Thursday
Apr162009
Chairman: IMF is Key to Solving Economic Crisis
Domonique Strauss-Kahn, chairman of the International Monetary Fund, applauds governments for being proactive in stopping financial crisis through stimulating the economy. However, the governments must continue to act in this manner or the world faces the fate of a longer and deeper recession. Also, he stresses how the International Monetary Fund is key to guiding world out of the recession. (0:28)
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Specter Says Economy Forced Him To Switch Parties
U.S. Senator Arlen Specter (D-Penn.) commented on his party switch during his keynote address at the “Best and Brightest Forum on Medical Innovation: Achieving Recovery Through Discovery” today at the Newseum. He said he just couldn't stand by the Republican party given the economic problems of the country and the prospect of falling into another Great Depression. (0:36)
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