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openleft.com - 3/30/2009
Why Not Bank CEOs?
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The Associated Press reports that "General Motors Corp. Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner will step down immediately at the request of the White House, U.S. administration officials said Sunday." I'm not sure that's a good or bad thing, but I am curious about why the White House would make such a ...
politico.com - 4/3/2009
Inside Obama's bank CEOs meeting
— politico.com — Obama tells the CEOs that his administration “is the only thing between you and the pitchforks.”... (more) Inside Obama's bank CEOs meeting

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Inside the Obama Bank CEOs meeting (Politico)
news.yahoo.com - 4/4/2009
Inside the Obama Bank CEOs meeting (Politico)
— news.yahoo.com — Politico - The bankers struggled to make themselves clear to the president of the United States.... (more) Inside the Obama Bank CEOs meeting (Politico)

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huffingtonpost.com - 3/31/2009
David Sirota: Why Not Bank CEOs?
— huffingtonpost.com — The Associated Press reports that "General Motors Corp. Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner will step down immediately... at the request of the White House, U.S. administration officials said Sunday." I'm not sure that's a good or bad thing, but I ... (more) David Sirota: Why Not Bank CEOs?

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The Republic of T.:  Digest for March 27th through March 30th

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Digest for March 27th through March 30th
The Republic of T. — Here are some of the people writing about some of the stuff I wish I had time to write about, for March 27th through March 30th: Michele Bachmann = Treason Against the United States - Sick Around America: Half-Assed Health Insurance Doesn’t Work - Why Not Bank CEOs? - Op-Ed Contributor: Feeling Too Down to Rise Up - That’s No Angry Mob, It’s a Movement - 6 Important Real World Skills You Learned From Videogames - South Carolina Unemployment Surges to 11 ...

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