Entries tagged "Corzine"
If you are a betting man, then US News & World Report's The Home Front blog provides the odds of some of the oft-mentioned contenders for President-elect Barack Obama's treasury secretary. ...
As the glow of the post-election victory parties wears off, President-elect Barack Obama has little time to waste in picking members of his cabinet given the state of the economy. Reports continue to bubble up that banker-turned-politician Jon Corzine may be top on his list of staffers. ...
As the election nears, anticipation and speculation about a new treasury secretary, particularly in a Democratic administration, mounts. The prevailing assumption is that within days of the election, the victor, which looks like Barack Obama, will make a choice for Treasury; it would be a little shocking (and even reckless) if the choice hasn't already been made and vetted. This isn't an easy or simple choice. Nearly everyone out there with some expertise in finance also has some degree of culpability. That's certainly the case even with successful previous treasury chiefs under Democratic administrations. Robert Rubin gets to drag around...
U.S. Rep. Robert Andrews, D-N.J., is talking with Goldman Sachs about going to work for the firm and, who knows, maybe in January he'll report to 85 Broad Street -- assuming he doesn't change his mind and run for governor in 2009....
