Steve Rattner

Romney Shies From Bain Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Video, Creative Destruction, Bain Capital, Mitt-Romney, Steve Rattner, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Private Equity, Barack Obama, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney refused to give the green light Wednesday to a full discussion of his career in private equity at Bain Capital. Time Mag...

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Allowing for Synchronicity During These Times of Upheaval

Vivian Norris | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Anonymous, Catholic Priests, Steve Rattner, Intution, Synchronicity, Fukushima, Thinking, Sustainable, Einstein, Internet, Feeling, Consciousness, Sopa, Gatekeepers, Wall Street, Occupy, Pirate, BP Oil Spill, Love, Monetize Algorythms, Mindful Living News

"... They are finding that the isolation and separation of objects from each other is more apparent than real; at deeper levels, everything --atoms,...

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U.S. Manufacturing Has a Key Role in the U. S. Economy of the Future

Thomas J. Duesterberg | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Manufacturing, U.S. Manufacturing, US Economy, Steve Rattner, Manufacturing Jobs, Business News

There is a more positive economic and political case to be made that, instead of accepting a slow decline, we put our shoulder to the wheel and build on the apparently hidden but obvious strengths of U.S. manufacturing.

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Rattner: Cuomo's Decision To Sue 'Close To Extortion'

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Former White House auto industry adviser Steven Rattner, who has been embroiled in an influence peddling scandal for nearly two years...

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Steve Rattner Wants Retaliation For 'Bully' Cuomo

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — In his four years as New York's attorney general, Andrew Cuomo had his way with Wall Street, muscling banks and bankers into paying fines...

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Crazy Talk Radio Fueling Another "Big Lie"

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George W, Recovery, Bush, Rush Limbaugh, Steve Rattner, Gm, Obama, Detroit "White House", Barack Obama, 2009, Decmorats, Autos, Great Depression, Politics, Austan Goolsbee, General Motors, Bailout, 2008, Federal Reserve, Great Recession, Tea Party, Republicans, Politics News

Depending on the radio program, we're either about to become a communist or fascist nation (okay, sometimes both), all because of the suspiciously foreign-looking guy in the White House.

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White House Reportedly Calling The Shots On GM IPO

Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK/DETROIT (Reuters, By Clare Baldwin, Soyoung Kim and Kevin Krolicki) - Steve Girsky remembers sitting at his kitchen table in New York on the...

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New York's Sexy Race For State Comptroller

Dan Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harry Wilson, Steve Rattner, Thomas DiNapoli, Harry Wilson Comptroller, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, Alan Hevesi, Carl Paladino, New York News

Forget the likes of Carl Paladino, Andrew Cuomo and Chuck Schumer. The most interesting race on the ballot for those of us in New York City is the one for state comptroller.

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SEC = Securities Executive Club

Iris Mack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Auto Bailout, Sec, Lazard Freres, Kickbacks, New York Times' Publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr, Steve Rattner, White Collar Criminals, Securities Executive Club, Mike Bloomberg, Pay-to-Play Probe, Securities and Exchange Commission, Wall Street Journal, Bob Rubin, Business News

Many people are now convinced that the SEC lets white collar criminals get away with murder. For example, the Wall Street Journal recently reported t...

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Former Car Czar: 'TARP Saved Our Country,' GM Bailout Worked

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former car czar Steven Rattner, whose new book, "Overhaul", has been making waves as the first tell-all book to come out of the Obama administration, ...

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Sleeper Candidate?

Henry J. Stern | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Daniel Donovan, Auto Bailout, General Motors, Harry Wilson, President Barack Obama, Wayne Barrett, Steve Rattner, Thomas DiNapoli, Car Czar, Mary Perot Nichols, Village Voice, Alan Hevesi, New York News

The next eight weeks will show us whether the Republican candidate for comptroller can ignite widespread feelings against incumbency and the public demand for fiscal responsibility into support.

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Friday Talking Points [137] -- Listen To Westen And Lakoff, Democrats!

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last week, I heard an interesting take on the political scene: that both parties seem to be trying mightily to lose the upcoming midterm elections. R...

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EXCLUSIVE: Car Czar's Tell-All Book Pulls No Punches On Auto Bailout

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011

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SCROLL DOWN for our slideshow of the book's revelations In "Overhaul", his upcoming chronicle of his reign as "car czar," Steven Rattner offers an in...

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Mayor Bloomberg's Offshore Millions? The Cayman Islands, Cyrus, And Mauritius

Aram Roston | Posted 05.25.2011

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It isn't easy to track where Mayor Michael Bloomberg's money is all invested. But at the New York Observer we took a close look at his "Bloomberg Family Foundation" and found some surprises.

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Car Czar Steve Rattner Engaged In Unethical Conduct With NY State Pensions

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — An investment firm founded by President Obama's former car czar, Steven Rattner, has agreed to pay $12 million to resolve allegations...

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Eliot Spitzer: Obama Economic Policies Ineffective, A Continuation Of Bush

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Intelligence-Squared, Obama Stimulus Plan, Mark Zandi, Economic Stimulus Package, Allan Meltzer, James Galbraith, Steve Rattner, Financial Crisis, Obama Economy, Lawrence Mishel, Eliot Spitzer, Video, Business News

Are Obama's economic policies actually working? Intelligence Squared posed this question to six policy experts at a debate in New York this week. ...

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What Happened to Steve Rattner?

Michael Wolff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Steve Rattner Car Czar, Car Czar, Michael Wolff, Obama Car Czar, Steven Rattner Obama Administration, Steven Rattner, Steve Rattner, Politics News

Rattner is the well-connected financier who was the almost-car czar. That is, he was supposed to be the car czar but by some slight of hand he was demoted -- given the job without the title.

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Steve Rattner, leaving auto task force

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER and KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Steven Rattner, who led the Obama administration's efforts to restructure General Motors and Chrysler through swift, government-led...

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Before She Met Mark: Jenny Sanford's Wall Street Past

Fortune | Posted 05.25.2011

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Long before she was the sad-eyed First Lady of The Palmetto State, Jenny Sullivan Sanford was a well-respected investment banker at Lazard Freres. In ...

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White House Denies Claims That Car Czar Threatened Chrysler Creditor

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Recent comments by a lawyer representing Chrysler's dissident debtholders alleging that Steven Rattner, the White House's auto task force chief, "dire...

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Pension Kickbacks National Problem, NY's Cuomo Says

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pension Kickbacks, Pension Funds Scandal, Cuomo on Pension Scandal, New York Attorney General, Steve Rattner, Rattner, Andrew Cuomo, Cuomo, Home News

New York state's criminal probe of kickbacks paid by companies eager to manage its $122 billion state pension fund has exposed "a national network of ...

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What's So Bad About Steven Rattner?

Michael Wolff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Car Czar, Obama Administration, Michael Wolff, Steven Rattner, Steve Rattner, Politics News

I've been writing about Steve Rattner pretty steadily for five or six years. He's been one of my favorite characters from the age of financial ambition.

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Quadrangle Wins 'Key-Man' Vote

Wall Street Journal | PETER LATTMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Quadrangle, Quadrangle Private Equity, Pension Fund Scandal, Steven Rattner, Quadrangle Group, Quadrangle Key Man Clause, Steve Rattner, Business News

Investors in Quadrangle Group's private-equity vehicle have elected to keep their financial commitment to the fund, reflecting a vote of confidence in...

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Pension Fund Scandal Expands: Rattner's Ties To Bill Richardson

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rattner Pension Fund, Pension Fund Scandal, Steven Rattner, Steve Rattner, Rattner New Mexico, Pension Fund Kickbacks, Quadrangle Pension Funds, Bill Richardson, Business News

UPDATED In journalistic shorthand, this story's got legs. The saga of Obama administration auto czar Steve Rattner and his possible involvement in a...

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Times Piece On Rattner Scandal Makes No Mention Of Ties To Richardson

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Quadrangle Group, Rattner Quadrangle, Jeff Bingaman, Steve Rattner, Steven Rattner, Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Eat the Press, Media News

As it turns out, Bill Richardson has some significant ties to Rattner, as well as the aforementioned "pension process."

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