Treasury's Geithner takes heat at hearing on financial reform plan Baltimore Sun Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:13 PM PDT Some senators criticize a plan that would give the Federal Reserve more power to police large companies. The president's proposal also would strip the Fed of other responsibilities. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner today began the tough sales job on Capitol Hill for the Obama administration's sweeping overhaul of financial regulations, facing sharp criticism at a Senate hearing for one key ... | Johanns critical of U.S. ownership stake in GM Grand Island Independent Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:12 PM PDT Linking President Barack Obama to Venezuelaâs Hugo Chavez and Cubaâs Fidel Castro, Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., criticized Obamaâs plan to ânationalize General Motors.â | House puts new conditions on Guantanamo closing The Washington DC Examiner Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:07 PM PDT The House of Representatives used its first regular spending bill for 2010 on Thursday to notify the Obama administration that it will not go along with the current plan by President Barack Obama to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. | Penguins coach gets call from Obama WFMJ Youngstown Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:07 PM PDT PITTSBURGH (AP) - Pittsburgh Penguins coach Dan Bylsma (BIHLZ'-muh) says it was a thrill to get a call from President Barack Obama congratulating him on his team's Stanley Cup championship. | Obama says Democrats are tireless, need to do more San Francisco Chronicle Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:05 PM PDT President Barack Obama says Democrats in Congress have worked tirelessly for the last five months to put the country back on the right path but that more needs to be done. Obama on Thursday told supporters at a fundraiser that Democrats have been dealt a... | Bank industry girds for fight over consumer agency Colorado Springs Gazette Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:59 PM PDT NEW YORK - Of all the financial regulatory changes the Obama administration has proposed, one stands tallest as a threat to bank industry profits: the creation of an agency to protect consumers from risky products. | IBM exec picked to head patent office EETimes Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:57 PM PDT Early reactions support President Barack Obama's choice of David Kappos, the assistant general counsel for intellectual property law at IBM Corp., as the new head of the U.S. patent office at a time when a three-year drive for patent reform is currently being hotly debated and the patent office is swamped by a historic backlog of applications. | | |
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