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NEWS ABOUT: car czar

car czar stories: 7 news summaries

Obama Car Czar to Become Manufacturing Adviser

Prez taps Ron Bloom
to tackle factory woes

Sep 6, 09 7:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama's car czar is about to become his manufacturing czar as well, the Detroit News reports. Obama said today he will name auto adviser Ron Bloom, who took over for Steven Ratner in July as head of the auto industry restructuring team, his senior counselor for manufacturing policy, and... More »

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Barack Obama • manufacturing • car czar • Ron Bloom

OPINION

Obama's
Kitchen Has
Too Many Chefs

President's 32 czars
an 'end-run' around Congress: Cantor

Jul 30, 09 11:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama has broken his promise to restore the power of Congress “by appointing a virtual army of ‘czars,’” Republican Eric Cantor writes in the Washington Post. The administration now has at least 32 czars—more than Russia ever did—with each spearheading major policy... More »

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Barack Obama • executive power • energy czar • Obama administration • Eric Cantor • President Obama • car czar • cyber czar • drug czar

Rattner May Have Quit Over Pay-to-Play Settlement

New York AG targets ex-car czar's company

Jul 15, 09 8:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Washington is dying to know why Steven Rattner quit after just months as President Obama’s car czar. One possible reason: New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is pushing for a legal settlement with his company for its part in a pay-to-play scandal surrounding the state’s pension fund, sources... More »

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New York • General Motors • Andrew Cuomo • pension funds • Obama administration • President Obama • pay to play • car czar • Steven Rattner

Would-Be 'Car Czar' to Head Auto Task Force

Obama taps financier Rattner as lead in GM, Chrysler restructuring

Feb 24, 09 7:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Steven Rattner has been named chief adviser to the panel tasked with restructuring GM and Chrysler, Reuters reports. The financier was considered the frontrunner to be "car czar" before President Obama opted for a panel rather than a single chief. Rattner, who will leave the private equity firm... More »

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Chrysler • General Motors • Treasury Department • auto industry • Obama administration • President Obama • Timothy Geithner • car czar • Steven Rattner

OPINION

 Obama Should Draft Krugman 

NYT columnist would do a lot better than Geithner and Summers

Feb 19, 09 3:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s economic team so far has failed to inspire confidence, writes Steven Stark for the Boston Phoenix. Instead of Geithner and Summer, Obama should pick a new man to lead the charge on the financial crisis: Appoint Paul Krugram, Nobel laureate and economics columnist for the New York ... More »

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Paul Krugman • Larry Summers • economic adviser • deregulation • financial crisis • Timothy Geithner • car czar

 Obama Swaps 
 Car Czar Plan 
 With Panel 

Economic advisers, union mediator will aid decisions: official

Feb 16, 09 1:48 AM CST
(Newser) - The Obama administration has ditched the "car czar" idea, and is divvying up the task of reviving Detroit among a panel of top economic advisers instead, an official tells the New York Times. The Treasury secretary and National Economic Council chair will oversee the presidential panel of experts, many... More »

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Chrysler • General Motors • US automakers • Obama administration • President Obama • car czar

With Car Czar Delayed,
Automakers Spin Wheels

GM and Chrysler find no one behind the wheel of auto restructuring

Feb 6, 09 9:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Amid the federal appointment frenzy, the lack of a "car czar" has received little attention, but the vacancy is holding up automakers trying to meet restructuring deadlines included in their $17.4 billion federal loan, the Wall Street Journal reports. The loans require General Motors and Chrysler to submit... More »

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Chrysler • General Motors • restructuring • financial crisis • auto bailout • car czar • Steven Rattner

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