On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the nomination of Jack Lew to be the next Treasury Secretary, dire projections about the length of time until we reach the magic 6.5% unemployment and what it will take to get us there.
Read More »On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the market fallout of Obama’s re-election, replacements for Timothy Geithner and what Elizabeth Warren’s election means for the banking industry.
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For several years now, even though problems were well documented before, union bosses have been hiding behind the current financial meltdown as a main cause for their massive pension under-funding problem. Now, it appears that the Obama Administration is helping to hide just how bad the problem is. Despite a 2010 failed attempt at getting a tax-payer bailout for union pensions, the fact is, many union pension plans | Read More »
After several years of offering oblique generalities about the need to lower the corporate tax, Obama is finally putting his money where his mouth is. Last week, Congressman Dave Camp called out Timothy Geithner for not offering a corporate tax cut in the President’s FY 2013 budget. So with much fanfare, Geithner has unveiled a proposal to cut the top corporate tax rate from 35% | Read More »
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