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President-elect Barack Obama today named a new group of economists to advise him and told the country that “help is on the way.” From the Washington Post: President-elect Barack Obama named a board of economic experts from outside the government … Continue reading →

With the announcements by President elect Obama of his new team at OMB he called for a new effort to trim government waste, specifically targeting farm subsidies (good luck Mr. President) as well as the spiraling cost of health care. … Continue reading →

Current Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will be asked by President-elect Obama to stay in that position, likely for about one year according to multiple media sources. Gates is a former CIA Director, as well as a close friend of … Continue reading →

I know this is not a transportation blog, but the bad place we find ourself in transportation wise in Massachusetts just keeps dominating the news cycle, and is so important to us in so many different ways that I just … Continue reading →

Here is President-elect Obama bringing out his economic team today. No suprises here. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/27891658#27891658

President-elect Barack Obama and his advisors are sending strong signals that a proposed stimulus bill could be in the $700 billion dollar range. From the Washington Post: Facing an increasingly ominous economic outlook, President-elect Barack Obama and other Democrats are … Continue reading →

The Federal government moved late last night to stabilize Citigroup by injecting billions of dollars into the beleagered firm. Citi has seen its stock price fall by over 60 percent, ending at $3.77 last week. It has billions of dollars … Continue reading →

On Monday President elect Obama will round out his economic team by having Larry Summers, Bill Richardson, and Peter Orszag join Tim Geithner as the heart of the new economic team. Have these economic appointments ever been more important? The … Continue reading →