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Timothy Geithner stories: 181 news summaries

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Illegal Hire, Tax Issues May Trouble Geithner

GOP's Grassley on Treasury nominee's case ahead of hearings

Jan 13, 09 3:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Timothy Geithner’s Treasury secretary nomination could be threatened by allegations he hired illegal help and didn’t pay Social Security and Medicare taxes while self-employed, the Wall Street Journal reports today. Senate Finance Committee members are meeting privately to discuss the issues, raised by GOP Sen. Charles Grassley. Aides... More »

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immigration • Barack Obama • taxes • Federal Reserve • nomination • Senate Finance Committee • Charles Grassley • Treasury secretary • financial crisis • President Obama • Timothy Geithner

Geithner Overhauls Bailout to Aid Homeowners, Small Biz

Obama team wants to cover homeowners, small business

Jan 9, 09 6:08 AM CST
(Newser) - The incoming Treasury secretary, Tim Geithner, is conducting a top-to-bottom overhaul of the $700 billion financial rescue program passed by a skeptical Congress last fall. Geithner and other Obama advisers will expand the program to cover small businesses, municipalities, and even homeowners before asking Congress for the second tranche of... More »

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Congress • Henry Paulson • Treasury Department • bailout • Obama administration • rescue package • Timothy Geithner

ANALYSIS

Forget Obama and Congress; Bernanke Has Most Tools

Fed taking a big gamble

Dec 8, 08 12:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s economic team and its plans get the big headlines, but let’s not forget that Ben Bernanke remains the biggest mover in US economic policy, Robert Samuelson writes in the Washington Post. Bernanke has been inventing new economic tools at a pace never seen before at the... More »

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Barack Obama • Ben Bernanke • Federal Reserve • financial crisis • Timothy Geithner

OPINION

Obama Should Beware 'Best and Brightest'

A la JFK's Cabinet, too often masks poor judgment, inexperience

Dec 7, 08 1:18 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has won praise for appointing “the best and the brightest” to his Cabinet during a time of war and economic hardship. But all the back-patting sounds a little too familiar, Frank Rich writes in the New York Times. “The stewards of the Vietnam fiasco had... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Vietnam • David Halberstam • John F. Kennedy • Paul Volcker • Robert Rubin • financial crisis • President Obama • Timothy Geithner • Lawrence Summers

Geithner Wants to Oust FDIC Chief Bair

'Independent actor' in crisis worries Obama's Treasury nominee

Dec 4, 08 11:26 AM CST
(Newser) - If Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner has his way, Barack Obama will show FDIC chief Sheila Bair the door, Bloomberg reports. Geithner, who has battled Bair over emergency measures like the Citigroup rescue, says she isn’t a team player, and is concerned more with her agency than the broader economy.... More »

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FDIC • Obama administration • financial crisis • Sheila Bair • President Obama • Timothy Geithner

OPINION

Rove: Obama Has Picked a
First-Rate Economic Team

Solid picks win rare praise from former Bush deputy

Nov 28, 08 6:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Karl Rove was pleasantly surprised by Barack Obama's choice of an economic team, the Republican analyst writes in the Wall Street Journal, singling out Tim Geithner and Larry Summers as solid picks. Geithner has played a key role in the current administration's handling of the financial crisis and will provide... More »

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Karl Rove • economic stimulus package • Larry Summers • economy • Obama administration • President Obama • Timothy Geithner

ANALYSIS

Wall Streeters Question Geithner's
Role in Crisis

Treasury pick has been at the table all along

Nov 25, 08 8:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Markets surged yesterday when Barack Obama announced that Timothy Geithner would become treasury secretary as part of an all-star economic team. But Wall Street actually harbors some skepticism about Geithner, writes Andrew Sorkin in the New York Times. As chair of the New York Fed, Geithner was the point man... More »

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Lehman Brothers • AIG • Treasury Department • Federal Reserve Bank of New York • Treasury secretary • President Obama • Timothy Geithner

 Obama on 
 Economy: 
 My Job 
Starts Now 

Few surprises as president-elect introduces team

Nov 24, 08 12:12 PM CST
(Newser) - When it comes to the economy, Barack Obama says his work begins “right now.” Obama introduced his economic team today; as expected, he designated Timothy Geithner as treasury secretary and Lawrence Summers as director of the National Economic Council. The president-elect said they would begin work immediately on... More »

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Barack Obama • economic stimulus package • financial crisis • President Obama • Timothy Geithner • economic policies • Lawrence Summers

Politically, Geithner's a Mystery

Non-Wall St. players know little of would-be Treasury secretary

Nov 24, 08 12:10 PM CST
(Newser) - As the head of the New York Fed, Timothy Geithner is a known quantity in certain circles. But as he starts the process of taking the helm at the Treasury Department, the officials who will vote on his confirmation know surprisingly little about him, reports Politico. “I always worry... More »

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Obama administration • Treasury secretary • President Obama • Timothy Geithner • Obama Cabinet

Berkeley Prof
to Head Council
of Economic Advisers

Christina Romer is expert on recessions

Nov 24, 08 11:06 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has chosen Christina Romer, a Berkeley economics professor, to lead the Council of Economic Advisers, ABC News reports. The council analyzes economic developments and recommends policy for the president. Obama will announce Romer’s appointment, along with the rest of his economic team, today. More »

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Barack Obama • recession • National Bureau of Economic Research • Larry Summers • Council of Economic Advisers • President Obama • Timothy Geithner • Christina Romer

Obama Fiscal Team Reunites Rubin Protégés

But even ex-Treasury boss losing Clinton-era free-market policies

Nov 24, 08 9:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s incoming administration is stocked with acolytes of Bill Clinton-era Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, reports the New York Times. But even Rubin and his protégés are no longer quite as enamored as they once were of so-called Rubinomics—deregulation, balanced budgets, and free trade. Facing economic... More »

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Robert Rubin • Larry Summers • economic adviser • Obama administration • Timothy Geithner

OPINION

 We Need New Leadership, Now 

Washington's following 'business as usual' amid crisis

Nov 23, 08 6:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Washington is carrying out “business as usual in the most unusual economic moment of our lifetimes,” writes Thomas Friedman in the New York Times. It’s time for our leaders to wake up to the enormity of the financial crisis, the real "weapon of mass destruction,"... More »

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capital • Thomas Friedman • confidence • economy • George W. Bush • financial crisis • President Obama • Timothy Geithner

analysis

 Obama Cabinet Picks: 
  Seasoned and Centrist

Obama goes for pragmatism over ideology: NY Times

Nov 22, 08 7:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama swept into office on a wave of left-wing support, but his appointments thus far point to a centrist governing style, writes David E. Sanger in the New York Times. In choosing Hillary Clinton for secretary of state and Timothy Geithner for Treasury, Obama seems ready to “govern... More »

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Hillary Clinton • pragmatism • experience • Obama administration • transition team • President Obama • Timothy Geithner

MARKETS

 Dow Up 494 on Geithner Pick 

Index gets back over 8,000, but lose for the week

Nov 21, 08 3:23 PM CST
(Newser) - News that Barack Obama’s will nominate Timothy Geithner, head of the New York Fed, as Treasury Secretary buoyed stocks today, although the major indices all lost value for the week, MarketWatch reports. The Dow closed up 494.13 at 8,046.42. The Nasdaq gained 68.23 to settle... More »

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Barack Obama • Citigroup • Dow Jones • Nasdaq • The Gap • S&P 500 • Treasury secretary • financial crisis • Timothy Geithner

NY Fed Prez Lands Top Job at Treasury

Speculation about Commerce gig surrounds Richardson

Nov 21, 08 2:51 PM CST
(Newser) - The Obama transition team has settled on a treasury secretary nominee, NBC reports: Timothy Geithner, the president of the New York Fed. The announcement is expected to come Monday, when the president-elect will announce his entire economic team in an attempt to quell the unrest surrounding the financial markets.... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Richardson • secretary of State • Department of Commerce • Larry Summers • secretary of the Interior • President Obama • Timothy Geithner • Cabinet secretary • Obama Cabinet • Raul Grijalva

Summers May Be Off Short List for Treasury

Women's groups oppose selection after flap over science ability

Nov 14, 08 8:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Picking Larry Summers to run the Treasury might be too provocative. Politico reports that the swelling backlash among women's groups—over his notorious comments at Harvard about women’s abilities in math and science—is seriously sinking his chances. Even a Senate confirmation could be dicey. “While it wouldn’... More »

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Barack Obama • NOW • Larry Summers • 2008 NCAA Women's Tournament • Timothy Geithner

 Summers Vs. Geithner 
 for Treasury Chief 

Democrats divided on pick

Nov 7, 08 12:55 PM CST
(Newser) - The top candidates to become Treasury secretary, Larry Summers and Timothy Geithner, have Democrats split, and Politico looks at the resumes of both. Summers is a brilliant economist and close Obama adviser, but hardly smells of change, having backed deregulation and free-market strategies as Clinton’s Treasury chief. He's supposedly... More »

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Barack Obama • transition • Larry Summers • Treasury secretary • President Obama • Timothy Geithner

 Rubin Won't Take Treasury Post 

Decision paves the way for another former Secretary, Lawrence Summers

Nov 6, 08 2:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, a top economic adviser to Barack Obama during the campaign, will not reprise that Cabinet role in the new administration, Bloomberg reports. “I've spoken with him and told him I'm not interested in going back into government,” Rubin said today. His denial boosts... More »

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Barack Obama • Jon Corzine • Paul Volcker • Robert Rubin • Larry Summers • Treasury secretary • transition team • President Obama • Timothy Geithner

Obama Gets Down to Business 

Treasury chief may be announced today as transition gears up

Nov 6, 08 4:20 AM CST
(Newser) - The Barack Obama team is swiftly dismantling his presidential campaign network and getting the framework in place for the transfer of power, the Washington Post reports. Economic issues are taking priority and the president-elect may announce his Treasury secretary as soon as today. Sources say New York Fed Chief Timothy... More »

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Barack Obama • Paul Volcker • transition • Larry Summers • Election 2008 • George W. Bush • Obama administration • Treasury secretary • President Obama • Timothy Geithner

Candidates Diverge on Picking the Next Paulson

McCain looks to big names; Obama seeks to sooth markets

Oct 7, 08 5:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - The post of Treasury secretary may be the most important appointment the next president has to make and John McCain and Barack Obama seem to be using different criteria, Bloomberg reports. McCain has mentioned big names like billionaire investor Warren Buffett and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, while insiders say... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Warren Buffett • Henry Paulson • Treasury Department • Meg Whitman • Robert Rubin • Election 2008 • Treasury secretary • Timothy Geithner

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