Barack Obama Gets &#36;1.9 Million Book Deal
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U.S. Sen.-elect Barack Obama, whose 1995 book jumped onto best seller lists after his keynote address to the Democratic National Convention, has landed a three-book deal worth &#36;1.9 million.
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama raised $32 million in the single month of January, a whopping figure that has permitted the campaign to boost staff and extend advertising to states beyond the sweeping Feb. 5 contests
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Bloomberg - Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Bets that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will win today's New Hampshire primary election climbed to 98 percent, based on online trading.
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Democratic Sen. Barack Obama raised $3 million for his presidential campaign in the 24 hours after the first polls closed on Super Tuesday night.
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Excerpts from Sen. Barack Obama's interview with The Associated Press:
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Bloomberg - July 1 (Bloomberg) -- Illinois Senator Barack Obama raised at least $32.5 million in the last three months, outpacing New York Senator Hillary Clinton and breaking fund-raising records for a Democratic presidential candidate.
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Sen. Barack Obama won the Wisconsin  vote to pick a U.S. Democratic presidential candidate on  Tuesday, handing rival Hillary Clinton a ninth straight defeat  and leaving her White House ambitions hanging on the upcoming  contests in Texas and Ohio, media projected.
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Checks from Hollywood's A-list stars such as George Clooney, Eddie Murphy and Barbra Streisand added up to an expected, one-night take of $1 million for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
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As he prepared to announce his campaign for the White House, Democratic Sen. Barack Obama took care of some unfinished business at Harvard University -- paying about $400 in parking fines dating back to his days as a law student.
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Former prime minister Tony Blair has struck a deal with Random House to publish his memoirs, the company said Thursday.
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CHICAGO, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Barack Obama's political campaign said Tuesday that it has given to charity $72,650 linked to Illinois real estate developer Antoin Rezko, on the same day that a judge ordered Rezko to jail ahead of his scheduled trial on extortion charges.
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Presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama raised at least $32.5 million in the second quarter of the 2008 fundraising cycle, topping his first quarter fundraising effort, the Illinois Democrat announced Sunday in a statement.
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Barack Obama has won the presidential endorsement of Sen. John Kerry, the Democrats' 2004 nominee who lost to George W. Bush.
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Just when Washington insiders were beginning to think of Sen. Hillary Clinton's nomination as inevitable, here comes Sen. Barack Obama to shake up that assumption with stupendous second-quarter fundraising totals: $32.5 million raised, of which $31 million can be spent in the Democratic primaries.
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House leaders and the White House reached a tentative deal on a package that would pay stipends of $300 to $1,200 per family and provide tax incentives for businesses.
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Barack Obama is getting rid of an old $5,000 campaign donation that was given to him by an Illinois businessman who was indicted this week.
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Bloomberg - Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Republican presidential hopeful John McCain won endorsements from the Philadelphia Enquirer's editorial board.