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Obama: Cheney aided anti-Americans (to borrow term from Bachmann, banker)

By Chris Steller | 03.22.09 | 5:44 pm

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann may have started it last fall with loopy comments on national TV about her congressional colleagues’ “anti-American” views. Last week, she again tried to “out” fellow lawmakers, this time for supporting AIG’s bonuses, while a…

Calling it ‘dumb,’ GE’s Welch quits as high priest of shareholder-value cult

By Chris Steller | 03.13.09 | 2:53 pm

e71a8131-7a79-43fc-8a9d-5e349ab91e84Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch has declared corporations’ pursuit of shareholder value above all else “the dumbest idea in the world.” With shareholder values generally in free fall as multinationals and even nations teeter on the verge of…