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January 07, 2009

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Obama announces 'chief performance officer'Â 10 mins ago

CNBC - 4 Hours ago

WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama announced on Wednesday he was appointing former Treasury official Nancy Killefer to serve as the nation's first 'chief performance officer'

Obama selects chief performance officer Fortune

Text: Obama Introduces 'Chief Performance Officer' Forbes.com

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Budget Deficit to Hit $1.2 Trillion

ABC News - 4 Hours ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. budget deficit will swell to a record $1.186 trillion in fiscal 2009 as the global recession saps the economy, congressional forecasters said on Wednesday, presenting a

Budget deficit seen hitting $1.2 trillion Reuters

UPDATE 1-US budget deficit seen hitting $1.186 trillion CNBC

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Obama Sees Deficit Nearing $1 Trillion, Seeks Quick Stimulus Action

NewsMax.com - 4 Hours ago

WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama said on Tuesday he expects to inherit a U.S. budget deficit approaching $1 trillion and his administration would have to make some tough budget choices. Just

$1.2 Trillion Deficit Forecast as Obama Weighs Options New York Times

Obama Warns of Trillion-Dollar Deficit Potential New York Times

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US deficit 'to hit $1 trillion'

BBC - 4 Hours ago

By Steve Schifferes Economics reporter, BBC News The US economic is set to continue to shrink in 2009 The sharp slowdown in the US economy will push the federal budget deficit to more than $1 trillion,

U.S. budget deficit may hit $1.2 trillion Reuters UK

Deficit Could Hit $1 Trillion CNBC

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Obama Pledges Entitlement Reform to Curb Spending

CNBC - 3 Hours ago

President-elect Barack Obama said Wednesday that reforming massive government entitlement programssuch as Social Security and Medicarewould be 'a central part' of his effort to control federal spending.

Obama to address entitlement spending WB17.com

Obama to take on entitlement spending Augusta Chronicle

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Bush meets Obama ahead of presidents' lunch

Reuters - 4 Hours ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush met successor Barack Obama for the second time at the White House on Wednesday ahead of a lunch with all living U.S. presidents some two weeks before Obama's

Obama and Bush meet former presidents at White House Washington Post

Obama warns of deficit, meets with Bush Los Angeles Times

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Obama says stimulus pricetag "at high end"Â 24 mins ago

CNBC - 3 Hours ago

WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama said Wednesday he was still talking to congressional leaders about his economic stimulus package and that the final pricetag would likely

2nd UPDATE: Obama: Stimulus To Be On 'High End' Of Estimates Wall Street Journal Online

Obama - Expects Stimulus on High End of Estimates Nasdaq

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Pelosi urges mid-February action on stimulus

Forbes.com - 3 Hours ago

HomeBusiness Tech Markets Entrepreneurs Leadership Personal Finance ForbesLife Lists Opinions Video Blogs E-mail Newsletters People Tracker Portfolio Tracker Special Reports Commerce Energy Health Care

Pelosi warns stimulus must pass by mid-February Reuters

UPDATE 1-Pelosi urges mid-February action on stimulus Interactive Investor International

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Fannie And Freddie: The Old Ways Can't Go Forward

CNBC - 2 Hours ago

Sectors:Financial Services | Construction and Materials Companies:Freddie Mac | Fannie Mae Iâ??ve got to give it to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson; heâ??s not going out without fightinâ?? words over

No turning back on Fannie and Freddie, Paulson says Globe Investor

Paulson sees four options for Fannie Mae in the future MarketWatch

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Obama names special watchdog for federal spending

Washington Post - 3 Hours ago

WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama said Wednesday that reforming massive government entitlement programs _ such as Social Security and Medicare _ would be 'a central part' of his effort to control

Obama Names Watchdog For Federal Programs FOX WTTG Washington

Obama Taps Watchdog For Federal Programs CBS News

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President-Elect Obama News ConferenceÂ Â 2 hrs ago

CNBC - 3 Hours ago

President-Elect Obama News ConferenceÂ CNBC

President-elect Barack Obama says he expects to inherit a budget deficit approaching Reuters UK

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Obama: US must speak with single voice on Gaza

Washington Post - 4 Hours ago

WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama says he is concerned about the violence in Gaza, but also is wary of sending conflicting messages about American foreign policy. At a news conference Wednesday

McCully Concerned By Mounting Gaza Crisis Voxy.co.nz

Obama voices concern about Gaza crisis Xinhua News Agency

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Sources: Gupta approached for surgeon general

CNN - 4 Hours ago

The Obama transition team approached Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent, about becoming U.S. surgeon general, according to sources inside the transition and at CNN. Gupta was in Chicago,

Paging Dr. Gupta: Is a TV Star Fit to Be Surgeon General? Time

CNN reporter tops list for U.S. surgeon general International Herald Tribune

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Obama hails 'extraordinary gathering'

MSNBC - 3 Hours ago

First White House reunion of all living former U.S. leaders since 1981 SAUL LOEB / AFP/ President George W. Bush (C) stands with President-elect Barack Obama (2nd L), former President George H.W. Bush

Obama hails 'extraordinary gathering' of presidents at White House Rocky Mountain News

Obama hails 'extraordinary gathering' | The Record | Wednesday, 1:34 PM EST A rare North Jersey.com

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Obama to deliver speech on economy on Thursday

Reuters - 3 Hours ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama plans to speak on the economy on Thursday in what his aides are billing as a major address in which he will offer more details of his proposed economic

Obama Expected To Make Important Speech On Economy To The Center

Obama Economic Speech Thursday CBS News

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Sources: CNN's Sanjay Gupta offered surgeon general job

Newsday - 4 Hours ago

WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama has offered the job of surgeon general to Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the neurosurgeon and correspondent for CNN and CBS, according to two sources with knowledge of the

CNN Confirms: Gupta Approached About Surgeon General Post Huffington Post

Obama pages Dr. Gupta Chicago Tribune

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Projected deficits put Obama stimulus in new light

Washington Post - 3 Hours ago

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pressed top congressional Democrats on Wednesday to pass a massive economic recovery bill by mid-February, a call tempered by new projections of unprecedented

Projected deficits put stimulus in new light Chicago Daily Herald

Obama: Deficit will impact economic stimulus package Detroit News

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Obama attends presidential lunch

BBC - 63 Minutes ago

Mr Obama welcomed the opportunity to get advice from his predecessors US President-elect Barack Obama has arrived at the White House for a high-powered lunch date. President George W Bush is hosting the

Obama set for presidential lunch BBC

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Sector Snap: Payday lenders fall on Obama proposal

CNBC - 3 Hours ago

BOSTON - Shares of payday lending companies EZCorp Inc., Cash America International Inc. and First Cash Financial Services Inc. slid Wednesday amid growing expectations that President-elect Barack Obama

Sector Snap: Payday lenders fall on Obama proposalÂ 46 mins ago CNBC

Sector Snap: Health care IT falls on funding delay CNBC

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Cowen and Clinton asked to mark Finucane murder anniversary

Ireland On-Line - 86 Minutes ago

Taoiseach Brian Cowen and former US President Bill Clinton are among several high-profile guests invited to mark the 20th anniversary of the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane. Mr Finucane, 39,

Cowen invited to Finucane event Chichester Observer

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Museum of American Finance Hosts Talk with Wilbur Ross on Obama's Economic Programs

Forbes.com - 98 Minutes ago

the Museum of American Finance will inaugurate its 2009 Henry Kaufman Financial History and Practices Lecture/Symposia Series with a talk by private equity investor Wilbur Ross entitled 'President Obama's

Museum of American Finance Hosts Talk with Wilbur Ross on Obama's Economic Street Insider

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Obama wax figure free for Yanks in London Jan. 20

CTV.ca - 4 Hours ago

The wax figures of David Beckham, left, and his wife Victoria Beckham stand draped in the American flag at Madame Tussauds New York in New York on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

Obama wax figure Straits Times

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President-Elect Obama News ConferenceÂ Â 4 hrs ago

CNBC - 38 Minutes ago

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Paulson leaves U.S. rescue funds up to Obama team

Reuters - 49 Minutes ago

By Patrick Rucker and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama is the 'decision maker' in spending the rest of a $700 billion financial bailout fund, but should consider continuing

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Obama creates watchdog post for federal programs

Chicago Tribune - 63 Minutes ago

WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama announced Wednesday that he is creating a new high-level position to wring waste and inefficiencies from government as part of a broader push to bring more discipline

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