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...It’s a dream come true,” Akpan said moments after having thanked his family, teammates, and coaches on stage. “Every [player] will tell you that the day they can stand up on that podium and be welcomed to a team...
...funds - had also been debated internally for months. But no matter what the White House spinners say, the heightened emphasis on taming Wall Street is a direct response to Obama's political problems in the Senate and throughout the nation. To give another example, the Administration first proposed a stand-alone consumer-protection agency for financial products last June, but only Tuesday did it leak that Obama considers the agency non-negotiable. (See the top 10 sound bites from Obama's first year in office...
Really, though, this shift is more about politics than substantive differences in policy. Geithner strongly supports a stand-alone consumer agency, and he devised the plan to impose taxes on liabilities of the biggest banks, not only to recoup the bailout money but to discourage excessive risk-taking and excessive size. He just happens to be allergic to populism, and Obama political adviser David Axelrod wants to strike a much more populist are-you-with-us-or-the-banks tone in 2010. Axelrod and Obama aide Valerie Jarrett met at the White House on Wednesday with Harvard law professor...
...Crude palm oil from Malaysia, which produces 45% of the global supply, is one commodity for which China has a vast appetite, yet cannot produce, according to research analyst Mark Matthews of Macquarie Securities. Low-grade electronics manufacturers in Thailand and Malaysia also stand to be beneficiaries. "These two markets are well positioned to take China's place at the lower end of the production network," says HSBC's Wong. (See the best pictures of the week...
What do you mean, "Don't get too comfortable"? Don't get too comfortable in the sense that there's a culture in this town, which is an insider culture. That's what I think people outside of Washington legitimately can't stand. A sense that they're not being heard. I think we've done actually a pretty good job of working in this town without being completely consumed by it. But from the outside, if you're just watching TV and all you're hearing about is the reports, people may get the false impression that somehow...