Breaking News: Bernanke wins second term as Fed chairman

Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:23:35 -0600

WASHINGTON - The Senate has confirmed Ben Bernanke for a second term
as chairman of the Federal Reserve with a 70-30 vote on Thursday. The
vote came amid criticism of his judgment ahead of the financial crisis
and his support for massive Wall Street bailouts. His supporters
credited him for engineering a financial industry rescue in time to
prevent a catastrophic collaps