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Obama names Richardson as Commerce Secretary

CHICAGO, Dec. 3, 2008 (Reuters) — President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday named New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a former rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, as Commerce Secretary. ...  > full story

Clinton for a Clinton? Senate guessing game begins

NEW YORK, Dec. 3, 2008 (Reuters) — New York Gov. David Paterson has famous names to choose from in picking a replacement for Sen. Hillary Clinton, including a Kennedy, a Cuomo and even another Clinton, as in the former president of the United States. ...  > full story

Bill Clinton agrees to release donors' names

NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Former President Bill Clinton has agreed to make public the names of more than 200,000 donors to his foundation as part of a deal with President-elect Barack Obama to clear the way for Sen. Hillary Clinton to become secretary of state, The New York Times reported on Sunday. ...  > full story

Search warrants show FBI suspicion in anthrax case

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.S. Army scientist who was wrongly targeted in the FBI's anthrax investigation attracted suspicion because of his knowledge of the deadly toxin, according to recently released court records. ...  > full story

Bush grants pardons to 14, but no big names

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25, 2008 (Reuters) — President George W. Bush on Monday granted 14 pardons and commuted two sentences but there were no high-profile names on a list released by the Justice Department. ...  > full story

Citigroup gets massive government bailout

NEW YORK, Nov. 24, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.S. rescued Citigroup Inc, agreeing to shoulder most losses on about $306 billion of the bank's risky assets, and inject new capital, bolstering investor hopes that the government will support big banks as the economy sinks into recession. ...  > full story

Obama says drafting bold economic stimulus

CHICAGO, Nov. 22, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. President-elect Barack Obama said on Saturday that he was crafting an aggressive, two-year stimulus plan to revive the troubled economy, warning that swift action was needed to prevent a deep slump and a spiral of falling prices. ...  > full story

Two Broadway shows join growing list of casualties

NEW YORK, Nov. 22, 2008 (Reuters) — Two more Broadway shows fell by the wayside this week but the head of an industry trade association said it was part of natural selection in a tough business rather than the result of the economic crisis. ...  > full story

Obama may consider Summers as Fed chief: Democrat

CHICAGO, Nov. 21, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. President-elect Barack Obama may consider Lawrence Summers as a successor to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, whose term expires in January 2010, a Democratic source told Reuters on Friday. ...  > full story

Obama eyes Summers as adviser, could go to Fed: report

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2008 (Reuters) — President-elect Barack Obama is likely to name former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers as an economic adviser with the expectation that he will eventually be tapped for the Federal Reserve Board, The New York Times reported on Friday. ...  > full story
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