Entries tagged "Lawrence Summers"
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid finally released the list of names to man what's come to be thought of as their new Pecora hearings into the causes of the financial crisis.
President-elect Barack Obama will unveil his economic team at a noon press conference in Chicago Monday as financial markets look for specifics about how he plans to stimulate the economy and create jobs. The exercise is expected to be a confidence builder for the financial markets. ...
As the last piles of confetti and ticker tape are swept up from election celebrations, political pundits are turning their attention to the makeup of the next administration, and an interesting dynamic may soon develop. ...
As expected, the economy took center stage during Tuesday's presidential debate when Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sen. Barack Obama faced off in a so-called "town hall" debate. Evidently the public, which submitted many of the questions moderator Tom Brokaw posed, was even interested in who will replace Hank Paulson as the next treasury secretary....
