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Media Digest 7/1/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 1, 2010 at 4:04 am

Reuters:   The House passed the financial reform bill leaving the Senate to act Reuters:   Work on the BP plc (NYSE: B) oil spill will be delayed because of Hurricane Alex. ...
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The Budget Director Leaves: Changing Widgets At The White House

Posted: June 22, 2010 at 4:23 am

White House Budget Director Peter Orszag is about to resign, perhaps to get married and have a less hectic life. He certainly get a job in the private sector that ...
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BP Chairman To Meet Obama June 16

Posted: June 11, 2010 at 6:09 am

BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg has been asked to meet with President Obama on June 16, and he will accept the invitation. Many critics have maintained that Svanberg has remained aloof ...
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BP: No Such Thing As Catching A Problem Too Early

Posted: June 7, 2010 at 5:26 am

The caricature of best business practice, exemplified by private equity firms, large corporations, venture capital operations, and Ivy League graduates, is to be deliberate and slow when making decisions. Entrepreneurs and ...
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Obama needs a new car czar

Posted: April 17, 2009 at 5:53 am

Why did the Obama administration name investment banker Steven Rattner as the head of auto task force knowing that New York prosecutors were investigating whether he had a role in ...
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Stimulus Effect On Green Energy & Green Jobs

Posted: February 13, 2009 at 2:34 pm

All told, the $789 billion economic stimulus bill contains about $50 billion for renewable energy projects, electric utilities, and other green companies. It's possible to look at this sum in ...
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Rough Week For Smart Grid Players (ITRI, DGII, COMV, ENOC, ELON)

Posted: February 13, 2009 at 10:21 am

Itron Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) is supposed to be one of the winners in the stimulus package.  The advanced metering company is known as the Smart Grid meter reader to many ...
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Geithner’s Bank Rehab, Still More Questions Than Answers

Posted: February 10, 2009 at 11:36 am

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is out with his banking and financial rescue plan.  This will not go without criticism and not all methodologies look set in stone, mainly because this ...
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Presidential Candidates Taking A Time-Out

Posted: September 24, 2008 at 4:06 pm

As media reports started commenting today, it looks like both Presidential candidates are going to stop campaigning and go back to Washington D.C. to deal with this government bailout issue.  ...
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T. Boone Pickens Trades Oil With Both McCain & Obama

Posted: August 18, 2008 at 4:58 am

On Sunday, T. Boone Pickens issued a press release stating that he had met with Senator Obama in Reno, Nevada to discuss his energy plans.  This follows the statement he ...
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WellPoint Warned, Now Humana… Blame The 2008 Election (HUM, WLP, AET)

Posted: March 12, 2008 at 8:39 am

First we saw an earnings warning out of WellPoint (NYSE: WLP) which hurt that stock and most shares in the health insurance field yesterday.  WellPoint cited several factors, including medical ...
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Super Tuesday Election Winner: STEM CELLS (STEM, GERN, ASTM, IVGN, KOOL, NBS, OSIR)

Posted: February 6, 2008 at 9:33 am

Despite not knowing whom the ultimate winner of the 2008 Presidential election will be, it looks like stem cells may be one of the real bright spots as far as ...
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