Battered Wall St tops Obama inaugural donors-study
Monday, January 19, 2009 : PermalinkDaily Monitor – Wall Street may be bruised and battered, but it still donated more money than any other U.S. industry to President-elect Barack Obama’s inaugural festivities on Tuesday, a study has found.
The Center for Responsive Politics said executives of finance, insurance and real estate companies and their family members gave $7.1 million to Obama’s inaugural committee.
Top donors from the world of high finance included George Soros, Ronald Perelman and David Shaw, the center said.
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