- Is It Time to Name This Recession? http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/is-it-time-to-name-this-recession/ 3 comments economy
- Big Names. Big Layoffs. Bad Times Are Already Here. Welcome to the slow-motion recession. https://themakingofamillionaire.com/big-names-big-layoffs-bad-times-are-already-here-d64beb0d77ae 95 comments economics
- GOP and business warn Obama against using the recess to name a union lawyer to the NLRB, even though Bush used recess appointments to the NLRB seven times. The board has been unable to enforce labor laws for two years now, because three of its five seats are vacant. http://abcnews.go.com/business/wirestory?id=10198671 6 comments politics
- Obama announces 15 recess appointments, scolds GOP .. Fed up with waiting, Obama announced Saturday he would bypass a vacationing Senate and name 15 people to key administration jobs, wielding for the first time the blunt political tool known as the recess appointment. http://apnews.myway.com//article/20100327/d9en8cd00.html 79 comments politics