Tim Geithner Bailout

Summers/Geithner Plan: Bank Heist One More Time

Diane Francis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Diane Francis

This plan is more of the same: highly leveraged risk-taking shenanigans facilitated by a naive government and tax dollars.

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Geithner's Private Investment Fund Details Revealed

Financial Times | Krishna Guha | Posted 05.25.2011

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One reason the US authorities are reluctant to pull the plug on any big banks is that they hope their toxic asset purchase plan could show that losses...

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GOP Sen. Shelby: Geithner "Wasted" Senate's Time

CBS | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republican Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, on Wednesday lambasted Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner'...

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The Audacity of Dopes

William K. Black | Posted 05.25.2011

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William K. Black

The bankers have convinced the Bush and Obama administrations that the taxpayers should be looted to bail out risk capital. We should stop listening to the folks that caused the crisis.

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Obama and The Economy: How It's Going to Play Out

Ian Welsh | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ian Welsh

The only people in this debacle who acted in the interests of ordinary Americans are House Democrats, but in the end they're going to be forced to choose between no bill and a fatally compromised bill.

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Geithner Prevails In Internal Debate Over Bailout, Opposing Tough Conditions

nytimes.com | STEPHEN LABATON and EDMUND L. ANDREWS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON - The Obama administration's new plan to bail out the nation's banks was fashioned after a spirited internal debate that pitted the Treasur...

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Geithner Delays Financial Bailout Plan To Tuesday

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A Treasury Department official says Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will unveil the Obama administration's new framework to aid...

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