Read more Robert Rubin stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/16258/robert-rubin.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:17:07 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/61284/browns-woes-offers-obama-reality-check.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Bush administration has taken much of the blame for the American recession, but a "huge housing bubble and a financial crisis" were always on the cards, as Paul Krugman writes for the New York Times. Writing from London, where voters gave Gordon Brown a pummeling in Thursday's elections, Krugman...http://www.newser.com/story/61284/browns-woes-offers-obama-reality-check.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Jun 2009 8:50:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/51364/missing-not-missed-ceos-in-obama-cabinet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTo the multitude of differences between the Obama administration and its predecessors, add the absence of corporate CEOs from Cabinet meetings. The reason is simple, reports Politico: There aren't any. Recent Wall Street-to-Washington catastrophes such as the Bush Treasury Department aren't the only reason, either. "Obama’s more academic, intellectual and...http://www.newser.com/story/51364/missing-not-missed-ceos-in-obama-cabinet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Feb 2009 10:02:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48425/bill-gore-rubin-guide-obama-in-spirit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThree of Barack Obama’s most important advisers will accompany him to the Oval Office only in spirit, Gerald Seib writes in the Wall Street Journal : Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and Robert Rubin. In leaving behind a healthy record as Democratic building blocks, the Clinton years left Obama “what we didn’t...http://www.newser.com/story/48425/bill-gore-rubin-guide-obama-in-spirit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Jan 2009 9:30:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47527/rubin-quits-citi-smith-barney-for-sale.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFormer Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin is leaving his posts at struggling Citigroup, the Wall Street Journal reports. He retired as a senior counselor effective today, and won’t pursue another term on the board of directors. Journal sources also say Citigroup is in talks to sell Smith Barney, its brokerage and...http://www.newser.com/story/47527/rubin-quits-citi-smith-barney-for-sale.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Jan 2009 15:15:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46246/battle-over-regulation-looms-in-09.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter the economic meltdown of 2008, the coming year will see a battle over one of the most politically contentious issues in finance: the regulation of derivatives markets. Some who opposed government oversight before now acknowledge the need for tighter controls. But they face an uphill battle, reports Newsweek , against...http://www.newser.com/story/46246/battle-over-regulation-looms-in-09.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 25 Dec 2008 9:24:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45272/blago-the-only-rat-paying-the-piper.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPoor Rod Blagojevich: He merely tried to auction off the president-elect’s Senate seat and could be imprisoned for it. But the men who bungled Iraq and crashed our economy can anticipate vacations and White House jobs, Frank Rich writes in the New York Times . Luckily for us, Blagojevich “gift-wraps the...http://www.newser.com/story/45272/blago-the-only-rat-paying-the-piper.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 14 Dec 2008 13:18:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44641/obama-should-beware-best-and-brightest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama has won praise for appointing “the best and the brightest” to his Cabinet during a time of war and economic hardship. But all the back-patting sounds a little too familiar, Frank Rich writes in the New York Times. “The stewards of the Vietnam fiasco had pedigrees uncannily reminiscent...http://www.newser.com/story/44641/obama-should-beware-best-and-brightest.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 07 Dec 2008 13:18:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43509/obama-fiscal-team-reunites-rubin-proteges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama’s incoming administration is stocked with acolytes of Bill Clinton-era Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, reports the New York Times . But even Rubin and his protégés are no longer quite as enamored as they once were of so-called Rubinomics—deregulation, balanced budgets, and free trade. Facing economic crisis, Rubinistas like...http://www.newser.com/story/43509/obama-fiscal-team-reunites-rubin-proteges.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 24 Nov 2008 9:54:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42963/paulson-were-doing-the-right-thing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOn the eve of his testimony before Congress, beleaguered Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson used last night's speech to defend the administration's response to the nation's "unprecedented" financial crisis. Paulson said without the $700 billion Wall Street bailout, things would be even worse, ABC News reports. "It's hard to get credit...http://www.newser.com/story/42963/paulson-were-doing-the-right-thing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 17 Nov 2008 21:00:00 CST