Word: clear
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...when his office had expressed doubts that they had the votes, even though Dems, who hold 58 seats right now, only need to produce a simple majority of 50. "We can all look back and talk about how the first $350 billion was not spent, but it's very clear that there's going to be a lot of money spent to help the housing industry," said Reid...
...Citigroup has begun to take itself apart. Its Smith Barney brokerage operation is being merged with a similar business at Morgan Stanley (MS). It is not clear how that is good for Citi, but its executives probably are taking as much care thinking through tearing down the company as they did building...
...governments of the U.S. and E.U. are faced with another act of "the great bank salvation." This time around it is not clear what the Fed and Treasury will get for their capital. They already hold equity in all of the large financial firms due to recent investment from the TARP. What faces the system now is whether the federal government will end up with de facto control of the private banking system...
...governors and staff of the Federal Reserve - gather at a remote resort high in the mountains near Jackson Hole, Wyo., and there, amid the Tetons, listen to lectures by invited economists on a variety of topics, hoping the fresh air and proximity to genuine cowboy bars might lead to clear thinking and sound economic policy...
...heterodox approaches to certain problems. On education, the Chicago Tribune has described him as a "leading advocate in Illinois of charter schools," which many of his Democratic colleagues are still reluctant to champion. Obama has embraced the role of faith-based organizations in delivering social services and made clear his intention to expand George W. Bush's federal faith-based initiative. In discussing teen pregnancy, he says there are steps government can take to reduce the rates of unintended pregnancies, but he adds that children need to be taught that "sexuality is sacred." In the face of concentrated economic...