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"Glimmers Of Hope": Geithner Goes Gospel To Make Us Feel Better About The Economy (VIDEO)

Posted 11.24.2009 | Comedy

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With Barney Frank laying down the beat and a gospel chorus singing backup, Harry Shearer has taken over the body of Secretary of the Treasury Timothy ...

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Goldman Sachs Responds To The New York Times

Janet Tavakoli | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business

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Janet Tavakoli

Did Goldman Sachs dissemble and equivocate in its responses to the New York Times?

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First Encounter with Secretary Tim Geithner at London's G-20 Summit

Rani Singh | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business

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Rani Singh

When Secretary Tim Geithner walked into his press conference, he had a surety and purpose about him which commanded attention.

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The Recession is Over

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 09.29.2009 | Home

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Hale

I'm on record as saying we'll have started to see positive GDP numbers between the 4th quarter of this year and the second quarter of next year. The numbers are pointing in that direction.

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Geithner 'The Force Of The Global Recession Is Receding'

AP | ADAM SCHRECK | Posted 08.14.2009 | Business

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner reached out to Gulf Arab leaders Tuesday, stressing to some of America's ...

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Treasury Skips "Cramdown" Hearing

The Washington Independent | Mike Lillis | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics

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

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 07.20.2009 | Business

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

AP | Posted 07.19.2009 | Business

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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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Geithner Says Recovery Could Be Slow

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 07.16.2009 | Business

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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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Pictures Of Geithner's Home In Larchmont, New York

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 07.06.2009 | Business

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Earlier this week, it was reported that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's is selling his home in Larchmont, New York. The real estate website...

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Geithner: China Should Decrease Exports

wsj.com | MICHAEL M. PHILLIPS | Posted 06.28.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner heads to Beijing this weekend to urge Chinese leaders to fundamentally alter the export-oriente...

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Geithner says major banks have raised $56 billion

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 06.20.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — Declaring that the financial system was "starting to heal," Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Wednesday that major banks had...

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Newsweek Hosting Q&A With Tim Geithner On Facebook At 1PM ET

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will answer questions in a live interview on Facebook Monday afternoon. The Q & A is being hosted by Newsweek's Jo...

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Geithner Headed To China For Economic Talks Next Month

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 06.12.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON — The administration says Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will travel to Beijing early next month for meetings with senior Chines...

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The First 100 Days: A Whole That Is Greater Than Its Parts

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

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Lincoln Mitchell

When Obama became president, the country was reeling economically, directionless in foreign policy, losing credibility abroad and suffering a crisis of confidence at home. He has begun to turn all of this around.

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Finance leaders want cooperation to end recession

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — Finance officials from the world's top economic powers pledged Friday to move swiftly on efforts to lift nations out of the worst r...

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PPIF and the Geithner 5

Joshua Rosner | Posted 05.24.2009 | Business

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Joshua Rosner

One of the unlearned lessons of the financial crisis is that there are enormous risks associated with fostering an environment that encourages institutions to become "too big to fail."

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Obama Really Wall Street CEO In Chief?

Henry Blodget | Posted 05.11.2009 | Business

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Henry Blodget

So far, I've laid the Obama administration's decision to keep propping up failed banks at Tim Geithner's feet. Obama, meanwhile, has so far avoided blame. I wonder how long that will last.

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"A Bumpy Ride" - An Understatement

Alan Miller | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

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Alan Miller

Many have blamed bankers and the commercial world recently -- yet politicians have not been held accountable for their lack of leadership.

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The Two Faces of Tim Geithner

Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 04.27.2009 | Business

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Benjamin R. Barber

Like the president he serves, Geithner is a pragmatist, a progressive and a Democrat, and seems willing, if market strategies fail (as they will), to abandon them in favor of whatever works.

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Why Individual Investors Can't Get Geithner's Sweatheart Deal

Slate Magazine | Daniel Gross | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business

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Tim Geithner's plan to remove toxic assets from the books of crippled financial institutions is receiving mixed reviews. Nobel Prize-winning economist...

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Larry Summers: Brilliant Mind, Toxic Ideas

Arianna Huffington | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

It was on Summers' watch that the credit-default swaps warhead that has blown up our economy was launched. It would be hard to make assumptions that turned out to be more wrong than his were.

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One Small Problem With Geithner's Plan: It Will Bankrupt The Banks

Henry Blodget | Posted 04.25.2009 | Business

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Henry Blodget

The big problem with Tim Geithner's plan to fix the banks is the same as it ever was: The gap between what banks say their assets are worth and what the market says they are worth.

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Geithner "Open" To China 'Super Currency' Proposal

Politico | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

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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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"Gotcha" Grandstanding: You're A Bunch Of Rude Dudes

Betsy Perry | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

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Betsy Perry

While I'm all for coming clean and getting the dirt on AIG and Goldman Sachs, the behavior of the committee members is all about listening to themselves talk, grandstanding and "gotcha" moments.

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