Entries tagged "President Obama"

Krugman sees Obama's stimulus not enough

Paul Krugman offered up some uncharacteristically harsh words about President Obama in Friday's New York Times.

Genachowski confirmed for FCC

With the Senate confirming Julius Genachowski as chairman of the FCC, the former tech dealmaker is expected to be sworn in as early as Monday.

Obama's new Fed reaches uncharted waters

The new Federal Reserve has its pros and cons. Hopefully, the positives will prevent another financial calamity.

Obama's financial reform plan

Obama's financial reform plan calls for the creation of a council of financial services regulators, chaired by the Treasury but giving sweeping new powers to the Federal Reserve Board.

Doerr talks energy with Obama

John Doerr, partner at VC firm Kleiner Perkins, presented the lead agenda item at the first quarterly meeting of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board.

Obama's graduation speech disses Madoff

At the commencement of Arizona State University Tuesday, President Obama advised graduates to not live their lives like fraudster Bernie Madoff.

Chrysler's holdout hedge funds outed

The bankruptcy judge publicly releases the names of the holdout hedge funds despite their request for anonymity.

Who is to blame if Chrysler files?

The apportioning of blame for a Chrysler bankruptcy has already begun, and the first targets are the hedge funds.

President Obama picks Google, Microsoft execs

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) tech strategist Craig Mundie were named to the president's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

Obama town hall: legalizing pot won't grow economy

President Obama is having a high-tech week: Yesterday he met with Bill Gates and other technology leaders. Today he answered questions from thousands of Internet users.

Looking for bonus loopholes

Wall St. firms are looking for loopholes to expected federal compensation caps and bonus restrictions from TARP.

Getting out of the AIG bonuses

The blogosphere has come up with plenty of ways for Uncle Sam to put a stop to AIG's bonus bonanza.

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