Geithner Sees Signs That US Economy Is Stabilizing
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...
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U.S. Economy Risks Dire Prospect of Hyperinflation
Sheldon Filger | Posted 06.25.2009 | Business
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Quantitative easing and multi-trillion dollar deficits are the two core ingredients of an explosive fiscal cocktail that will ultimately lead to hyperinflation.
Amex, JPMorgan, Bank of New York Mellon Pass Stress Tests
AP | DANIEL WAGNER and SARA LEPRO | Posted 06.06.2009 | Business
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WASHINGTON — Leaked results of the government's stress tests of 19 large banks are boosting investor confidence in the financial sector. America...
Cashing in on 'Government Sachs'
Robert Scheer | Posted 06.05.2009 | Business
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We are so inured to tales of business corruption that even a devastating exposé in The Wall Street Journal no longer shocks us.
This Week in Cheating
Jeff Kreisler | Posted 06.01.2009 | Comedy
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Build a $1.5-ish billion taxpayer-funded stadium, charge those same taxpayers $2600 to see a game, don't create the promised park for local kids (because they're poor). Now look around. Guess what? You're rich!
Obama's First 100 Days: 10 Achievements You Didn't Know About
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.29.2009 | Politics
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Despite the anticipation that accompanies it, the marking of a president's first 100 days in office is a decidedly predictable affair. The White House...
Treasury Needs $361B More
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.28.2009 | Business
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WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department said Monday it will need to borrow $361 billion in the current April-June quarter, a record amount for that...
Endgame for Gramm?
Robert Scheer | Posted 05.15.2009 | Business
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The "nation of whiners" comment during the campaign was a sideshow compared with the serious charges now swirling around UBS, charges that may finally prove to be Phil Gramm's undoing.
By the Numbers
Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 05.15.2009 | Business
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We don't have limitless time or money. Consider the numbers. Remember that averages hide our inequalities. Inequality and imbalance are the true root causes of the US and global meltdown.
Healing All Homeowners
Iris Martin | Posted 05.08.2009 | Business
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We will make them care. You will stay in your home. There is light at the end of the tunnel and you will prevail. Judges all over the country are on your side.
Treasury Revisits Rules For Toxic-Asset Sales
Wall Street Journal | MAYA JACKSON RANDALL | Posted 05.07.2009 | Business
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The Treasury Department, facing criticism over its bank-rescue program, said it may allow a broader group of private investors to purchase toxic secur...
The Beast Runs Free
Harry Moroz | Posted 04.27.2009 | Business
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True change will not come from altering how we regulate the financial sector -- at least not in statements of the sort Secretary Geithner issued this week.
GOP Advancing Geithner "Power Grab" Narrative
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics
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Apparently, the new new thing, as far as criticizing Timothy Geithner's bank bailout plan, is to darkly warn that the intervention itself constitutes ...
The Real Crime in the Bailout -- Naked CDS Deals
Cenk Uygur | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business
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I would love for Tim Geithner or anyone else in the administration or Congress to explain why they think these naked Credit Default Swaps must be paid off.
Obama's Toxic Advisers
Robert Scheer | Posted 04.24.2009 | Business
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Like most Americans, I am eager for Obama to succeed, but I see the nomination of Gary Gensler as further evidence that the president has entrusted his economic policy to the wrong people.
Obama Starts Filling In Treasury Department Holes
AP | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday moved to fill three top jobs at the Treasury Department to help Secretary Tim Geithner manage the ...
A Crime to Make Money
Paul Jenkins | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics
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It seems to have finally dawned on government leaders that bonus recipients are not the only ones who should be afraid.
Fed Gaining Complete Control Over Money Supply
Michael Pento | Posted 04.10.2009 | Business
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We may now be abdicating complete control of our money supply to the government.
Washington Planning For Big Bank Failure
CNN Money | Colin Barr | Posted 04.07.2009 | Business
The government is bracing for a big bank failure. A bill introduced in Congress would give the FDIC, the agency that stands behind Americans' bank de...
No Tough Love for Wall Street
Robert Scheer | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics
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For all the brave talk about transparency and accountability Geithner gave the swindlers who got us into this mess yet another blank check to buy up the "toxic assets" they gleefully created.
New Treasury Plan Weakens Crucial Wall Street Accounting Rules
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics
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The financial plan announced today by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner appears to have accomplished, through a backdoor path, one of the top priori...
Rep. Sherman: CEO Pay Caps Could Be Removed From Stimulus Bill
Talking Points Memo | Elana Schor | Posted 03.13.2009 | Business
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Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee, has been a stalwart skeptic of the Treasury's bailout program sin...
Shameful Bankers: Time for a Revolution
Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.01.2009 | Business
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While there are many victims in the colossal Ponzi scheme that is the American economy, few of these victims have not in some way been complicit.
MMIX: 2009 is the Year of the Handgun
Justin Callaway | Posted 02.02.2009 | Style
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I have never wanted a gun before, but I am seriously considering purchasing my first firearm. It's not just Obama-gun-snatching-fears, I also want to lock in my glock while I can still afford to.
Treasury lays out details for auto aid
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 01.31.2009 | Business
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WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department said Wednesday it will decide on a case-by-case basis whether other companies connected to the struggling a...
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