nytimes.com - 4/23/2009
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President Obama, right, and an adviser, Lawrence Summers, seen napping at center, met with credit card executives Thursday.
bloomberg.com - 4/23/2009
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bloomberg.com —
April 23 (Bloomberg) -- Executives from credit-card issuers
including Bank of America Corp. and American Express Co....
arrived at the White House for a meeting with President Barack Obama to argue against new limits on fees and interest rates. Obama is ...
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Obama Wants End to ‘Deceptive’ Credit-Card Policies ...
marketnewslive.blogspot.com - 4/23/2009
politicalnewslive.blogspot.com - 4/24/2009
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politicalnewslive.blogspot.com —
President Barack Obama said Thursday he is determined
to get a credit-card law that eliminates the tricky...
fine print, sudden rate increases and late fees that give millions of consumers headaches. AP's Mark Smith reports.
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Video: Obama pledges protections for credit-card users
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Obama takes on the credit card companies
BloggingStocks —
... Obama has definitely walked into office with a lot of things on his plate, and consumer credit debt has to be one of the top priorities. ...
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... The Caucus, New York Times (hat tip reader Steve A). The topic was credit cards. However, it appears the president is holding the line on at least one bankster issue: Obama Pressures Credit Card Issuers on Rates New York Times ...
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