Obama marks Lehman anniversary with push for financial reform
President Barack Obama will use Lehman Brothers collapse anniversary to urge Congress to pass sweeping financial reform and wind down the government’s role in the sector. He plans a New York speech to press for global crisis-prevention coordination and stronger regulation after last year’s market tailspin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barack Obama
Lehman Brothers
Washington
Obama
New York
Congress
Administration
Wilson defies calls to apologize for You lie outburst
Rep. Joe Wilson refused a second apology over shouting You lie during President Obama’s health care address. Democrats plan a House resolution condemning the remark, while Obama said he accepted Wilson’s apology and urged moving forward on health care reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Wilson
House
Barack Obama
Congress
South Carolina
Wilson
Obama
White House
Rahm Emanuel
Civilian contractor shot dead on U S base in Tikrit
A civilian contractor, 27 year old Lucas Vinson of Leesville Louisiana, was shot and killed at Camp Speicher in Tikrit. A U S soldier has been detained in connection with the incident as investigations continue. Vinson worked for Houston based KBR, the primary contractor in Iraq providing housing meals and laundry services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tikrit
U.S
Camp Speicher
KBR
Lucas Vinson
Louisiana
Derrick Cheng
Associated Press
Vinson
Wesley Vinson
Leesville
Iraq
Risk-taking returns to big banks after crisis fallout
After a year of federal bailouts the largest banks including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase are again pursuing high risk bets in bonds commodities and exotic products. Analysts warn such behavior echoes pre crisis risk and could threaten financial stability even as government regulators push for tighter oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Goldman Sachs
Jpmorgan Chase
Wall Street
Lehman Brothers
Lawrence Summers
White House
Summers
Simon Johnson
International Monetary Fund
Obama
Ulatory
Treasury
Timothy Geithner
Group of 20 Nations
Pittsburgh
Geithner
JP Morgan
Federal Reserve
Treasury Department
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington, D.C
Ste
Lawrencemarketplace
Goldman
Constitutionalism
Dole Institute
Brian Barker
London
Rick Levy
EU School of Law
Sea Ea
Cme
Tey
Boo
Remnet eRe
Lawrence
Anews
Rance.com
Brightspot
Kansas
Jane Gnojek
Foundation of Zen
Judy Roitman
Kansaszencenter.org
Kansas Zen Center
New York St
Kansas Il Center
Massachusetts St. Lawrence
City OF Lawrence
Lawrence City Commission
City Commission
City Hall
East 6Th Street
Community Development Division
Planning and Development Services Department
P.Q
Mswarts. ci
W. 10Th Street
City of
Irae
Sietah
Cele
Ens
Brora Ieee Et Rel
Community, Development Division
P.O
Mswarts
Lawrencers.org
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!