ritholtz.com - 12/20/2008
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Stimulus competition grows as companies vie for funds; Caterpillar wants piece of highway projects; GE is pushing to build an electric ’smart grid’; Daimler AG hopes to build new buses for mass transit systems; Obama promises huge infrastructure investment
December 18, 2008 ...
reuters.com - 12/15/2008
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reuters.com —
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama's team
is considering a plan to boost the recession-hit U.S....
economy that could be far larger than previous estimates and might reach $1 trillion over two years, the Wall Street Journal reported on ...
(more)
Obama stimulus could reach $1 trillion: report
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