marketnewslive.blogspot.com - 1/5/2009
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Wall Street began the first trading week of the year with worries about what the year will hold for corporate profits. Those concerns offset optimism that President-elect Barack Obama was planning to ask for $310 billion in tax cuts as part of a massive stimulus plan.
Worries about next year
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com 12/4/2008 — I've been ruminating over economic prospects for next year, and I'm getting scared.
Two points:
1. The economy is falling fast. We'll see what tomorrow's employment report says, but we could well be losing jobs at a rate of 450,000 or 500,000 a ...
Worries and Options
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 12/5/2008 — Paul Krugman notes that the economy is falling fast and it may be difficult to bring stimulus to bear all that rapidly:
Infrastructure spending will take time to get going — a new Goldman Sachs report suggests that projects that are “shovel-ready” ...
Governors Call for $1 Trillion Stimulus to Offset Budget Cuts
washingtonpost.com 1/6/2009 — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ...
Arab Street Worries: "The Jews Have Gone Crazy"
minx.cc 1/9/2009 — It's about time they started becoming nervous about our responses to their rage. Israel may have reached a deterrent moment in its war in Gaza against Iranian-backed Hamas. I spoke with a senior Arab diplomat last night. He told me...
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. military worries about climate change
washingtontimes.com 11/13/2008 — By: JaniceK When are we going to tell the developing world that they have to stop with this overpopulation. If they can't learn to stop breeding, I think it is in the interest of the world to let them die -- not overrun other countries. This is ...
John Yoo Worries About Presidential Presumption
reason.com 1/5/2009 — In a New York Times op-ed piece, John Bolton and John Yoo, former Bush administration officials not known for expressing concern about executive branch power grabs, urge Congress to demand that the president respect its constitutional ...
Obama transition team on track to meet money goal —
Reuters: Politics 1/5/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donors have contributed at least $3.8 million to help pay for U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's transition to power, according to figures released on Monday that show him on track to meet his fundraising goal before taking ...
Sources: Panetta is pick for CIA —
CNN Political Ticker 1/5/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Leon Panetta, chief of staff in Bill Clinton's White House, will be President-elect Barack Obama's choice to head the CIA, two Democratic officials told CNN Monday.
The same officials said that retired Adm. Dennis Blair, who ...
Richardson: "It was my idea to withdraw" —
First Read 1/5/2009
From NBC's Lauren Appelbaum After withdrawing as Obama's nominee for Commerce Secretary, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson insisted today he made the choice by himself and was not pressured by the transition team. "It was my idea to ...
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