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Four Massachusetts residents have written $5,000 checks -- the maximum legal donation -- to help pay President-elect Barack Obama's transition costs. More


President-elect Barack Obama meets with the nation's governors on the struggling economy. More
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Obama News Conference, 11-26-08
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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker is picked by President-elect Barack Obama to lead his new Economic Recovery Advisory Board. More


Obama News Conference, 11-26-08
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Watch in its entirety President-elect Barack Obama's news conference in which he appoints former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker to head new Economic Recovery Advisory Board. More

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Opinion: Helen Thomas

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Few prominent economists will say it, but to me it looks like we are in another Great Depression or a reasonable facsimile. More


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Gov. Deval Patrick is preparing to unveil plans to fold Turnpike operations west of Route 128 into the Massachusetts Highway Department. Is this a good idea?

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