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White House CEO Visit List: See Which Execs Dined With Obama

politico.com | EAMON JAVERS | | Posted 12.03.2009 | Business


The White House has made a quiet but extensive effort to reach out to corporate executives in a series of dinners and lunches at the White House with ...

Larry Summers: Cutting Unemployment Could Take Years

Yahoo! News | Alister Bull | Posted 12.01.2009 | Business


"Addressing 10.2 percent unemployment is a matter of very great urgency. It is not something that is going to be fixed in a week, or a month, or a yea...

Bank Of America Had Early White House Support On Merrill Lynch Deal

washingtonpost.com | Zachary A. Goldfarb | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business


Top economic advisers to President Obama signed off on a deal to protect Bank of America from losses incurred by its purchase of failed Wall Street fi...

Summers Criticizes Bailed Out Banks For Not Lending More, Says Economic Recovery Pace 'In Doubt'

bloomberg.com | Posted 08.21.2009 | Business


White House National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers chastised some banks that received government aid for not doing enough to reduce forec...

Summers: Economy Has Moved Back From Catastrophe

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 08.17.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's top economic adviser has new cause for optimism. Back in January, Lawrence Summers said, Google searches f...

Volker, Summers Tangled In a Power Struggle

Bloomberg | Robert Schmidt and Julianna Goldman | Posted 03.08.2009 | Business


Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Paul Volcker has grown increasingly frustrated over delays in setting up the economic advisory group President Barack Obama pick...

'Yes We Can' Create a Sane Food Policy in the U.S.

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics


Bruce Friedrich

In January, we will have a president who understands and cares about the broader implications of our food policy. This will be an impressive first.

Global Media Debate Hillary Selection

James Freedman | Posted 01.02.2009 | World


James Freedman

World Editorial Roundup for December 2, 2008.

Team Obama: Transformation, Transparency & Trust

Christine Pelosi | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics


Christine Pelosi

This team inspires trust due to their credentials, experience, and unity around Obama's core economic philosophy -- that America is built on a strong, vibrant, thriving middle class.

Larry Summers: Director Of National Economic Council, Top Adviser To Obama

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 12.23.2008 | Politics


***Check Back For Updates!*** Updated: Larry Summers was briefly short-listed to be Obama's Treasury Secretary. It was recently announced that he w...

Top Bush Economic Advisor To Step Down

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Top White House economic adviser Allan Hubbard is expected to leave his post at the end of this year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday in...