news.yahoo.com - 11/21/2008
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CHICAGO (Reuters) President-elect Barack Obama on Friday moved toward nominating Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary and charging the respected head of the New York Federal Reserve with helping pull the United States out of an economic nosedive. New York Sen. Hillary Clinton appeared headed ...
washingtonindependent.com - 11/21/2008
online.wsj.com - 11/21/2008
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New York Fed President Timothy J. Geithner is
to be nominated Treasury secretary by Obama, according to...
a person close to the transition process.
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Obama Taps Geithner for Treasury
prospect.org - 11/21/2008
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Editors' Note: Read Robert Kuttner's update . One
weekend last March, Timothy F. Geithner, president of the...
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, fielded a panicked phone call from Bear Stearns CEO Alan Schwartz. Bear was nearly out of cash, owing some ...
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Meet the Next Treasury Secretary | The American Prospect
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Geithner for Treasury
Corrente —
More Fridyay fodder for Sunday morning:
President-elect Barack Obama has selected Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary, charging the respected head of the New York Federal Reserve with pulling the United States out of an economic nosedive, NBC news reported on Friday.
A senior Democrat told Reuters in Washington that Obama wanted Geithner for the Treasury job, but had yet to make a offer. He did confirm that Summers was no longer under consideration.
"Summers is off the list," the source said.
Thank heaven for small ...
Geithner for Treasury
Suburban Guerrilla —
The market seems to like him:
CHICAGO (Reuters) – President-elect Barack Obama on Friday moved toward nominating Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary and charging the respected head of the New York Federal Reserve with helping pull the United States out of an economic nosedive.
[...] Geithner, 47, had been seen as one of two main candidates for the Treasury job along with former Clinton administration Treasury chief Lawrence Summers.
U.S. stocks soared on the Geithner news, first reported by NBC News, pushing major indices up more than 6 ...
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