Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) — Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross, chairman of private-equity firm WL Ross & Co. LLC, talks about the European sovereign-debt crisis, the state of the interbank lending market, the outlook for higher taxes in the US and President Barack Obama’s $447 billion jobs plan. Ross speaks with Mark Crumpton the Bloomberg Markets 50 Summit in New York on Bloomberg Television’s “Bottom Line.” (Source: Bloomberg)
The major US equity indices closed higher Wednesday following a Bloomberg report that President Barack Obama will propose a $300 billion package to boost jobs. According to the report, Obama plans to propose bolstering employment by investing over $300 billion into the economy next year, through tax cuts, infrastructure spending and aid to state and local governments. Proposals are expected to be outlined to a joint session of Congress on Thursday. In corporate news, Yahoo’s (NASDAQ:YHOO) board voted to fire Carol Bartz after internal growth projections for Q3 and Q4 came in below expectations. The board plans to explore strategic options and will begin a search to fill the position.
Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) — John Simpson, a consumer advocate at Consumer Watchdog, and Makin Delrahim, a former deputy assistant attorney general for antitrust under President George W. Bush, talk about Google Inc.’s agreement to pay $500 to settle US allegations that advertising for online Canadian pharmacies on its website allowed illegal imports of prescription drugs. Simpson and Delrahim speak with Emily Chang on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg)
Fmr. Reagan Budget Director David Stockman says both President Obama and the Republicans folded on the tough issues in the debt ceiling debate.
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Fmr. Reagan Budget Director David Stockman says both President Obama and the Republicans folded on the tough issues in the debt ceiling debate.
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Aug. 1 (Bloomberg) — Christina Romer, former chairman of President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers and a Bloomberg contributing editor, talks about the outlook for the compromise plan to raise the US debt limit by at least $2.1 trillion and slash federal spending by $2.4 trillion or more. Romer speaks with Carol Massar and Matt Miller on Bloomberg Television’s “Street Smart.” Bloomberg Businessweek’s Peter Coy also speaks. (Source: Bloomberg)
IBM (NYSE-Listed IBM) visits the NYSE to mark the 100-year anniversary of its founding on June 16, 1911. IBM’s innovations are the DNA of today’s technology industry: computer memory, personal computers, floppy disks, hard disk drives, rewritable CDs, relational databases, and standards to safeguard and protect information on computers. These contributions are the underpinnings for today’s technology industry and illustrate how IBM has transformed the modern world. In honor of the occasion, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of IBM, Samuel J.
April 20 (Bloomberg) — David Kirkpatrick, author of “The Facebook Effect,” talks about President Obama’s campaign-style town hall meeting today at the headquarters of Facebook Inc. Kirkpartick talks with Emily Chang and Cory Johnson on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg West.” (Source: Bloomberg)
April 11 (Bloomberg) — Christina Romer, former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and a Bloomberg contributing editor, discusses last-minute agreement on the federal budget that avoided a government shutdown and the outlook for President Barack Obama’s proposals for reducing the federal deficit. Romer talks with Lisa Murphy on Bloomberg Television’s “Fast Forward.” (Source: Bloomberg)
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