Barack Obama

 

Jeff Zeleny and Christopher Drew, "Obama Says His Investments Presented No Conflicts Of Interest," The New York Times, 3/8/07

Mike McIntire and Christopher Drew, "In ’05 Investing, Obama Took Same Path As Donors," The New York Times, 3/7/07

Lynn Sweet, "Stock Answers," Chicago Sun-Times, 3/8/07

"[Obama] Said He Retained A Broker At UBS Recommended By A Wealthy Contributor, George W. Haywood, When He Decided To Set Up A Blind Trust For The Riskiest Part Of His Investment Portfolio." (Jeff Zeleny and Christopher Drew, "Obama Says His Investments Presented No Conflicts Of Interest," The New York Times, 3/8/07)

"The Senator Declined To Identify The Financial Adviser At UBS, The Giant Financial Firm." (Jeff Zeleny and Christopher Drew, "Obama Says His Investments Presented No Conflicts Of Interest," The New York Times, 3/8/07)

ABC News’ "The Note": "The main question that remains: how did the (still-unmasked) broker make those two stock picks?" (ABC News’ "The Note," 3/9/07)

In February Of 2005, Obama Purchased Up To $90,000 In SkyTerra Stock And $9,000 In AVI BioPharma Stock. (Jeff Zeleny and Christopher Drew, "Obama Says His Investments Presented No Conflicts Of Interest," The New York Times, 3/8/07)

• "Records Show That The SkyTerra Shares Were Bought The Same Day A Ruling By The Federal Communications Commission Supported The Company’s Effort To Create A Nationwide Wireless Network And Caused A Temporary Spike In Its Stock Price." (Jeff Zeleny and Christopher Drew, "Obama Says His Investments Presented No Conflicts Of Interest," The New York Times, 3/8/07)

• "The AVI BioPharma Shares Were Bought Just Before Mr. Obama Began To Push For More Federal Spending To Battle Avian Flu." (Jeff Zeleny and Christopher Drew, "Obama Says His Investments Presented No Conflicts Of Interest," The New York Times, 3/8/07)

"Obama Said At Some Point In Fall 2005 He Got A Stockholder Letter. He Said He Believes It Was From AVI Or SkyTerra, But He Couldn’t Remember Which Company." (Nedra Pickler, "Obama Unaware Of Investment Conflicts," The Associated Press, 3/7/07)

• According To SEC Records, SkyTerra Did Not Send Investors Its SEC Proxy Forms In Fall 2005. (Elana Schor, "Sen. Obama Pivots After Bad Press," The Hill, 3/8/07)

• AVI BioPharma Investor-Relations Director: "It Doesn’t Sound Like Anything We Would Have Sent Out." (Elana Schor, "Sen. Obama Pivots After Bad Press," The Hill, 3/8/07)

"[T]he Stock Purchases Raise Questions About How He Could Unwittingly Come To Invest In Two Relatively Obscure Companies, Whose Backers Happen To Include Generous Contributors To His Political Committees." (Mike McIntire and Christopher Drew, "In ’05 Investing, Obama Took Same Path As Donors," The New York Times, 3/7/07)

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"Mr. Obama Said That While He Told The Broker He Wanted An ‘Aggressive Strategy,’ He Did Not Instruct Him To Follow The Investment Patterns Of Mr. Haywood, A Professional Investor Who Has Taken Large Stakes In Several Speculative Companies." (Jeff Zeleny and Christopher Drew, "Obama Says His Investments Presented No Conflicts Of Interest," The New York Times, 3/8/07)

Obama: "At no point did I know what stocks were held, and at no point did I direct how those stocks were invested." (Jennifer Hunter, "Rash Decisions May Cast Doubt On Judgment," Chicago Sun-Times, 3/9/07)