Jesse Baker

Jesse Baker appears in the following:

India looks to Pakistan for answers

Monday, December 01, 2008

"This particular group has been operating in Pakistan with complete impunity."
—Christine Fair on the attacks in Mumbai

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Next group to be bailed out? Consumers

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson said yesterday he would do whatever it takes to lift the economy, including giving his approval to a plan to disburse $800 billion in two new lending p...

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Tiger Woods no longer a Buick kind of guy

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

If you’ve watched Tiger Woods play in a golf tournament in the past 8 years, chances are good you’ve noticed the Buick logo branded on his golf bag. That was before General Motors...

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President-elect Obama plans to keep Gates heading Defense

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

While President-elect Obama does not plan to officially unveil his national security team until after Thanksgiving, one thing seems pretty clear among Washington insiders: Defense Sec...

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Outgoing president Bush announces list of 14 pardons

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

The White House announced last night that President Bush would grant 14 pardons and commute 2 sentences before leaving office in January. The pardons did not include any of the high-...

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Bailout and stimulus plans in U.S. and U.K.

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Faced with the same economic crisis currently gripping the rest of the globe, Britain has unveiled an economic stimulus plan of its own, with some striking similarities and difference...

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Obama economic team tied to Robert Rubin

Monday, November 24, 2008

"Whether it's true or not, there's a belief in the the Obama camp that Tim Geithner was for bailing out Lehman Brothers and just was overruled." --Jackie Calmes on Robert Ru...

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Analysis: $20-billion Citigroup rescue

Monday, November 24, 2008

Henny Sender of the Financial Times and Peter Morici of the University of Maryland provide two takes on the U.S. government's plan to inject $20-billion into Citigroup. "This i...

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Obama Cabinet starts to take shape

Monday, November 24, 2008

Call the office door etchers — President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet is starting to take shape. Actions of Democratic officials continue to suggest that presidential nomination riva...

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Congress loses interest in rescuing Big Three

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Despite a fine-tuned sales pitch to Congress, the Big Three automakers are going back to Detroit empty-handed. It's becoming less and less likely that General Motors Corp., Ford Motor...

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Carmakers stare lawmakers, bankruptcy in the face

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

"The best way to get them to change the way they do business is have them go into bankruptcy." --Alex Taylor on U.S. auto makers

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Baz Luhrmann's Australia premieres

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

"The Australian Tourist Ministry is really looking at this as a feature-length advertisment, in the hope it will replicate the 'Crocodile Dundee Effect.'" --Nick Bryant on Baz Lu...

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Democrats decide Sen. Lieberman's fate

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

"Option one is Lieberman could be kicked out of the Caucus entirely."
--Todd Zwillich on the political fate of Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.)

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Citigroup cuts 53,000 jobs

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

"It is under nine dollars for the first time in about thirteen years. It was at fifty-some dollars about fifteen months ago."
--David Enrich on Citigroup's stock price

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What to expect from the G20

Friday, November 14, 2008

"This weekend we're going to get spanked. And you know something? Given the mess we've made, we deserve it."
--Peter Morici speaking about the G20 meeting

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Bailout oversight and lessons from Iraq

Friday, November 14, 2008

"The controls that might have been written six weeks ago when this bill was signed would perhaps be defunct at this point because of the change in policy. That exposes the soft underb...

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