Executive Pay: Treasury to Set Top Compensation At 7 Companies
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's sweeping new proposal to restrict executive pay is likely to be a humbling exercise for seven of the nation's...
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's sweeping new proposal to restrict executive pay is likely to be a humbling exercise for seven of the nation's...
The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 07.11.2009 | Business
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner spoke to reporters today about the much-rumored restrictions on Wall Street compensation. Geithner said: "We'd lik...
The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 07.10.2009 | Business
LONDON -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is set to unveil his much-anticipated guidelines on investment banking pay this week. But he may be too ...
Henry Blodget | Posted 07.09.2009 | Business
The government is edging closer to capping Wall Street pay -- and not just at firms that were bailed out with taxpayer money.
The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 07.06.2009 | Business
Earlier this week, it was reported that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's is selling his home in Larchmont, New York. The real estate website...
The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 07.03.2009 | Business
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner appeared on CNBC this morning and discussed the GM bankruptcy, economic relations with China, and the ballooning F...
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 07.01.2009 | Business
BEIJING — U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the U.S. financial system is in much better shape these days and there is more stability...
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 06.30.2009 | World
WASHINGTON — Timothy Geithner's first trip to China as treasury secretary comes at a vulnerable time for the Obama administration. Mired in a b...
CNN | David Ellis | Posted 06.25.2009 | Business
Small banks facing severe loan losses and in need of capital continue to operate, indicating a reluctance on behalf of regulators to shut them down....
Washington Post | Posted 06.24.2009 | Politics
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner admits private investors are worried about investing in new government-backed commercial mortgage securities and d...
Bloomberg | Matthew Leising | Posted 06.24.2009 | Business
The U.S. Treasury's plan to regulate the over-the-counter derivatives market outlined by Secretary Timothy Geithner on May 13 contains recommendations...
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Thursday that he has "no plans to request additional funding" for the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief P...
Carlos Watson | Posted 06.22.2009 | Business
There's good news and bad news: your chances of being employed just went up, but the paycheck you'll start earning could be worth less.
AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 06.20.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — Declaring that the financial system was "starting to heal," Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Wednesday that major banks had...
Iris Martin | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics
We know you thrive on breaking news and our story is being suppressed, by evil banksters and their cronies, who would rather go bankrupt than confess.
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney and Ryan Grim | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics
Now that some bailout recipients have begun sending checks back to the Treasury Department, the question has become: Whose money is that? Deficit haw...
Fortune | William D. Cohan, Contributor | Posted 06.18.2009 | Business
NEW YORK -- Imagine if you were not really in the market for a house but the government came along and said that it would finance 94% of a home's purc...
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Monday that the government has no plans to cap compensation on Wall Street. "I don't think our government...
Robert Kuttner | Posted 06.17.2009 | Business
The JFK Presidential Library gives a Profile in Courage Award to public officials who took a stand that took a lot of integrity and nerve.
Mark Weisbrot | Posted 06.15.2009 | World
We are told that poor countries will suffer if the IMF does not get a $108 billion appropriation from Congress immediately. But this is nonsense.
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced Wednesday morning that the Treasury Department plans to give small banks access to bailout funds returne...
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 06.12.2009 | World
WASHINGTON — The administration says Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will travel to Beijing early next month for meetings with senior Chines...
Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.11.2009 | Business
I spent last week in New York and Washington, speaking with many erstwhile Masters of the Universe and those charged with cleaning up the mess they've created. And in both cities I was stunned by how many Wall Street and political insiders were ready to break out the champagne. Forgive me if I keep the bubbly on the shelf. READ MORE Ending the War on Drugs: The Moment is Now When it comes to addressing America's disastrous war on drugs, the Obama administration is saying the right things. But when it comes to putting its rhetoric into action, the administration has faltered. Is the Obama administration really committed to a fundamental shift in America's approach to drug policy or is this about serving up a kinder, gentler drug war? READ MORE
Posted 10.04.2009 | Comedy
Saturday Night Live lampooned Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and the nation's big banks last night with a skit about the government capitulating on t...
AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 06.09.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve could become the supercop for "too big to fail" companies capable of causing another financial meltdown under a...
nytimes.com | STEPHEN LABATON | Posted 07.12.2009 | Business