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Geithner Tries to Resell the Bank Plan — and Himself
It's ugly, but it's true: when a Washington power player looks set to fall, the capital drools. So Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner found himself the object...
Obama Picks Geithner, an Insider, for Treasury
If there were any left-wing rebels or right-wing reactionaries who still thought President-elect Barack Obama planned a revolution, today they got their answer...
Timothy Geithner's Transformation
The transformation of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will be remembered for its speed and unexpectedness. Just four weeks ago, on the heels of a failed...
Geithner Makes His Pitch for More Regulation
Since the first, dramatic interventions into the financial system by the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve during the collapse of Bear Stearns a year...
Why Geithner's Rescue Plan Spooked the Markets
Timothy Geithner to America: We're going big, aggressive and expensive. On Tuesday, the Treasury Secretary laid out general plans to fix the nation's ailing...
Will Smaller Banks Get Government Help Too?
The day after Timothy Geithner was appointed Secretary of the Treasury, about a month ago, Camden Fine got a call requesting his presence. The head of the...
Treasury Learned of AIG Bonuses Earlier Than Claimed
Although Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told congressional leaders on Tuesday that he learned of AIG's impending $160 million bonus payments to members of...
Geithner Gets a Bad Rap in the AIG Scandal
If you're the kind of person who would be outraged if a paramedic smudged your lipstick while giving you mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, you should definitely be...
Timothy Geithner
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, 48, got off to a rocky start, but the man who holds the economy in his hands has recovered nicely with an ambitious...
