calculatedrisk.blogspot.com - 11/17/2008
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The WSJ reports : GE says the government will guarantee new GE Capital debt (just headline now) From Bloomberg: Frank's Plan Gives GM, Ford, Chrysler $25 Billion General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC would get $25 billion in additional aid from the Treasury's financial-rescue ...
npr.org - 11/19/2008
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Morning Edition , November 19, 2008 CEOs from
GM, Ford and Chrysler appear Wednesday before the House
Financial Services Committee. Rep. Barney Frank, the committee's chairman, has drafted legislation extending the $700 billion rescue program to ...
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Rep. Frank Wants Bailout Shared With Automakers
redstate.com - 11/20/2008
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He Admits It May Run Into the Hundreds
of Billions NPR's Morning Edition featured a very interesting
interview with Chairman Barney Frank this morning. In it he asserted that the $25 billion that the Big 3 is now seeking is definitely not enough ...
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Barney Frank: Big 3 Will Need Lots More Money
www3.whdh.com - 11/15/2008
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RSS Feeds Barney nips another White House visitor
BOSTON -- President Bush's dog Barney has been less
than welcoming to another White House visitor. Boston Celtics public relations director Heather Walker said Friday that Barney bit her wrist and ...
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Barney nips another White House visitor
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Breaking News: Every Corporation In America Asks for Bailout
Corrente —
... not really, but it seems to be headed that way. Masters of capitalism, my ass. These folks are parasites. But you knew that already.
Via Calculated Risk, four insurance companies are seeking to buy thrifts so they will qualify for bailout money, Yes, that’s right, they have money to buy thrifts, but we still need to bail them out.
American Express is now a bank. At least for bailout purposes. Not for regulatory purposes, I’m sure.
The Government is insuring debt issued by GE to the tune of $139 billion.
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eschatonblog.com 11/13/2008 — We're all banks now. Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- General Electric Co. said the U.S. government agreed to insure as much as $139 billion in debt for lending arm GE Capital Corp., the second time in a month it has turned to a federal program designed to ...
Destroying From Within...
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 10/31/2008 — So many valuable ideas have been advanced in response to my initial post that it's hard to choose which to address. But I do want to say that Andrew Bacevich's whimsical suggestion of a Pentagon run by Barney Frank is not as far-fetched as it might ...
Frank Talk
mudvillegazette.com 10/27/2008 — Barney Frank on defense in a home state paper : In a meeting with the editorial board of The Standard-Times, Rep. Frank, D-Mass., also called for a 25 percent cut in military spending, saying the Pentagon has to start choosing from its many weapons ...
Frank is new target of McCain on the trail
boston.com 10/29/2008 — FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - Much of John McCain's stump speech is devoted to warning voters about the fiscal dangers that would accompany a Barack Obama presidency, but lately McCain has been picking on a lower-profile bogeyman to make his case.
Rep. Frank says bailout funds must be for lending
reuters.com 10/31/2008 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Companies receiving public money under a U.S. government financial rescue program must use it for lending or they will be violating the law, the powerful chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee ...
Video: Barney Frank wants more taxes
hotair.com 10/21/2008 — Suddenly, with Barack Obama pitching almost a trillion dollars in new spending, leading Democrats see nothing wrong with deficit spending. [...] Read the rest »
Frank predicts second auto bailout in March
thehill.com 12/8/2008 — Rep. Barney Frank said Monday that the incoming Obama administration will likely explore a second, long-term bailout of automakers next March while saying an agreement on the first is nearly complete. The chairman of the House Financial Services ...
Bart Debie and Frank Vanhecke
gatesofvienna.blogspot.com 11/1/2008 — I just received an email from Paul Belien of the Brussels Journal with an update about Bart Debie and the connection between Mr. Debie’s case and that of Frank Vanhecke. When you look at what has happened to these two men, a pattern emerges. These are ...
Bill Clinton could pose Cabinet problem —
CNN Political Ticker 11/17/2008
Bill Clinton's extensive global ties could cause conflict if Hillary Clinton is appointed as secretary of state.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former President Bill Clinton's international business dealings, global foundation and penchant for ...
Democrats to keep Lieberman in their ranks: aides —
Reuters: Politics 11/17/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bowing to the wishes of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, Senate Democrats seem ready to do what it takes to keep Sen. Joe Lieberman in their ranks despite his support for Republican John McCain in the 2008 White House race, ...
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