Topic: Tony Fratto
Barack Obama does not yet know the identity of his 2012 Republican challenger, but his toughest reelection challenge could be to convince voters the economy is in steady hands.In the two years since Obama took office, the US economy has improved ...
The title of a recently released Yahoo! article is "Emanuel exit could start White House turnovers" (Web-site/URL: This is how it should be because in the private sector, people can build their own voices and have more of their own ideas ...
The single biggest question hanging over the future of financial reform in the US right now is what exactly is acceptable to Bob Corker in terms of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Simon Johnson says that "the consumer protection agency is likely ...
Bush enacts measure giving cash-strapped companies a pass on pumping money into pensionsPresident George W. Bush signed legislation Tuesday that frees businesses from having to pump billions into pension plans in the coming year, another sign of the nation's deepening economic ...
In a special, Tuesday, pre-holiday press conference, White House spokesman Tony Fratto shared the Bush administration's economic outlook in light of today's 0.5% Q3 GDP contraction.. That was for the months -- the late summer, early fall months were the ...
The U.S. Senate failed on Thursday night to reach a last-ditch compromise to bail out automakers, effectively killing any chance of congressional action this year. The White House said it would evaluate its options in light of the collapse of the ...
The White House said Wednesday it had not ruled out that aid to troubled US automakers might total more than 25 billion dollars in an existing loan program it had insisted was the best rescue plan. "I'm not ruling anything in ...
US President-elect Barack Obama will not be attending a summit of world leaders for economic crisis talks in Washington next week, his spokeswoman said Friday.Obama's transition spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter confirmed the president-elect would not be attending the upcoming summit. "As ...
The White House said Friday that it did not expect US president-elect Barack Obama to have a seat at the table when world leaders meet for economic crisis talks in Washington next week. I don't expect in the room," spokesman Tony ...
The White House said Friday that it did not expect US president-elect Barack Obama to have a seat at the table when world leaders meet for economic crisis talks in Washington next week. "We are in communication and coordination with them. I ...
