wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 2/12/2009
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Testifying before the Senate Budget Committee yesterday, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner laid out the five facets of his revamped financial rescue plan . One of the less expected decisions by Geithner is the creation of a Public-Private Investment Fund that’s meant to deal with the ...
redstate.com - 2/12/2009
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redstate.com —
FEBRUARY 12, 2009 1. Fairness Doctrine on Steroids
is On the Way The evidence is mounting day
by day that the left is getting ready to use the new power they have in the Obama Administration and Congress to reinstate something similar ...
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Morning Briefing for February 12, 2009
thedailybeast.com - 2/12/2009
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thedailybeast.com —
Despite the downward economic spiral, there is no
clear plan to pull us out. Dan Rather on
why he s finally getting angry about it. In this week of seismic economic news, I had the opportunity to talk to one of the very few people who seems to have a ...
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Where's The Outrage?
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Maybe Geithner Knows What He’s Doing
Matthew Yglesias —
... Pat Garofalo explains how the administration plan for a public-private partnership might actually work to clear up the financial system. ...
Hedge Funds Could Get a Pass on New Executive Pay Rules
TPM Election Central —
... It's understandable that the executive-pay caps' applicability to hedge funds would be uncertain -- after all, their involvement in Treasury chief Tim Geithner's new public-private fund has yet to be fully determined. But Geithner has ...
If Not Nationalization, Then What?
Think Progress —
... But if not nationalization, then what? Geithner’s public-private investment fund may get toxic assets off the banks’ books, but nationalization is a more straightforward process, and doesn’t depend on Wall St. being ...
New Poll Reveals 56 Percent Of Americans Favor Bank Nationalization
Think Progress —
... As Pat Garofalo explains on The Wonk Room, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s “public-private investment” rescue plan appears to be operating on ...
New Poll Reveals 56 Percent Of Americans Favor Bank Nationalization
The Hollywood Liberal —
... rather than a comprehensive manner. As Pat Garofalo explains on The Wonk Room, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s “ public-private investment ” rescue plan appears to be operating on ...
New Poll Reveals 56 Percent Of Americans Favor Bank Nationalization
The Hollywood Liberal —
... rather than a comprehensive manner. As Pat Garofalo explains on The Wonk Room, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s “ public-private investment ” rescue plan appears to be operating on ...
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Jonathan Weisman reports on the White House.
In the White House press office, aides gathered to watch Sen. Judd Gregg ’s announcement that he was withdrawing as President Barack Obama ’s commerce secretary nominee.
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