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Geithner: Job Growth Should Resume By Springtime (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 12.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Job Market, Geithner, Npr, Unemployment, Tim Geithner, Jobs, Job Growth, Treasury Secretary, Business News

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner gave two significant interviews this week, one to National Public Radio and the other to ABC's Good Morning Americ...

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Geithner On Offense, Slams 'Irresponsibly High Bonuses'

Bloomberg | Posted 12.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Tim Geithner, Economic Crisis, Treasury, Bailout, Geithner, Treasury Secretary, Financial Crisis, Business News

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner criticized the record bonuses expected to be paid by big banks this year and refuted claims by Goldman Sachs Group...

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Jim Rogers: Geithner "Has Been Wrong About Just About Everything," Will Lose His Job

BusinessWeek | Maria Bartiromo | Posted 11.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Obama, Commodities, Treasury Secretary, Businessweek, Tim Geithner, Maria Bartiromo, Jim Rogers, Business News

Maria Bartoromo: Tim Geithner has been under attack lately. How's he doing? Listen, I have been a critic for years. Geithner should never have been a...

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Still Doing God's Work On Wall Street

Robert Scheer | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Robert Scheer, Tarp, Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, Goldman Sachs, Clinton, Lawrence Summers, Aig, Lloyd Blankfein, Business News

Why is Summers once again running the show with Geithner when both have made careers of exhibiting total contempt for the public interest? Because there's no accountability for the high rollers of finance.

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Jamie Dimon, Treasury Secretary? Evaluating The Rumors

Huffington Post | Grace Kiser | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Treasury Department, Unemployment, Washington Mutual, Obama Administration, Timothy Geithner, Jamie Dimon, Bear Stearns, Treasury Secretary, Fiscal Policy, Business News

The New York Post reported this morning that lawmakers are discussing JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon as a potential replacement for current Treasury S...

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Who Are You and What Have You Done With the Community Organizer We Elected President?

Robert Scheer | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, Barack Obama, Federal Reserve, Neal Wolin, Lawrence Summers, Austan Goolsbee, Robert Rubin, Chris Dodd, Politics News

The fatal hallmark of this president's financial policy is that it is being designed by the very people who created the mess that enriched them while impoverishing the nation, and they now want more of the same.

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Geithner Is "Obama's Rumsfeld": Replace Him With Robert Reich

Paul Abrams | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Main Street, Larry Summers, Robert Reich, Wall Street, Tim Geithner, Treasury Secretary, Don Rumsfeld, Timothy Geithner, Business News

Geithner is a continuing liability for this President. By stepping down, he can rightly claim some successes, while also presenting an opportunity for Obama to appoint a Treasury Secretary who fights for Main Street.

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Who Was Really Bailed Out? We'll Never Know: NYT's: Floyd Norris

nytimes.com | Floyd Norris | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Aig, Financial Crisis, Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street Crisis, Bailout, Treasury Secretary, Fiscal Policy, Business News

Who were the ultimate beneficiaries of the Treasury's decision to make good on the credit default swaps written by the American International Group? ...

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Bank Lending Down Despite Massive Bailouts And Increasing Regulations

bloomberg.com | Rich Miller | Posted 11.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Subprime Mortgages, Tim Geithner, Bank of America, Financial Crisis, Credit Crisis, Treasury Secretary, Business News

While financial institutions including Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America Corp. have received more than $200 billion in capital from the government, t...

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State and Local Housing To Get $35 Billion Boost

wsj.com | DEBORAH SOLOMON | Posted 11.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Treasury Department, Mortgage Crisis, Obama Administration, Timothy Geithner, Housing Finance Agencies, Housing Crisis, Treasury Secretary, Business News

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is close to committing as much as $35 billion to help beleaguered state and local housing agencies continue to ...

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Fed Rejects Geithner's Request To Review Central Bank's Operations

bloomberg.com | Craig Torres and Robert Schmidt | Posted 11.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve Board, Tim Geithner, Treasury Secretary, Fed, Business News

Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve Board has rejected a request by U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner for a public review of the centra...

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Obama Swiftboats Van Jones

Linda Milazzo | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Contractors, Fox News, Humanitarian, Green Jobs, Darfur, War, Drug Companies, Progressives, Private Insurers, Swiftboat, Drones, Van Jones, Barack Obama, Obama Administration, Civilians, Howard Dean, Samantha Power, Mercenaries, Chris Wallace, Vietnam, Tim Geithner, Woodstock, Genocide, Afghanistan, Ryan Grim, Glenn Beck, Hillary Clinton, Treasury Secretary, Healthcare, Taking Woodstock, Countdown, Keith Olbermann, Msnbc, Politics News

Van Jones' resignation isn't a testament to the frenetic dry-drunk tirades of a delusional Fox employee. It is due to the Obama administration's failure to rightfully and necessarily defend a valuable member of its team.

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'Government Sachs' Strikes Gold ... Again

Robert Scheer | Posted 08.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Robert Scheer, Henry Paulson, Bailout, Goldman Sachs, Economy, Lehman Brothers, Aig, Timothy Geithner, Obama, Treasury Secretary, Glass-Steagall, Business News

The federal government works for Goldman and not for us. Indeed, when it comes to the banking bailout, Goldman Sachs is the government.

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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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Geithner Talks China, Recession, Federal Deficit (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 07.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Treasury Department, GM Bankruptcy, Tim Geithner, Timothy Geithner, Geithner China, Treasury Secretary, Business News

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner appeared on CNBC this morning and discussed the GM bankruptcy, economic relations with China, and the ballooning F...

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Geithner: China Should Decrease Exports

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

Read More: Treasury Department, Timothy Geithner Treasury Secretary, Federal Budget Deficit, Hu Jintao, Chinese Economy, Premier Wen Jiabao, Timothy Geithner, Chinese Exports, China, Treasury Secretary, Business News

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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Washington's Grim Economic Prospects

Eric C. Anderson | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: National Debt, Economic Stimulus Package, Inflation, Treasury Secretary, Economic Crisis, Politics News

Over the last year Iceland, Ireland, and Spain have been confronted with diminished credit ratings. Could the same thing happen to the United States?

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Stress Test for U.S. Banks Is a Complete Fraud

Sheldon Filger | Posted 06.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Aig, Stress Tests, Warren Buffet, Derivatives, Bank Stress Tests, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Credit Default Swaps, Timothy Geithner, Ben Bernanke, Citigroup, Global Economic Crisis, J.P. Morgan Chase, Treasury Secretary, Business News

It is the fear of the derivatives toxin that has frozen credit markets, leading to the Global Economic Crisis. Geithner's stress test can't fix the calamitous state of the U.S. banking sector.

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Wall Street, DC, and the New Financial Euphoria

Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Banks, Wall Street Euphoria, Wall Street, Tim Geithner, John Kenneth Galbraith, Galbraith, Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Treasury Secretary, Business News

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

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Treasury Needs $361B More

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Treasury Department, Treasury Borrowing, Treasury Secretary, Treasury Needs Money, Treasury, Business News

WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department said Monday it will need to borrow $361 billion in the current April-June quarter, a record amount for that...

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A Call For Questions For Timothy Geithner

Richard H. Neiman | Posted 05.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tarp, Treasury Department, Tarp Oversight Board, TARP Money, Ask Tim Geithner a Question, Timothy Geithner, Congressional Oversight Hearings, Treasury Secretary, Politics News

I am one of the five members of the Congressional Oversight Panel for TARP, and I would like the people who are living with this recession to get a chance to ask their questions to Geithner.

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Treasury Revisits Rules For Toxic-Asset Sales

Wall Street Journal | MAYA JACKSON RANDALL | Posted 05.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Treasury Secretary, Toxic Asset Sales, Economic Crisis, Treasury, Financial Crisis, Toxic Assets, Banking Crisis, Rules for Toxic Asset Sales, Tim Geithner, Business News

The Treasury Department, facing criticism over its bank-rescue program, said it may allow a broader group of private investors to purchase toxic secur...

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Geithner: Gov't Must Not Let Up, Banks Need To Start "Taking Risks Again"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.29.2009 | Politics

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In his first major Sunday show appearances, Timothy Geithner laid out the policy arguments for the administration's toxic-asset plan, detailed the lon...

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Obama Starts Filling In Treasury Department Holes

AP | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Treasury Department, Timothy Geithner Treasury Secretary, Stuart Levey, Neal Wolin, U.S. Treasury, Barack Obama, Deputy Treasury Secretary, Lael Brainard, Tim Geithner, Treasury, Timothy Geithner, Us Treasury, Treasury Secretary, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday moved to fill three top jobs at the Treasury Department to help Secretary Tim Geithner manage the ...

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Bloomberg for Treasury Secretary

Alan Schram | Posted 04.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Aig, Buffett, Wall Street, Business News, Bloomberg, Bonuses, Geithner, Treasury Secretary, Financial Crisis, Milken, Greenhill, Business News

We simply cannot afford to have a distracted, hobbled Treasury Secretary who does not have the trust of markets or members of Congress. Mr. President, call Gracie Mansion.

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