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  • U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies before the House ...
Sheila Bair , chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., told House committee members she disagreed with key points of a Treasury reform initiative. Hours after Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testified before the House Financial Services Committee, Bair said the council made up of...
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    ... of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, said the plan described earlier in the day by Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner did not give enough power to a proposed council of regulators “to effectively address systemic risks. ...
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