Geithner unveils bank rescue plan

The plan could cost as much as $2 trillion, the Treasury secretary says, and will be risky. > Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner this morning unveiled the Obama administration's $1.5-trillion-to-$2-trillion plan for stabilizing the nation's malfunctioning financial markets, including a public-private partnership to boost lending, warning that the new strategy "will cost money, involve risk and take time." (link)