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Timothy Geithner Calls Mitt Romney Claims 'Misleading,' 'Ridiculous'

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 04.15.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner threw water on one of GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's claims about the economy and women, say...

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Treasury Tries To Bail Out Public Image Of Bailout

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 04.13.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Treasury Department is worried that the high political cost of some of its key economic intervention programs -- most notably, the b...

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Geithner: 'We Can't Cut Our Way To Growth'

Reuters | Posted 05.15.2012

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* U.S. faces choice in how to keep expansion going * Oil prices a worry, need to keep eye on Iran * Europe's actions hav...

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Tim Geithner: 'No Credible Evidence' Dodd-Frank Act Hurting Economy

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 02.03.2012

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In many ways, it's too early to pass many judgments on Dodd-Frank. U.S. financial regulators said in a report released on Thursday that it is still...

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Such Pessimism Is Unwarranted -- Who Should Rescue Housing?

Harlan Green | Posted 03.21.2012

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Business and Wall Street economists in particular are predicting just 2 percent GDP growth for all of 2012. Why such pessimism?

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Geithner: Debt Crisis Needs Faster, Bolder Action

AP | By MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 11.24.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner wants faster and bolder action to deal with the European debt crisis, and he's calling that crisis t...

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U.S. Debt Default Means 'Lights Out' And A New Depression, Geithner Warns

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 09.17.2011

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WASHINGTON -- If Congress fails to hike the nation's borrowing limit by Aug. 2, it will be "lights out" on the government and the economy, Treasury Se...

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REPORT: Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg Considered For Treasury Secretary

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 08.31.2011

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Timothy Geithner was recently reportedly considering leaving his position as Treasury Secretary after the budget deal is accomplished. Although he has...

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Geithner: Not Raising Debt Ceiling Would Be 'Catastrophic'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.17.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Sunday he's certain congressional lawmakers will come together to raise the nation's debt limit...

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Libya Protests: Tripoli In Open Revolt, Pro-Gaddafi Gangs Terrorize Capital

AP/The Huffington Post | MAGGIE MICHAEL and BASSEM MROUE | Posted 05.25.2011

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TRIPOLI, Libya - Moammar Gadhafi's regime passed out guns to civilian supporters, set up checkpoints and sent armed patrols roving the terrorized capi...

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U.S. Freezes Gaddafi's Assets

AP/The Huffington Post | By BRADLEY KLAPPER and MATTHEW LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration froze assets of the Libyan government, leader Muammar Gaddafi and four of his children Friday, just hours ...

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Tim Geithner's Gamble

Project Syndicate | Simon Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES -- In a recent interview, United States Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner laid out his view of the nature of world economic growth and the r...

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Why the Financial Crisis Could Not Have Been Prevented

Robert Lenzner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank, did not believe in reining in the animal spirits on Wall Street. He chose to ignore pleading from wise titans to turn off the spigot of easy money.

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Geithner Backs Foreclosure Aid With Clock Running Out

Posted 05.25.2011

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The U.S. Treasury Department has spent months blocking legal aid funding for borrowers fighting foreclosure, but is giving a late push to legislation ...

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Hard Times Are Getting Harder, Left Is Silent

Danny Schechter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Aren't job losses and foreclosures as important as a "Ground Zero Mosque" that isn't a mosque, hasn't been built, and isn't even at Ground Zero?

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Geithner Sings

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Yelling, Cursing and Tim Geithner

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.25.2011

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I was shocked by the reaction to my support of Tim Geithner's bad temper, not so much by the anti-administration people, but by the number of you who never swear and never yell at people.

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Michele Bachmann: Obama Might Abandon The Dollar

The Plum Line | Posted 05.25.2011

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GOP Rep Michele Bachmann, who is quite the colorful character, wants an answer: Is Obama secretly in favor of getting rid of the dollar and replacin...

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Geithner "Open" To China 'Super Currency' Proposal

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

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Geithner, at the Council on Foreign Relations, said the U.S. is "open" to a headline-grabbing proposal by the governor of the China's central bank, wh...

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Geithner Plan Will Rob US Taxpayers: Nobel-Winning Economist

CNBC | Posted 05.25.2011

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The U.S. government plan to rid banks of toxic assets will rob American taxpayers by exposing them to too much risk and is unlikely to work as long as...

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Candidate Tedisco Joins GOP Reps In Calling For Geithner's Resignation

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republican candidate for Congress James Tedisco joined several would-be House Republican colleagues Thursday by calling on Treasury Secretary Tim Geit...

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Two GOP Reps Call For Geithner's Resignation

The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: Another Republican, Darrell Issa of California, will announce he is joining Mack in his call for Geithner to resign as Treasury Secretary. Re...

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Geithner's Treasury Department Fiasco

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 05.25.2011

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If Geithner can't even hire staff for his own department, how on earth is he going to lower America's unemployment rate?

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Geithner Humbles Himself, Flies Coach

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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For those of you still outraged over Timothy Geithner's income tax lapse, maybe you'll take comfort in this: at least the Treasury secretary isn't fly...

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Timothy Geithner and his Father's Legacy in Microcredit

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Geithner grew up in Zimbabwe, India and Thailand. It would have been impossible for him to not have seen what true poverty is and how his father was helping to establish part of the solution.

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