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Is Obama Getting Overexposed?

William Bradley | Posted 08.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Bill Clinton, Obamamania, John McCain, Congress, Economic Stimulus Package, Barack Obama, Tim Geithner, Health Care Reform, Vladimir Putin, Larry Summers, Kathleen Sebelius, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Obama Health Care, Ted Kennedy, Cable New Culture, Media News
William Bradley

There's no question that, in this fragmented media culture marked by an acute attention deficit disorder, Obama is the prime driver of news. But that doesn't mean he has to do it himself.

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U.S. And China Pledge 'Balanced Growth' After Meeting

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 08.28.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. China Trade, Vice-Premier-Wang-Qishan, Lawrence Summers, Tim Geithner, National Deficit, Business News

WASHINGTON — The United States and China on Tuesday pledged closer cooperation to deal with global hot spots such as Iran and the worst financia...

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Why Tim Geithner Still Can't Sell His Home

ABC News | Scott Mayerowitz | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Tim Geithner Home, Why Can't Geithner Sell His House?, Tim Geithner, Treasury Department, Business News

The country is finally starting to see some positive signs in the housing market. But don't tell that to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner or the countl...

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Big Banks to American Public: "Screw You"

Marshall Auerback | Posted 08.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Fdic, JP Morgan Chase, Aig, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Tim Geithner, Ben Bernanke, Mike Lux, Business News
Marshall Auerback

Roosevelt Braintruster Marshall Auerback wonders why bailed-out banks are getting giddy with dangerous speculation and sky-high bonuses when the rest of us are still dealing with financial chaos.

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Ryan Grim

House Dems To Geithner: Stop Backroom Deals With Wall Street

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geithner Wall Street, Geithner, Tim Geithner, Geithner Deal With Wall Street, Wall Street Washington, Politics News

Now that bailed-out banks are reporting record-breaking profits, the U.S. taxpayer, who bought into these institutions at bottom-barrel prices, could ...

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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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Geithner Has Tough Task In Marketing US Debt

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 08.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Debt, Treasury Department, US Economy, Geithner US Debt, Tim Geithner, Business News

WASHINGTON — Timothy Geithner, architect of bank, auto and economic rescue plans, has another high-stakes job these days: traveling bond salesma...

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Hank Paulson Rewrites History Before Congress

David Fiderer | Posted 08.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Merrill Lynch, John Thain, Hank Paulson, Lehman Brothers, Ken Lewis, Tim Geithner, Merrill Lynch Bank of America, Bank of America, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Henry Paulson, Timothy Geithner, Barclays, Business News
David Fiderer

The fallout of Paulson's two disastrous decisions (to let Lehman fail and reverse his position on foreclosure relief) prompted the former Treasury Secretary to abuse his powers, with some not-so-veiled threats.

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Bair, Bernanke Push For Fees On Risky Assets

bloomberg.com | Craig Torres and Alison Vekshin | Posted 08.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Citigroup, Tim Geithner, Bank of America, Ben Bernanke, Sheila Bair, Bank Regulation, Federal Reserve, Business News

July 15 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair, with support from Federal Reserve officials, is pushing for tougher measu...

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Ryan Grim

House Dems Take On Geithner Over Bailout Funds

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 08.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Geithner, Timothy Geithner, Bailout Auditors, Timothy Geithner Bailout Funds, Bailout, Geithner Bailout Funds, Tim Geithner, Business News

Congress is getting tired of asking nicely. Twenty House and Senate Democrats sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in May asking if he...

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Treasury Skips "Cramdown" Hearing

The Washington Independent | Mike Lillis | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: House Judiciary Committee, Cramdown Hearing, Timothy Geithner Treasury Secretary, Treasury Department, Tim Geithner, Politics News

Hoping to bring "cramdown" legislation back onto Congress' radar, a House Judiciary subpanel met this afternoon to re-examine whether bankruptcy judge...

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Pelosi Tells Geithner: Pecora Commission Planned For Next Week

The Page | Mark Halperin | Posted 08.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Pecora Commission, Geithner, Pelosi, Wall Street Probe, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Pelosi Financial Investigation, Tim Geithner, Business News

The Page has some details on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's plans to form an investigative panel on the financial crisis in the style of the Pecora Commission...

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Bank Bailout Fund: $328 Billion Still Remains

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 08.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Tim Geithner, Barney Frank, Treasury Department, Judd Gregg, Bailout Funds, Bailout, Bank Bailout, Government Accountability Office, Business News

WASHINGTON — The government has tens of billions of dollars left in the eye-popping $700 billion bank bailout fund created last fall, prompting ...

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Treasury Announces List Of PPIP Fund Managers

AP | Martin Crutsinger and Daniel Wagner | Posted 08.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Ppip, Public-Private Investment Program, Treasury Department, Rialto Capital Management, Tim Geithner, Alliancebernstein, Treasury Secretary, Business News

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Treasury Department on Wednesday selected nine large investment managers to operate funds for a long-awaited program to buy tox...

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Behind The Scenes With Obama's Cabinet (SLIDESHOW)

The Huffington Post | Cara Parks | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Slideshow, Kathleen Sebelius, Hilda Solis, Tim Geithner, Barack Obama's Cabinet, Arne Duncan, Ken Salazar, Nancy Sutley, Obama's Cabinet, Ray Lahood, Politics News

Cabinet members: they're more than just bureaucratic figureheads. They will also paint your house, fertilize your lawn and serve you lunch, as reveale...

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Confronting the Greedy

Mike Lux | Posted 07.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Larry Summers, Financial Bailout, 2009 Obama Administration, Tim Geithner, Business News
Mike Lux

I want Obama to succeed, but it's not going to happen unless he (a) wrenches the control of the economy away from the greedy, and (b) confronts the greedy directly.

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Geithner Grows Up: WATCH The Treasury Sec's Evolution (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 07.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Timothy Geithner Treasury Secretary, Department of Treasury, Tim Geithner, Geithner Video, Geithner Testimoney, Geithner Grows Up, Business News

Witness the new and improved Timothy Geithner! As DealBreaker put it earlier today, the Treasury Secretary has arrived. He's been everywhere lately, i...

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Mission Shrink: We've Gone From Saving Wall Street in Order to Save Main Street to Just Saving Wall Street

Arianna Huffington | Posted 07.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Foreclosures, Housing Market, Unemployment, Tim Geithner, Economy, Economic Recovery, Joe Biden, Recession, Barack Obama, Foreclosure News, Business News
Arianna Huffington

The problem continues to be the administration's habit of conflating the health of the Wall Street economy with the health of the real economy -- when, in fact, the two economies have become decoupled.

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Arthur Delaney

Geithner: "I'm Not Chairman -- Yet" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 07.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Bob Corker, Timothy Geithner, Senate Banking Committee, Chris Dodd, Tim Geithner, Ben Bernanke, Business News

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told the Senate on Thursday that he isn't "Mr. Chairman -- yet." Geither was testifying before the Senate Banking...

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Geithner Congressional Testimony: Financial Overhaul 'Essential' (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 07.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Timothy Geithner Treasury Secretary, Geithner Testimony Video, Obama Financial Reform, Geithner Financial Reform, Tim Geithner, Business News

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday defended the US administration's vast regulatory overhaul plan as "essential" in averting or containin...

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The Babble Over Regulatory Reform, Cont'd

Robert Teitelman | Posted 07.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Politics, Wall Street, Obama Policies, Economic Policy, Tim Geithner, Regulation, Larry Summers, Monetary Policy, Robert Teitelman, Business, Glass-Steagall, Paul Volcker, Obama Administration, Business News
Robert Teitelman

Nobody just announces anything anymore. Before anyone in Washington can get lunch, it has to be leaked, briefed, previewed in speeches, summarized in ...

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Geithner Says Recovery Could Be Slow

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 07.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Timothy Geithner Treasury Secretary, Tim Geithner Video, Tim Geithner, Business News

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner spoke to CNNMoney earlier this week, and he didn't mince words about some of the root causes of the financial crisis, ...

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Durbin Sold Stocks, Funds Just As Market Plunged

bloomberg.com | James Rowley | Posted 07.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Berkshire Hathaway, Richard Durbin, Tim Geithner, Dick Durbin, Warren Buffett, Henry Paulson, Business News

June 13 (Bloomberg) -- The Senate's No. 2 Democrat, Dick Durbin, sold more than $115,000 worth of stocks and mutual-fund shares as U.S. stock markets ...

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Geithner And Summers Make Case For Regulatory Reform In Op-Ed

AP | JIM KUHNHENN and MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 07.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Summers Geithner Washington Post, Summers Geithner Op-Ed, The Case for Financial Regulatory Reform, Larry Summers, Summers Geithner, Tim Geithner, Business News

WASHINGTON — Aiming for greater limits and more clarity in the nation's financial system, the Obama administration on Monday proposed adding mus...

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Obama To Roll Out Vast Overhaul Of System That Governs Wall Street, Banks

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 07.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Barack Obama, Bank Reform, Economy, Bank Crisis, Wall Street Reform, President Obama, Financial Crisis, Financial Crisis Reform, Tim Geithner, Wall Street, Ben Bernanke, Business News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is ready to roll out an overhaul of the intricate rules and systems that govern America's troubled financial...

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