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In Geithner We Trust?
businessmirror.com.ph - 3/3/2009
In Geithner We Trust?
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It was 2004 and Tim Geithner, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, had a message for the Federal Open Market Committee in Washington. He told his 18 colleagues gathered around the long mahogany table that a clearinghouse was needed to monitor risks in the burgeoning ...
Geithner, With Few Aides, Is Scrambling
nytimes.com - 3/9/2009
Geithner, With Few Aides, Is Scrambling
— nytimes.com — Even as Timothy F. Geithner maintains a frenetic pace to help heal the economy, there are signs... that events are getting ahead of him. > (more) Geithner, With Few Aides, Is Scrambling

Comments vote down Eschaton found this 3/9/2009found this
Time To Fire Tim Geithner
businessinsider.com - 3/6/2009
Time To Fire Tim Geithner
— businessinsider.com — timgeithner-angry_tbi.jpg We don't mean to sound impatient, but we've seen enough. The country is in the middle... of the worst financial crisis in 75 years, and the second-most-important person in charge clearly isn't the right man for the job. When ... (more) Time To Fire Tim Geithner

Comments vote down Megan McArdle found this 3/6/2009found this
meganmcardle.theatlantic.com - 3/6/2009
Should Geithner go?
— meganmcardle.theatlantic.com — Henry Blodget thinks it is time for Timothy Geithner to go .  So far, Geithner's performance has... been shockingly unimpressive.  It's not as if he's walking into the crisis anew; he's been the head of the New York Fed for years, and dealing ... (more) Should Geithner go?

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Kristol: Obama Team's Fiddling While Banking Burns
Weekly Standard Blog — ... Financial experts are beginning to warn that all the pussy-footing around a politically unpalatable solution is prolonging the crisis: ...

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BAGnewsNotes — ... (FORTUNE). Good backgrounder: In Geithner We Trust? (Business Mirror) ...

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