time.com - 10/24/2009
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The $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that Congress approved last February was the first major legislative accomplishment of the Obama White House. Lately, it has also become one of Washington's most frequently tossed political footballs. Here's the play-by-play from a few days ...
google.com - 10/29/2009
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google.com —
1 day ago WASHINGTON An early progress report
on President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan overstates by...
thousands the number of jobs created or saved through the stimulus program, a mistake that White House officials promise will be corrected ...
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The Associated Press: Stimulus jobs overstated by thousands
foxnews.com - 10/20/2009
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foxnews.com —
The White House is calling on other news
organizations to isolate and alienate Fox News as it...
sends out top advisers to rail against the cable channel as a Republican Party mouthpiece. Top political strategists question the decision by the Obama ...
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White House Urges Other Networks to Disregard Fox News - ...
time.com - 10/20/2009
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time.com —
The Obama Administration and congressional Democrats are planning
additional piecemeal benefit extensions, tax breaks and other spending...
that could eventually add up to as much as $100 billion. Just don't call it a stimulus
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Is the White House Planning a Second Stimulus Payout?
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Economist's View —
... Getting ahead of ourselves - Peter Browne
Is the Stimulus Helping? - Justin Fox
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J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles —
... Is the Stimulus Helping? - TIME - Flash Player Installation
Economist's View: "The Death-Defying Dollar"
Paul Krugman: ...
Sunday links: your own time horizon
Abnormal Returns —
... to question why they should have to be on the hook if Goldman suddenly runs into serious trouble.” (NYTimes also Big Picture)
John C. Ogg, “The fate of Fannie and Freddie as far as the common and preferred shares go depends almost entirely upon the political situation in Washington …” (24/7 Wall St.)
Is the stimulus working? (Time also Atlantic Business)
Taking a look at the ...
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