can be viewed here . Throughout the conference, Journal reporters will be interviewing CEOs about their economic outlook and other topics. See the CEO Council blog for full coverage of the CEO Council. (link)

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