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Obama praises stimulus bill as it hits 100-day mark(1)

By Mark Z. Barabak
1:11 PM PDT, May 27, 2009

Reporting from Las Vegas — When pundits and reporters set out to chart the progress of the Obama administration at 100 days, some in the White House disparaged the exercise as a foolish contrivance focused on a meaningless marker. But today the White House conjured up its [...]

Stimulus Package Underwhelms Infrastructure Investors(1)

By Keenan Skelly
Investors and lawmakers attending the Dow Jones Infrastructure Summit Thursday weren’t particularly enthused about the $30 billion that President Barack Obama’s administration has slated for infrastructure in its economic stimulus package.
Their biggest issue: it simply isn’t enough, not coming anywhere close to the $2 trillion estimated to be needed to help the U.S.’s [...]