cbsnews.com - 3/21/2009
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President Obama tells 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft New York's Wall Streeters need to get out of town to realize populist anger in his longest interview since assuming office. Sunday, March 22, 7 p.m. ET/PT.
It’s Not Easy Being Nice to Bad Neighbors (AIG) —
EconomistMom.com
In President Obama’s 60 Minutes interview with Steve Kroft, he tried to explain why the AIG bonus scandal needs to lead to a better relationship between Wall Street and Main Street:
“You’ve got a piece of legislation that could affect tens of thousands of people. Some ...
Obama on 60 Mins: “There is” limit to U.S. borrowing —
Rolfe Winkler
Kudos to Steve Kroft for asking the most important question: “is there some limit to the amount of money we can spend or print trying to solve this crisis? And are we getting close to it?” This is the question “stimulus” proponents always avoid.
President ...
Autos Gallows Humor, From the Top —
DealBook
The March 31 deadline for a decision on the restructuring of General Motors is looming. The car maker's bondholders are balking at the company's plan.
But according to President Obama on "60 Minutes" Sunday night, what's one to do but laugh?
Jalopnik has the clip, in which Mr. Obama gives Steve ...
Cramer on BloggingStocks: Obama gets it —
BloggingStocks
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Coming Week: Watching Washington
Obama May Reject House Bonus Tax Plan
TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says in his '60 Minutes' interview, the president shows he's way ahead of Congress on the bonus issue. President Obama, on CBS' 60 Minutes , ...
A Test of Wills —
GoldSeek.com
Last weekend, Ben Bernanke took an unprecedented gamble for a sitting Fed Chairman: he granted a long-form interview to 60 Minutes, America's most watched news program. There can be no doubt that the interview came about as the result of a coordinated strategy between the Obama Administration ...