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...proposed auto-industry bailout was discussed, however. Paulson met with General Motors chief Rick Wagoner in October, and he held conversations with Keith Hennessey, the head of Bush's National Economic Council (NEC), Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and others over the phone in the days after the election. Yet there was not sufficient disagreement between the men to warrant a full meeting...
Within the Administration, territorial divisions are emerging. The FDIC chief, Sheila Bair, has tried to get the Administration to use some of the Treasury's emergency-bailout money to get banks to adjust failing mortgages. The White House strongly opposes her plan, and there have been recriminations between several of the players. More broadly, Republicans who think their electoral drubbing necessitates a return to fiscal restraint are turning against those in both parties who want to continue the aggressive, costly measures that Paulson has embraced...
...supporters and critics now suggest that Summers’ difficulties leading Harvard don’t mean he wouldn’t make a good Treasury secretary.‘LOTS OF BIG EGOS’Summers, who has also served as the World Bank’s chief economist, helped oversee the longest period of sustained economic growth in U.S. history as President Clinton’s Treasury secretary from 1999 to 2001.And with the U.S. scrambling to recover from the worst financial meltdown since the 1930s, some have argued that the Treasury needs a leader with the experience...
...concede defeat the night of Nov. 4, the two men talked about getting together. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina's other Senator and the person Cindy McCain calls her husband's "best friend," followed up on that call in a conversation with Rahm Emanuel, Obama's choice for White House chief of staff. Then Obama spoke directly with Graham, and out of that came the decision to hold the meeting sooner rather than later. (See pictures of Obama's campaign...
...this weekend's excess seems inordinate fuss for a hotel re-opening, it's because the Fontainebleau is more than just a hotel. Built in 1954, "it's still a timeless and iconic showcase of the style and energy of the Beach," argues Howard Karawan, the Fontainebleau's chief operating officer. "The Fontainebleau made Miami Beach." That's not hyperbole. Even more than the art deco splendor of Ocean Drive, Lapidus' wavy edifice and quirky interior design - the Stairway to Nowhere, the Swiss Cheese Wall - define Miami the way the Plaza once epitomized New York and the Ritz embodies Paris...