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Obama to Send Bipartisan Team to G-20 Summit

By | 11.12.08 | 1:19 pm

With news that President-elect Barack Obama will not attend President George W. Bush’s summit on the global financial crisis, onlookers might be forgiven for wondering, “What’s the point?”

Bush is leaving office in two months, and the responsibility for formulating a policy to manage the world’s economic More…

Obama Fends Off Bush’s Embrace

By | 11.11.08 | 3:45 pm

And now comes the transition. After winning his historic victory last Tuesday, the nation’s first African-American president –and the first non-white chief executive elected in a white majority nation — President-elect Barack Obama has earned an interlude for celebration and relaxation.

But he has barely paused to breathe. Having reconceived More…

For Obama, No Time to Wait on the Economy

By | 11.06.08 | 9:10 am

President-elect Barack Obama’s choices for top positions in his new administration, such as his chief of staff, are drawing all the attention lately. But in the financial world, there’s a growing call for him to do more than just pick new personnel. There’s also a belief that the credit More…