Posts Tagged ‘bank crisis’
US auto and bank crisis pulled together under Treasury Department | 15th Feb, 2009
In a fascinatingly shrewd move the Administration has tied the auto crisis and the banking crisis together by appointing a panel to oversee the “revamping” and that panel is chaired by Treasury Secretary Geithner – who obviously also has accountability for the banks.
This makes eminent sense.
To Fix Detroit, Obama Is Said to Drop Plan for ‘Car Czar’ | NY Times
DETROIT — President Obama has dropped the idea of appointing a single, powerful “car czar” to oversee the revamping of General Motors and Chrysler and will instead keep the politically delicate task in the hands of his most senior economic advisers, a top administration official said Sunday night.
