Obama pressures bankers to lend more; back reform bill
Barack Obama on Monday pressed the chief executives of the nation's largest banks to lend more to small businesses, increase their assistance to troubled homeowners and end their opposition to bank regulatory reform legislation moving on Capitol Hill. [...]
In today’s podcast, why is Chavez taking over the banks now?
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Welcome to the Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean.
While Evo Morales won yesterday’s election and apparently gained control of the of the senate, the big story of the week is the crisis at the Venezuelan banks. Read the Venezuela News and Views post and [...]
