New Economic Leaders: Obama Eyes $500 Billion in Stimulus

Aides to President-elect Barack Obama and President George W. Bush are rushing to craft measures to shore up financial markets and prevent a policy vacuum from further harming the economy during the transition of power between the two men...

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Source: Wall Street Journal

Obama Taps Geithner, Summers For Top Economic Jobs

President-elect Barack Obama has chosen seasoned policymakers Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers as his two top economic lieutenants to direct the fight to rescue the economy and stem the worst financial crisis in more than 70 years...

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Source: Reuters