Obama says will reverse Bush labor policies Reuters via Yahoo! News Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:49 AM PST President Barack Obama pledged on Friday to reverse labor policies from his Republican predecessor George W. Bush that unions have long contended favored employers over workers. | Obama to sign bill on analog shutdown delay AP via Yahoo! News Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:13 AM PST White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says President Barack Obama will sign a bill to give consumers more time to get ready for the switch from analog to digital television broadcasts. The switch under current law is set for Feb. 17. | Analysis: Obama calls Chinese leader amid strains AP via Yahoo! News Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:24 AM PST China recently surpassed Japan as the U.S. government's largest creditor. Any decision by Beijing to move its money would deal a dizzying new blow to an already tottering American economy. Yet relations between China and the new Obama administration are off to a rocky start. | Obama ally in Senate proposes salary cap bill Reuters via Yahoo! News Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:16 AM PST A Democratic senator closely allied with President Obama said Friday she was introducing legislation to cap compensation for employees of companies taking U.S. government aid during the economic downturn. | North Korea, trying to jolt Obama, warns South Reuters via Yahoo! News Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:18 AM PST North Korea said on Friday it was scrapping all accords with South Korea, a move the South's prime minister said could be timed to coincide with Barack Obama taking over as president. | Obama touts middle-class task force led by Biden USA Today Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:00 AM PST President Obama has announced a series of executive orders that he says should "level the playing field" for unions in struggles they have with management. | Obama calls China's Hu: White House Reuters via Yahoo! News Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:13 PM PST Chinese President Hu Jintao told President Barack Obama in a telephone call on Friday that he wanted to strengthen cooperation between the two countries to fight the global economic slowdown, China's Xinhua news agency said. | | |
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