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    * Good to see: "Washington launched its biggest offensive yet against runaway Wall Street pay practices Thursday, taking aim at everyone from senior executives to high-flying traders of complex securities. Leading the charge was the White House, which outline a series of drastic pay cuts for top executives at the nation's biggest bailed-out companies, including AIG, Citigroup and Bank of America." * In related news: "A day after the Obama administration clamped down on executive pay at companies that received federal bailouts, the Federal Reserve acted more broadly Thursday to curb pay packages that encouraged bankers and other executives to take the kinds of reckless risks that contributed to the housing bubble." Full Article at Political Animal
    Washington launched its biggest offensive yet against runaway Wall Street pay practices Thursday, taking aim at everyone from senior executives to high-flying traders of complex securities. Leading the charge was the White House, which outline a series of drastic pay cuts for top executives at the nation's biggest bailed-out companies, including AIG, Citigroup and Bank of America.
    SOURCE: Political Animal 1 month ago
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Thursday's Mini-Report
  1. Three dozen moderate Democrats are warning Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) that they must show that their health care bill will cut long-term costs or they will vote it down.
    SOURCE: Political Animal 1 month ago
  2. Nine former U.S. assistant secretaries of state have written to Senate leaders warning that U.S. relations with the Western hemisphere 'are being damaged' because of a dispute that has blocked the confirmation of two key diplomatic appointees to the region.
    SOURCE: Political Animal 1 month ago
  3. The battle to pass financial regulatory reform is going to be like trench warfare: a grinding, bloody struggle that's won a single subparagraph at a time against a relentless barrage of money, lawyers, and lunches at Tosca. And that's the optimistic view.
    SOURCE: Political Animal 1 month ago
  4. A day after the Obama administration clamped down on executive pay at companies that received federal bailouts, the Federal Reserve acted more broadly Thursday to curb pay packages that encouraged bankers and other executives to take the kinds of reckless risks that contributed to the housing bubble.
    SOURCE: Political Animal 1 month ago

Recent Photos From The Wire

  1. Actress Susan Sarandon poses for photographers on the red carpet at the Australian premiere of the film "The Lovely Bones", in Sydney December 10, 2009.
  2. Physically disabled people and other activists take part in an International Human Rights rally in Kathmandu December 10, 2009. The signs carried by the people in wheelchairs read "Consolidation of disabled people in the society without hindrance and with basic human rights, social justice, education, health and rehabilitation".
  3. Boys play in smoke rising from an area fumigated by a health worker, unseen, in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. Municipal bodies often take up fumigation as a method of pest control especially to control mosquito related diseases like malaria and dengue.
  4. Cuban diva Omara Portuondo performs to a full house invited by Cuba's most popular salsa band Van-Van in the Karl Marx theatre in Havana during the band's 40th anniversary concert December 9, 2009. The band, founded in 1969, is starting a 70-concert tour of the United States and Europe. Omara Portuondo, the 79-year-old diva of the legendary Buena Vista Social Club group, was invited to help host the Latin Grammy awards last month in Las Vegas, a ceremony off-limits for Cuban artists during the hardline relationship that marked the Bush administration years.
  5. A mother (R) and sister of two different Kashmiri missing youths, attend a demonstration by Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) to mark World Human Rights Day in Srinagar December 10, 2009. On World Human Rights Day APDP held a protest to highlight the issue of missing persons in Kashmir. The APDP says that more than 8,000 people have gone missing, most of them after their arrest by Indian security forces in the troubled Kashmir region since a rebellion broke out at the end of 1989.
  6. U.S. envoy Stephen Bosworth smiles during a meeting with South Korea's nuclear envoy Wi Sung-Lac at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul December 10, 2009. Bosworth, the first envoy sent by U.S. President Barack Obama to North Korea ended a three-day trip on Thursday where he said he had a "useful meeting" aimed at bringing Pyongyang back to nuclear disarmament discussions.
  7. China's Liu Qing (R) crosses the finish line to win the women's 800 metres final at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong December 10, 2009. Also pictured are second place Akari Kishikawa (C) and third place Manami Mashita of Japan.
  8. A women stands near the bronze statue of young U.S. President Barack Obama during a ceremony at a park in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. The statue of President Obama as a 10-year-old wearing shorts and a T-shirt has been erected in the park to inspire children in the country where he lived as a boy.
  9. A cleaner sweeps while two workers install Christmas decoration lights on a commercial street in Beijing, China, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009.
  10. Li Jinzhe of China celebrates after a jump at the men's long jump final of the East Asian Games in Hong Kong Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. Li won the gold medal.
  11. People pose for photos at a Christmas setup in front of a shopping mall on a commercial street in Beijing, China, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. China's inflation rate has remained moderate this year, with the consumer price index falling 0.5 percent in October from a year earlier.
  12. AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - DECEMBER 10: Thomas Abercrombie of the New Zealand Breakers lays up the ball under pressure from Drew Williamson of the Perth Wildcats during the round 12 NBL match between the New Zealand Breakers and the Perth Wildcats at the North Shore Events Centre on December 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand.
  13. AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - DECEMBER 10: Kirk Penney of the New Zealand Breakers lays up the ball during the round 12 NBL match between the New Zealand Breakers and the Perth Wildcats at the North Shore Events Centre on December 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand.
  14. AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - DECEMBER 10: Rick Rickert of the New Zealand Breakers shoots at the basket under pressure from Jesse Wagstaff of the Perth Wildcats during the round 12 NBL match between the New Zealand Breakers and the Perth Wildcats at the North Shore Events Centre on December 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand.
  15. AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - DECEMBER 10: Kirk Penney of the New Zealand Breakers runs the ball forward watched by Damian Martin of the Perth Wildcats during the round 12 NBL match between the New Zealand Breakers and the Perth Wildcats at the North Shore Events Centre on December 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand.
  16. AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - DECEMBER 10: Kirk Penney of the New Zealand Breakers runs the ball forward watched by Damian Martin of the Perth Wildcats during the round 12 NBL match between the New Zealand Breakers and the Perth Wildcats at the North Shore Events Centre on December 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand.
  17. AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - DECEMBER 10: Luke Schenscher of the Perth Wildcats lays up the ball under pressure from Thomas Abercrombie of the New Zealand Breakers during the round 12 NBL match between the New Zealand Breakers and the Perth Wildcats at the North Shore Events Centre on December 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand.
  18. A woman stands near a women's lingerie advertisement at a subway station in Beijing, China, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. China's inflation rate has remained moderate this year, with the consumer price index falling 0.5 percent in October from a year earlier.