bloomberg.com - 1/3/2009
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Jan. 3 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama said that Democrats and Republicans need to act with urgency to address the “great and growing” economic crisis, warning of double-digit unemployment if swift action isn’t taken. “These are America’s problems, and we must come together as ...
reason.com - 1/3/2009
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reason.com —
Whew. Now that 2008 is in the history
books, $8.5 trillion in federal bailout money is in...
the pipeline, and bold leadership is set to take command, Americans can all breathe a little easier, right? Uh, no. The unhappy fact is that 2009 is almost ...
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Why 2009 Will be Worse than 2008
acrossthecurve.com - 1/8/2009
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acrossthecurve.com —
President-elect Obama will provide details of his stimulus
package in a speech in Virginia at 1100AM. The...
package is expected to total around $800 billion. The Congressional Budget Office projects a fiscal year deficit of $1.2 trillion. However, that figure does not include the loss of ...
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UpsideTrader —
[image] Happy Saturday and my final Happy New Year wish. I grabbed a 3% return in the S&P yesterday and have decided to capture that gargantuan gain and quit trading for the year. Kidding of course, enjoy the links. Saving the world one bank at a time-Citi style. Steel wants government orders, will they want a bailout next? "Expert" predictions from the U.K. Task and Blodgett waxing bearish . My buddy Howard Lindzon and his friends make some 2009 Web predictions. If you have to own a bank, USB is one that I never had a big problem with. I think Obama is low balling 10% unemployment, but that's just me. If ...
Obama Verdict: Insane
The Market Ticker —
... "Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over but expecting a different result" - Albert Einstein One of the brightest men ever to walk the earth. President Obama (in a bit more than two weeks) doesn't even make it into the bush leagues compared to Mr. Einstein. Here's his latest: “These are America’s problems, and we must come together as Americans to meet them with the urgency this moment demands,” he said today in his weekly radio address. “If we don’t act swiftly and boldly, we could ...
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