washingtonpost.com - 2/10/2009
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Geithner Vows Bold Action But Offers Scant Details On Mortgages, Toxic Assets Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, February 11, 2009; Page A01
nytimes.com - 2/10/2009
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nytimes.com —
The new rescue plan, to be outlined Monday,
would inject billions of dollars in fresh capital into...
banks and entice investors to buy their most troubled assets. >
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New Plan to Help Banks Sell Bad Assets
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com - 2/12/2009
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Everyone is saying the problem (the Wall Street
sell-off) with the Geithner announcement was that it wasn't...
specific enough. Nonsense. What freaked out Wall Street was Geithner's "stress test" . Unlike Paulson, Geithner is unwilling to give a ...
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Geithner Lays Out New Financial System Rescue Plan, Taxpayer Return Still Unclear
Wonk Room —
... to withstand the deepening pressure brought on by the weakening economy,” Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner unveiled a restructured plan to aid the ailing financial system today: ...
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The Agitator —
... Geithner plans to put taxpayers on the hook for another $1.5 trillion in bank bailout money. Remember when a government official proposing to give $1.5 trillion in guaranteed loans to a select group of companies would have been shocking? ...
Who's in the Tank?
Weekly Standard Blog —
A survey of the morning headlines:
Washington Times - Obama Bank Plan Skids on Wall Street
Washington Post - Wall Street Slams Plan with Sell-Off
Wall Street Journal - Market Pans Bank Rescue Plan
New York Times - Bailout Plan: $2.5 Trillion and a Strong U.S. Hand
You can always count on the Times to print stories that the other papers won't.
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First Read 2/10/2009
From NBC's Mike ViqueiraHouse and Senate leaders are hoping to have the stimulus conference report settled within 24 hours, according to several House Democratic aides.
The points of negotiation, in their view, are as follows:-- The $15,000 homebuyer ...
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An influential conservative political action committee is pledging to support primary challenges to any Republican senator who backs the economic stimulus package -- the latest public show of dissatisfaction from the right over the massive measure ...