Nation's political and financial capitals
(NEWSER) - For decades, more than just 228 miles separated Wall Street from Washington, as financiers cast a casual eye at government regulators. But a year after Lehman Brothers’ dramatic implosion, the nation’s financial and political capitals are forging a new, closer relationship that has some concerned, David Cho, Steven Mufson, and Tomoeh Murakami Tse write for the Washington Post. “Washington is the new Wall Street," one billionaire investor says. “No major capital transactions appear to occur without the intervention of Washington.” More»
