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marketnewslive.blogspot.com - 1/30/2009
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President Obama blasted Wall Street bankers after a report that employees of financial companies in N.Y. collected nearly $18.5 billion in bonuses in 2008. As Chip Reid reports.
politico.com - 2/6/2009
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McCain criticizes the president for mocking the GOP
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McCain blasts Obama
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The president criticized bankers for giving themselves $18.4
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Obama Calls Wall Street Bonuses ‘Shameful’
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President Barack Obama believes the multibillion-dollar bonuses that
Wall Street banks awarded themselves for 2008 are "outrageous",...
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Thursday.
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Obama: big Wall Street bonuses 'outrageous'
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The Bonuses Could Still Be Stopped
openleft.com 1/30/2009 — Yesterday it was reported that Wall Street banks dished out $18.4 billion in bonuses during 2008. Today, President Obama and Senator Chris Dodd had some harsh words for those bonuses : Bonus round: Obama, Dodd hammer Wall Street over $18.4B largesse ...
openleft.com 1/30/2009 — Yesterday it was reported that Wall Street banks dished out $18.4 billion in bonuses during 2008. Today, President Obama and Senator Chris Dodd had some harsh words for those bonuses : Bonus round: Obama, Dodd hammer Wall Street over $18.4B largesse ...
Obama Calls Bonuses ‘Shameful’ as Dodd Vows to Reclaim Money
bloomberg.com 1/30/2009 — Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama fed a swelling populist revolt against Wall Street bonuses, calling it “shameful” that banks doled out $18.4 billion as taxpayers bail out companies and the U.S. remains mired in a recession. The bonuses ...
bloomberg.com 1/30/2009 — Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama fed a swelling populist revolt against Wall Street bonuses, calling it “shameful” that banks doled out $18.4 billion as taxpayers bail out companies and the U.S. remains mired in a recession. The bonuses ...
Shameful Meets Shameless
corner.nationalreview.com 1/31/2009 — Bloomberg: Obama Calls Bonuses 'Shameful' as Dodd Vows to Reclaim Money Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama fed a swelling populist revolt against Wall Street bonuses, calling it "shameful" that banks doled out $18.4 billion as ...
corner.nationalreview.com 1/31/2009 — Bloomberg: Obama Calls Bonuses 'Shameful' as Dodd Vows to Reclaim Money Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama fed a swelling populist revolt against Wall Street bonuses, calling it "shameful" that banks doled out $18.4 billion as ...
Merrill Paid Billions In Bonuses, As New Owner Sought More Bailout Dollars
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/26/2009 — It's got stiff competition, but Merrill Lynch may have just wrapped up the prize for the investment bank that best exemplifies Gordon Gekko's famed articulation of the Wall Street creed: "Greed is good ." The Financial Times reports (sub. req.) ...
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/26/2009 — It's got stiff competition, but Merrill Lynch may have just wrapped up the prize for the investment bank that best exemplifies Gordon Gekko's famed articulation of the Wall Street creed: "Greed is good ." The Financial Times reports (sub. req.) ...
What Red Ink? Wall Street Paid Hefty Bonuses
nytimes.com 1/29/2009 — Despite crippling losses in 2008, financial employees in New York collected an estimated $18.4 billion in bonuses for the year. >
nytimes.com 1/29/2009 — Despite crippling losses in 2008, financial employees in New York collected an estimated $18.4 billion in bonuses for the year. >
FT.com / US & Canada - Obama slams Wall Street over bonuses
ft.com 1/30/2009 — President Barack Obama lashed out on Thursday at “shameful” Wall Street executives for claiming billions of dollars in bonuses while their stricken institutions asked taxpayers for support. Mr Obama was responding to a report showing that financial ...
ft.com 1/30/2009 — President Barack Obama lashed out on Thursday at “shameful” Wall Street executives for claiming billions of dollars in bonuses while their stricken institutions asked taxpayers for support. Mr Obama was responding to a report showing that financial ...
Malefactors of Great Wealth
swampland.blogs.time.com 1/30/2009 — The President of the United States, this afternoon, on Wall Street bonuses: One point I want to make is that all of us are going to have responsibilities to get this economy moving again. And when I saw an article today indicating that Wall ...
swampland.blogs.time.com 1/30/2009 — The President of the United States, this afternoon, on Wall Street bonuses: One point I want to make is that all of us are going to have responsibilities to get this economy moving again. And when I saw an article today indicating that Wall ...
Giuliani: Corporate plums help keep NYC afloat
cnn.com 1/30/2009 — Rudy Giuliani says that when he was mayor, he gauged the New York City budget by Wall Street bonuses.
cnn.com 1/30/2009 — Rudy Giuliani says that when he was mayor, he gauged the New York City budget by Wall Street bonuses.
McCaskill: I've Had Enough of Wall Street 'Yahoos'
briefingroom.thehill.com 1/30/2009 — Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) is mad as hell about bonuses for Wall Street executives, and she's not going to take it anymore — according to her Twitter page. "Ok. I'm mad about these yahoos on Wall Street taking bonuses and trying to buy fancy jets on the taypayers dime," McCaskill wrote ...
briefingroom.thehill.com 1/30/2009 — Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) is mad as hell about bonuses for Wall Street executives, and she's not going to take it anymore — according to her Twitter page. "Ok. I'm mad about these yahoos on Wall Street taking bonuses and trying to buy fancy jets on the taypayers dime," McCaskill wrote ...
Angry senator wants pay cap on Wall Street 'idiots'
cnn.com 1/30/2009 — "You can't use taxpayer money to pay out $18 billion in bonuses," an angry Sen. Claire McCaskill says.
cnn.com 1/30/2009 — "You can't use taxpayer money to pay out $18 billion in bonuses," an angry Sen. Claire McCaskill says.
The Always Stimulating Rudy Giuliani
1115.org 1/30/2009 — this morning provided his unique insight into Wall Street’s $18 million in bonuses that President Obama had slammed as irresponsible . According to Rudy, stimulus packages don’t necessarily have to be government financed. The Wall Street bonuses ...
1115.org 1/30/2009 — this morning provided his unique insight into Wall Street’s $18 million in bonuses that President Obama had slammed as irresponsible . According to Rudy, stimulus packages don’t necessarily have to be government financed. The Wall Street bonuses ...
The Associated Press: Obama calls $18B in Wall St. bonuses 'shameful'
google.com 1/31/2009 — Obama calls $18B in Wall St. bonuses 'shameful' By BEN FELLER 1 day ago WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama issued a withering critique Thursday of Wall Street corporate behavior, calling it "the height of irresponsibility" for employees to be ...
google.com 1/31/2009 — Obama calls $18B in Wall St. bonuses 'shameful' By BEN FELLER 1 day ago WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama issued a withering critique Thursday of Wall Street corporate behavior, calling it "the height of irresponsibility" for employees to be ...
It’s Theirs and They’re Not Apologizing
nytimes.com 1/31/2009 — Despite the president’s scolding and the media’s outrage regarding Wall Street bonuses, many moneymakers downtown said they had earned the extra compensation. >
nytimes.com 1/31/2009 — Despite the president’s scolding and the media’s outrage regarding Wall Street bonuses, many moneymakers downtown said they had earned the extra compensation. >
Axelrod: Geithner eyeing Wall St. bonuses
swamppolitics.com 1/31/2009 — by Mark Silva The White House - and that means the president - clearly is angered by news that Wall Street has paid out billions of dollars in bonuses while collecting billions of dollars of federal money in a bailout of failing financial ...
swamppolitics.com 1/31/2009 — by Mark Silva The White House - and that means the president - clearly is angered by news that Wall Street has paid out billions of dollars in bonuses while collecting billions of dollars of federal money in a bailout of failing financial ...
PRESIDENT OBAMA SPEAKS OUT AGAINST WALL STREET EXECUTIVES' BONUSES - New York Post
nypost.com 1/30/2009 — By CHARLES HURT in Washington and ANDY SOLTIS in New York Last updated: 9:11 am January 30, 2009 Posted: 1:39 am January 30, 2009 President Obama delivered a blistering message to Wall Street yesterday, blasting the big-bucks bonuses doled out to ...
nypost.com 1/30/2009 — By CHARLES HURT in Washington and ANDY SOLTIS in New York Last updated: 9:11 am January 30, 2009 Posted: 1:39 am January 30, 2009 President Obama delivered a blistering message to Wall Street yesterday, blasting the big-bucks bonuses doled out to ...
More on the Bonuses
mahablog.com 2/1/2009 — Alan Feuer and Karen Zraick write in the New York Times that Wall Street isn’t apologizing for outlandish bonuses . “People come here because they want to work hard and get paid a lot for working hard,” one investment banker said Friday as he ...
mahablog.com 2/1/2009 — Alan Feuer and Karen Zraick write in the New York Times that Wall Street isn’t apologizing for outlandish bonuses . “People come here because they want to work hard and get paid a lot for working hard,” one investment banker said Friday as he ...
B.A.D. Hoglets - Left Coast Edition
newshoggers.com 2/1/2009 — By Ron Beasley Does criticizing Wall Street Bonuses make you a socialist? That's the question my old blogging partner Chuck ponders in Bonuses and Socialism . Phil Hanson explains why marijuana should be legal - it's good medicine . Of ...
newshoggers.com 2/1/2009 — By Ron Beasley Does criticizing Wall Street Bonuses make you a socialist? That's the question my old blogging partner Chuck ponders in Bonuses and Socialism . Phil Hanson explains why marijuana should be legal - it's good medicine . Of ...
Obama talks tough with Wall St., but what about his Cabinet?
boston.com 2/3/2009 — WASHINGTON - Last Thursday brought a bracing reminder of what a breath of fresh air Barack Obama can be. After news reports tallied up $18.4 billion in bonuses paid out to American financial executives last year - one in which Wall Street dragged down ...
boston.com 2/3/2009 — WASHINGTON - Last Thursday brought a bracing reminder of what a breath of fresh air Barack Obama can be. After news reports tallied up $18.4 billion in bonuses paid out to American financial executives last year - one in which Wall Street dragged down ...
Shameful
whitehouse.gov 1/30/2009 — President Obama today said it was "the height of irresponsibility" for financial corporations to have doled out $18 billion in bonuses to their employees in a year when many banks shed jobs and turned to the government for funds.
whitehouse.gov 1/30/2009 — President Obama today said it was "the height of irresponsibility" for financial corporations to have doled out $18 billion in bonuses to their employees in a year when many banks shed jobs and turned to the government for funds.
The Bonuses Can Still Be Stopped — Open Left - Front Page
Yesterday it was reported that Wall Street banks dished out $18.4 billion in bonuses during 2008. Today, President Obama and Senator Chris Dodd had some harsh words for those bonuses :
Bonus round: Obama, Dodd hammer Wall Street over $18.4B largesse
Following the report that Wall Street ...
Wall Street: Give us our bonuses, you socialists! — Daily Kos
On Wall Street these days, being denied bonuses when you've lost money for your clients and shareholders (now taxpayers, of course) is ... socialism : "I think President Obama painted everyone with a broad stroke," said Brian McCaffrey, 55, a Wall Street lawyer who was on his way to see a ...
WHILE POLITICIANS COMPLAIN ABOUT WALL STREET BONUSES, WHAT ABOUT THIS? Hidden Bonuses Enrich U.S. G… — Instapundit
WHILE POLITICIANS COMPLAIN ABOUT WALL STREET BONUSES, WHAT ABOUT THIS? Hidden Bonuses Enrich U.S. Government Contractors.
U.S. Senator Kit Bond shifted in his chair at a 2005 congressional hearing, poised with a question on national security. He turned to Treasury Secretary John Snow, who ...
Obama Slams Wall Street Bonuses — The Democratic Daily
If you haven’t seen this yet, it is so worth a watch:
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Was Obama's Criticism Of 2008 Wall Street Bonuses Justified? — Bitter Analysis
On Thursday, January 29, news outlets reported that President Obama had called the bonuses that some Wall Street financial firm executives received for their 2008 performances "shameful" and the "height of irresponsibility". The bonuses totaled $18.4 billion. His concern was that those firms ...
Obama slams "outrageous" Wall Street bonuses — Crooks and Liars
Download | Play Download | Play President Obama (never get sick of typing that) has some strong words for the Wall Street companies who, per the New York Times' reporting, rewarded their incompetence with a whopping $18.4 billion in bonuses last year. AP: "Outrageous." That's ...
Stimulus By Bonus — Talking Points Memo
According to Rudy Giuliani , it's shortsighted not to let state-supported Wall Street firms give out massive bonuses since those bonuses help float the economy through all the luxury goods and services the Wall Street sharpies buy. (And believe me, I've got no beef with Wall Street sharpies. A ...
Giuliani Defends Wall Street Bonuses While Slamming Tax Cuts For The Poor — Think Progress
Yesterday, reacting to a New York State Comptroller report showing that Wall Street banks doled out $18.4 billion in bonuses in 2008, President Obama denounced the practice as “shameful.” “ That is the height of irresponsibility . It is shameful, and part of what we’re ...
Is Obama playing chess with bankers, too? — Comments from Left Field
And who’s winning?
Let’s get straight to the point : instead of using TARP/bailout money to make loans and get the economy humming again,
Banks are reportedly hoarding money to beef up their balance sheets, using TARP funds to pay out dividends and bonuses, or buying up smaller, ...
In Times of Trouble, Wall Street Prepared To Make Hard Bonuses — Opinions You Should Have
Wall street execs responded today to President Obama's angry denunciation of their recent round of bonuses, saying that they were ready to knuckle down and make some real bonuses, endure true bonuses, and even brave possible bonuses in order to help their companies and the country find its way ...
Obama Calls Wall Street Bonuses Shameful — Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
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WASHINGTON President Obama fired a warning shot at Wall Street on Thursday, branding bankers shameful for giving themselves $18.4 billion in bonuses as the economy was spinning out of control and the government was spending billions to bail out many of the nation's most ...
Obama Blasts ‘Shameful’ Bonuses — Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
The president is famous for his even disposition, but he appears to be flat out pissed at the news that Wall Street bankers showered themselves with bonuses while driving the economy into a ditch. READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries
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Obama: Wall Street Bonuses Irresponsible and Shameful — The Latest on Air America
President Barack Obama called employees of Wall Street 18.4 billion bonuses "shameful."
Obama to Wall Street: Those bonuses are 'shameful' — Top of the Ticket
President Obama was outraged by a story in the Wall Street Journal this morning that Wall Street employees collected $18.4 billion in bonuses for 2008, the sixth-largest total on record. So when he met with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in the Oval Office this afternoon, he called ...
Chris Dodd Looks To Revoke Billions In Wall Street Bonuses — Pat Dollard | Young Americans
Fox News: The chairman of the Senate banking committee claimed Thursday that he would “look at every possible legal means” to recover billions in bonuses to Wall Street executives, after President Obama called the bonuses plain “outrageous.”
The president reacted ...
Dodd Slams Wall St. Bonuses, Warns Firms — The Caucus
Fallout from the report of $18.4 billion in bonuses to Wall Street employees rolls from one end of Pennsylvania Avenue to the other.
Obama: $18B In Wall Street Bonuses "Outrageous" — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
WASHINGTON — "Outrageous."
That's President Barack Obama's one-word reaction to a report that Wall Street employees got more than $18 billion in bonuses last year.
Obama will have more to say about the payments after an Oval Office meeting later Thursday with his new treasury ...
Obama: $18B In Wall Street Bonuses "Outrageous" — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
President Barack Obama responded Thursday to a front page story in the New York Times which reported that Wall Street handed out $18.4 billion in bonuses for the year, calling the payments "outrageous."
From the AP:
President Barack Obama said Thursday it was "outrageous" that Wall Street ...
Obama: Wall Street Bonuses "Outrageous" — TPMMuckraker
President Obama has weighed in on the controversy over Wall Street bonuses.
Obama this morning called the bonuses "outrageous", according to White House Robert Gibbs, speaking at a press briefing moments ago.
A report released by the New York State comptroller's office and written up ...
Claw Back The Bonuses — TPMCafe
The New York Times revealed this morning that Wall Street Paid out over $18.4 Billion in bonuses for last year's great work by their executives.
That was the sixth-largest haul on record, according to a report released Wednesday by the New York State comptroller. While the payouts paled next ...
Angry senator wants pay cap on Wall Street 'idiots' — CNN.com - Politics
One day after President Barack Obama ripped Wall Street executives for their "shameful" decision to hand out $18 billion in bonuses in 2008, Congress may finally have had enough.
One day after President Barack Obama ripped Wall Street executives for their "shameful" decision to hand out $18 billion in bonuses in 2008, Congress may finally have had enough.
White House, Senate take aim at Wall Street bonuses — Reuters: Politics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington moved to crack down on Wall Street bonuses on Friday as a Democratic senator proposed capping employee salaries at companies receiving government aid and the White House pledged action from President Barack Obama as ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington moved to crack down on Wall Street bonuses on Friday as a Democratic senator proposed capping employee salaries at companies receiving government aid and the White House pledged action from President Barack Obama as ...
McCaskill unloads on Wall St. 'idiots' — First Read
From NBC's Ken Strickland President Obama may have called it "shameful," but Sen. Claire McCaskill took to the Senate floor and unloaded on the corporate execs getting billions in bonuses funded by taxpayer dollars: "We have a bunch of idiots ...
From NBC's Ken Strickland President Obama may have called it "shameful," but Sen. Claire McCaskill took to the Senate floor and unloaded on the corporate execs getting billions in bonuses funded by taxpayer dollars: "We have a bunch of idiots ...
Obama Calls Wall Street Bonuses ‘Shameful’ — NYT > Politics
The president criticized bankers for giving themselves $18.4 billion in bonuses as the government was rescuing firms. >
The president criticized bankers for giving themselves $18.4 billion in bonuses as the government was rescuing firms. >
First 100 days: Obama vs. Wall Street — First Read
The New York Times says Obama “branded Wall Street bankers ‘shameful’ on Thursday for giving themselves nearly $20 billion in bonuses as the economy was deteriorating and the government was spending billions to bail out some of the nation’s most ...
The New York Times says Obama “branded Wall Street bankers ‘shameful’ on Thursday for giving themselves nearly $20 billion in bonuses as the economy was deteriorating and the government was spending billions to bail out some of the nation’s most ...
Obama slams Wall Street for rich executive bonuses
(AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - President Barack Obama, who has ordered a pay freeze on six-figure White House aides, wants to talk to Wall Street executives about a report indicating payments of over $18 billion in bonuses as the economy was in virtual free fall.
AP - President Barack Obama, who has ordered a pay freeze on six-figure White House aides, wants to talk to Wall Street executives about a report indicating payments of over $18 billion in bonuses as the economy was in virtual free fall.
POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Friday Jan. 30th, 2009 — CNN Political Ticker
CNN: Illinois senators vote to oust Blagojevich from office The Illinois Senate on Thursday voted unanimously to remove impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich from office. CNN: Obama blasts bonuses for struggling Wall Street President Barack Obama called the ...
CNN: Illinois senators vote to oust Blagojevich from office The Illinois Senate on Thursday voted unanimously to remove impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich from office. CNN: Obama blasts bonuses for struggling Wall Street President Barack Obama called the ...
Sharp words from Obama over Wall Street bonuses — L.A. Times - Politics
A report finds that executives approved $18.4 billion in bonuses last year. The president says that's 'the height of irresponsibility' when the companies are receiving bailouts. > ...
A report finds that executives approved $18.4 billion in bonuses last year. The president says that's 'the height of irresponsibility' when the companies are receiving bailouts. > ...
Obama Calls Wall Street Bonuses ‘Shameful’ — NYT > Politics
The president criticized bankers for giving themselves $18.4 billion in bonuses as the economy was spinning out of control and the government was rescuing financial firms. >
The president criticized bankers for giving themselves $18.4 billion in bonuses as the economy was spinning out of control and the government was rescuing financial firms. >
Obama scolds Wall Street executives over bonuses — Reuters: Politics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday chastised Wall Street executives for taking big bonuses at a time when the financial system is on the verge of collapse.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday chastised Wall Street executives for taking big bonuses at a time when the financial system is on the verge of collapse.
Obama rooting for Steelers in Super Bowl
(AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - President Barack Obama said he's pulling for the Pittsburgh Steelers over the Arizona Cardinals in football's biggest game on Sunday and he did so with a politician's touch.
AP - President Barack Obama said he's pulling for the Pittsburgh Steelers over the Arizona Cardinals in football's biggest game on Sunday and he did so with a politician's touch.
Obama blasts bonuses for struggling Wall Street — CNN Political Ticker
WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Barack Obama called the prospect that some of the $700 billion Wall Street bailout could end up paying for bonuses to managers of struggling financial institutions "shameful" Thursday. Watch: Pres. Obama takes Wall ...
WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Barack Obama called the prospect that some of the $700 billion Wall Street bailout could end up paying for bonuses to managers of struggling financial institutions "shameful" Thursday. Watch: Pres. Obama takes Wall ...
