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Bailout May Cost $23.7 Trillion: Barofsky

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 08.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Bailout Costs, Tim Geithner, Tarp, Department of the Treasury, Bailout, Neil Barofsky, Business News

WASHINGTON - The federal government has devoted $4.7 trillion to help the financial sector through its crisis, a level of assistance equal to about on...

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Cuba, the Low-Hanging Fruit for Obama, Braces for Change

Richard Walden | Posted 05.11.2009 | World

Read More: Luis Posada Carriles, Terrorist, US-Cuba Policy, Raul Castro, Department of the Treasury, Cuba, Department of Commerce, Dr. Orlando Bosch, World News
Richard Walden

Changing U.S. policy towards Cuba is the low-hanging fruit on President Obama's foreign policy agenda. Change can be accomplished at the stroke of a pen.

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Alexander Hamilton's Scorn: Reflecting on AIG, Goldman, Hank Paulson and Bob Rubin

Steve Clemons | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Alexander Hamilton, Bank of New York, Department of the Treasury, Hamilton Project, Executive Bonuses, Barack Obama, Lawrence Summers, Robert Rubin, Goldman Sachs, Aig, Citibank, Tom Daschle, Henry Paulson, Timothy Geithner, American Financial Crisis, Nancy Killifer, Ron Chernow, Politics News
Steve Clemons

While many are criticizing the gross AIG taxpayer-funded bonuses of senior executives, the truth is that this kind of corruption is relatively small time -- even at $165 million -- and was predictable.

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There's Nothing Wrong with Geithner's Brain...

Rick Horowitz | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Treasury Department, Economic Stimulus Package, Age and Experience, Bank Bailouts, Tim Geithner, Hair Coloring, Department of the Treasury, Larry Summers, Timothy Geithner, Barack Obama, Lawrence Summers, Obama Administration, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

"I knew you'd get it. There's nothing like having a few wise gray heads around the Cabinet table to ease people's minds. Now, some of us go gray naturally..."

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