{"id":6558,"date":"2007-09-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"obama-calls-for-transparency-from-american-patriots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/09\/2007\/obama-calls-for-transparency-from-american-patriots.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama Calls For Transparency From American Patriots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- In&nbsp;a press release from Dispatches&nbsp;from the US Govenrment&nbsp;it was announced that Senator Barack Obama is scheduled to argue at NASDAQ marketsite that the&#8221;what&#8217;s good for me is good enough&#8221; mentality that has crept into certain corners of the Washington and the business world has led to bad-for-business practices that don&#8217;t just offend morals, butendanger markets.<\/p>\n<p>  Using the subprime mortgage crisis that has led to today&#8217;s economic uncertainty as an example, Obama will discuss why the American economy and the American people benefit from policies that ensure  openness, transparency, and honesty in the marketplace.<\/p>\n<p>  To ensure that no conflict of interest exists between rating agencies and the people they&#8217;re rating, he will also call for an immediate investigation into the relationship and business practices of  rating agencies and their clients.<\/p>\n<p>  Finally, Obama will ask Wall Street to join him in supporting an economic agenda that will level the playing field for the American people and ensure America&#8217;s prosperity in the 21st century. Obama  is scheduled to deliver a speech on Tuesday in Washington DC where he will outline specific tax policy proposals.<\/p>\n<p>  The speech is being hosted by the Executive Council as part of their Candidate Roundtable Series.<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p>    Alex Akesson<br \/>    Editor for HedgeCo.Net<br \/>    Email: <a href=\"mailto:alex@hedgeco.net\">alex@hedgeco.net<\/a>  <\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<div>\n<p>        HedgeCo.Net is a premier hedge fund database and community for qualified and accredited investors only. Membership on <a href=        \"..\/news\/07\/news\/07\/news\/06\/news\/06\/news\/06\/news\/06\/news\/06\/news\/06\/news\/06\/news\/06\/news\/06\/news\/06\/news\/06\/news\/06\/news\/06\/news\/06\/news\/05\/news\/05\/news\/05\/news\/05\/news\/05\/news\/05\/news\/05\/news\/05\/news\/05\/news\/05\/news\/05\/news\/%20\">        www.hedgeco.net<\/a> is FREE and EASY. We also offer FREE LISTINGS for Hedge Funds!<br \/>        <strong>Be sure to check out our sister sites.<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgefundlounge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.hedgefundlounge.com<\/a><\/strong><strong>,<\/strong>        <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgefundtools.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.hedgefundtools.com,<\/a><\/strong> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgefundemployment.com\/\" target=        \"_blank\"><strong>www.hedgefundemployment.com<\/strong><\/a>      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Palm Beach (HedgeCo.Net)- In&nbsp;a press release from Dispatches&nbsp;from the US Govenrment&nbsp;it was announced that Senator Barack Obama is scheduled to argue at NASDAQ marketsite that the&#8221;what&#8217;s good for me is good enough&#8221; mentality that has crept into certain corners [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hedgeco-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6558\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}