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Geithner praises progress on derivatives bills
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 hour ago
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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is pleased Congress has made progress in crafting legislation to impose new oversight on complex instruments blamed for hastening the financial crisis. Geithner says legislation to bring transparency to the global,...
Tags: Timothy Geithner, treasury secretary, secretary timothy, Washington, Derivatives, Futures contract, Politics, Business Finance, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Group of Thirty, Over-the-counter, Clearing house, Council on Foreign Relations
Is It Time For Financial Institutions to Give Back?
Brussels :: Belgium | about 10 hours ago
Credibility The principal obstacle to this happening is, at the moment, the Barack Obama administration’s Treasury Department, which thus far in the financial crisis has been mistaken for the executive committee of Goldman Sachs in disguise. It has opposed every...
Tags: transaction tax, U.S. Treasury, Democratic Congressman John Larson, financial institutions, financial community, Timothy Geithner, international financial, Belgium, Brussels, Value added tax, Tax reform, Finance, Tax haven, Business Finance, Tax, Group of Thirty, Council on Foreign Relations
White House, CBC Standoff Continues
New York City :: NY :: USA | about 12 hours ago
Credibility The standoff between the White House and the Congressional Black Caucus dragged on into Tuesday night, continuing to cloud the prospects of a vote Wednesday morning to overhaul supervision of banks. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank...
Tags: White House, House Financial Services Committee, New York City, Politics, Barack Obama, Business Finance, Social Issues, Caucuses of the United States Congress, Congressional Black Caucus, Commodity Futures Modernization Act, Caucuses of the 109th United States Congress, Subprime mortgage crisis, Timothy Geithner, Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus, Christopher Dodd, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, Maxine Waters
Dem poll: Doubts in Obama policies
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 13 hours ago
Credibility More respondents hold Bush than Obama responsible for the economy and the budget deficit, according to the survey. Still, the findings illustrate the difficult headwinds Democrats face in next year’s elections, and the longtime strategists predict losses...
Tags: Barack Obama, Tim Geithner, Stanley Greenberg, Senate, James Carville, Ben Bernanke, White House, Patrick Leahy, Democratic Congress, New York Fed, Washington, Timothy Geithner, Politics, Presidency of Barack Obama, Group of Thirty, the United States, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, Council on Foreign Relations
The Big Takeover
Tripoli :: Libya | 1 day ago
Credibility How Wall Street insiders are using the bailout to stage a revolution...No empire can survive being rendered a permanent laughingstock, which is what happened as of a few weeks ago, when the buffoons who have been running things in this country finally...
Tags: American, AIG, Libya, Tripoli, Timothy Geithner, American International Group, Business Finance, Group of Thirty, Answers in Genesis, Council on Foreign Relations
In-Geithner-we-trust bond market gets lowest yield
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility As the nation's debt increased by $1.15 trillion this year to $6.95 trillion in October, the government's interest expense under Geithner dropped 15 percent, the biggest decrease since before 1989, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The Treasury...
Tags: Treasury, Timothy Geithner, lowest yields, treasury secretary, financial market, Bloomberg, Oklahoma City, Bond market, United States Treasury security, Bonds, Business Finance, Group of Thirty, Government debt, Council on Foreign Relations
As Treasury Department Stumbles, Liberals Push Tougher Measures to Stem Foreclosures
Tarp :: Germany | 2 days ago
Credibility In contrast, the Obama administration's response to a crisis that is causing two million families a year to face the loss of their homes has been widely derided as ineffective. The programs so far have been voluntary plans that proved too costly for homeowners,...
Tags: Germany, Tarp, Business Finance, Goldman Sachs, Investment banks, Subprime lending, American International Group, Consumer fraud, Banking, Troubled Asset Relief Program, JPMorgan Chase, Mortgage, Timothy Geithner, Rockefeller Center, Foreclosure, YES Network, Primary dealers, Personal finance, Valuation
Citi names Willem Buiter its new top economist
New York City :: NY :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Citigroup Inc. on Monday named Willem Buiter, a London-based economics professor and author, as its new chief economist. Currently a professor at the London School of Economics, Buiter is a widely published author and blogger...He served as chief economist...
Tags: Willem Buiter, chief economist, Citigroup Inc., names willem, New York City, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Primary dealers, Business Finance, Economist, Timothy Geithner, Macroeconomics, Occupations, Emerging markets
Bernanke, Geithner at hearings this week
Tarp :: Germany | 2 days ago
Credibility Most eyes will be on Bernanke, who will appear before the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday for a confirmation hearing for a second term as head of the central bank. Lawmakers across Capitol Hill have been increasingly critical of the Fed throughout...
Tags: Tim Geithner, Bernanke, Germany, Tarp, American International Group, Politics, Group of Thirty, Timothy Geithner, Council on Foreign Relations, Business Finance, Ben Bernanke, Jamie Dimon, Presidency of Barack Obama, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Lobbying, Federal Reserve System, economics, Christopher Dodd, Alan Grayson, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act
Time for Tobin tax on fin transaction
London :: United Kingdom | 2 days ago
Credibility It’s time to put some sand in finance’s wheels...Yes, say top British officials, who oversee the City of London, one of the world’s two great banking centres...Unfortunately, US officials — especially US treasury secretary Timothy Geithner — are dead...
Tags: James Tobin, financial transaction, United Kingdom, London, Timothy Geithner, Adair Turner Baron Turner of Ecchinswell, Finance, Tobin tax, Business Finance, Speculation, Tax, Financial markets
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