Tim Geithner

Executive Pay: Treasury to Set Top Compensation At 7 Companies

nytimes.com | STEPHEN LABATON | Posted 07.12.2009 | Business


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...

Geithner Talks Compensation Rules (VIDEO)

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...

Citigroup Bonuses: Bank Paying Millions To Attract Talent

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 ...

Wall Street Pay Caps Are a Terrible Idea

Henry Blodget | Posted 07.09.2009 | Business


Henry Blodget

The government is edging closer to capping Wall Street pay -- and not just at firms that were bailed out with taxpayer money.

Pictures Of Geithner's Home In Larchmont, New York

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...

Geithner Talks China, Recession, Federal Deficit (VIDEO)

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...

Geithner Sees Signs That US Economy Is Stabilizing

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...

Geithner Wields Little Leverage In China Talks

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...

Zombie Banks Still Walk Among Us: CNN

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....

Geithner On GOP Socialism Charge: 'Ridiculous'

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...

Geithner Adopts Part Of Wall Street Plan For Regulation Of Derivatives

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...

Arthur Delaney

Geithner's "Incredible" New Justification For Recycling Bailout Money (VIDEO)

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...

Summer Economic Forecast: Sunny, with a Chance of Inflation

Carlos Watson | Posted 06.22.2009 | Business


Carlos Watson

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.

Geithner says major banks have raised $56 billion

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...

Anderson Cooper, Where Art Thou?

Iris Martin | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics


Iris Martin

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.

Arthur Delaney and Ryan Grim

Barney Frank: TARP Recycling Okay If Money Goes To Small Banks

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...

Geithner's Gift To Wall Street: Investors See Opportunity To Make A Killing

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...

Arthur Delaney

Geithner Says No Caps On Executive Compensation, Trumpets Gains In Stock Market To Newsweek

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...

Profiles in Financial Courage

Robert Kuttner | Posted 06.17.2009 | Business


Robert Kuttner

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.

Stealth Move in Washington Aims to Get $100 Billion for IMF Without Congressional Debate

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 06.15.2009 | World


Mark Weisbrot

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.

Arthur Delaney

Geithner Plans To Give Recycled TARP Money To Small Banks

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...

Geithner Headed To China For Economic Talks Next Month

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...

Wall Street, DC, and the New Financial Euphoria

Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.11.2009 | Business


Arianna Huffington

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

SNL: Tim Geithner Stress Tests Skit (VIDEO)

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...

Obama wants Fed to be finance supercop: AP

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...