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Photo from Yahoo! New Citigroup rescue as Obama names eco team
AFP - The US government announced Monday a new 20-billion-dollar lifeline for banking giant Citigroup ahead of the unveiling of president-elect Barack Obama's economic team.
Yahoo!  –  Nov 24, 2008 12:40 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
CORRECTED: President-elect Obama moves to reassure market
Reuters - (Corrects to show that Chinese state television report did not say that the provincial investments would be an addition to a stimulus package previously announced by the central government)
Yahoo!  –  Nov 24, 2008 12:01 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
Photo from Yahoo! Obama plans second stimulus package of up to 700 bln dlrs: report
AFP - US President-elect Barack Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress are preparing plans for a second massive economic stimulus program that could total as much as 700 billion dollars over the next two years, The Washington Post reported Monday.
Yahoo!  –  Nov 24, 2008 06:59 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
Photo from Yahoo! Obama to introduce economic team
AFP - US President-elect Barack Obama was poised Monday to unveil his White House economic team, which faces the monumental task of reversing one of the most serious crises faced the US economy in recent decades.
Yahoo!  –  Nov 24, 2008 06:17 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
Photo from Yahoo! Venezuelans vote in election test for Chavez
Reuters - Venezuelans voted into the night on Sunday in state elections that test President Hugo Chavez's 10-year grip on power as he seeks to renew a socialist drive in the OPEC nation despite falling oil prices.
Yahoo!  –  Nov 24, 2008 03:14 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
Want an inauguration ticket? Get in line
Politico - In his column last Sunday for the San Francisco Chronicle, former Mayor Willie Brown had a piece of advice for blue-state Democrats looking to score presidential Inauguration tickets: Call a Republican.
Yahoo!  –  Nov 24, 2008 01:23 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
Photo from Yahoo! Russian president sees Obama flexible on missile defense
AFP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday he believed US president-elect Barack Obama could change Washington's position over a hotly contested plan for a US missile defense shield in Eastern Europe.
Yahoo!  –  Nov 24, 2008 12:51 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
Obama again steps to forefront in economic crisis
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama took center stage in the economic crisis for the third day running Sunday as he dispatched aides to pitch his rapidly expanding stimulus plan on TV and announced plans to introduce his economic team Monday.
Yahoo!  –  Nov 24, 2008 12:49 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
No enemies list
Politico - The hiring of Ellen Moran as White House communications director makes sense for some reasons: She's thought of as a capable, experienced hand, and she's known and worked with top Obama aides for nearly two decades.
Yahoo!  –  Nov 24, 2008 12:10 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
YWCA survey reveals women's priorities for Obama
AP - More than three-fourths of young women, those ages 18-29 and known as Generation Y, want incoming President Barack Obama to make civil rights and racial justice top priorities of his administration, a survey says.
Yahoo!  –  Nov 23, 2008 10:03 PM [GMT]  –  comment?