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Janet Yellen 'Practiced And Practiced' To Make Sure Her Dollar Bill Signature Wasn't A Scrawl: 'This Was Something You Could Screw Up'
Sunday, January 15, 2023 - 8:56pm | 386U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated she "practiced and practiced" writing the signature that will soon be seen on U.S. dollars in a bid to avoid the illegible scrawls of her predecessors Tim Geithner and Jack Lew, reported Reuters, citing her statement to CBS late-night...
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Benzinga Market Primer: Tuesday, January 15
Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - 7:26am | 822Futures Flat on Weak German GDP U.S. equity futures traded fractionally lower in early Tuesday trade following the release of fourth quarter and full year 2012 GDP data for Germany. German GDP contracted 0.5 percent in the fourth quarter bringing the 2012 total rate of growth of +0.7 percent,...
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Tim Geithner Tells Bloomberg He Will Not Serve Second Term
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 5:58pm | 1602BLOOMBERG EXCLUSIVE: Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner spoke to Bloomberg Television's Trish Regan today and said that President Obama is "not going to ask me to stay on, I'm pretty confident. I'm confident he'll be president. But I'm also confident he's going to have the privilege of having...
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Bloomberg Television Presents "The State of the Economy:" An Exclusive Interview With Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 4:54pm | 134Tonight, Bloomberg TV's Trish Regan goes one-on-one with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner for a wide-ranging discussion on the faltering U.S. recovery, the economic crisis in Europe and the Obama administration's fight to safeguard the American economy. Tune in for the live one-hour special...
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Tim Geithner To Fox Business On Obama's Deficit Reduction Plan: "Apply One Test Which Is Do You Have A Better Idea?"
Monday, September 19, 2011 - 5:31pm | 561Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner spoke with FOX Business Network's (FBN) Peter Barnes about President Obama's plan for deficit reduction. Geithner said President Obama is trying to engage “comprehensive reform over time” and while it comes as “no surprise these changes both spending reforms and...
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Tim Geithner: We've Done A Lot, But We Still Have A Long Way To Go
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 9:12am | 680U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is at the Delivering Alpha conference and he is talking about the financial problems we are still facing, despite many of us thinking we had moved past it. Geithner, being interviewed by CNBC's Jim Cramer, is saying that you need a unified commitment to solve...
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How to Profit from China's Refusal to Bailout Europe
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 8:32am | 712Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao crushed the hopes of many European optimists on Wednesday when he said while attending the World Economic Forum that it was up to European countries to "put their own houses in order" instead of hoping for cash rich China to bail them out. Premier Wen was responding in...
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Geithner Op-Ed: 'What the World Must Do to Boost Growth'
Thursday, September 8, 2011 - 3:38pm | 804By Tim Geithner The world economy is in the midst of the second slowdown of this recovery from the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009. The question is not whether we have the economic or financial capacity to act to strengthen growth, but whether we have the political ability to do the right...
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Remarks by Secretary Tim Geithner at Treasury's Counter-Terrorist Financing Symposium
Thursday, September 8, 2011 - 9:45am | 919Thank you, David, for that introduction. It's great to be here today with so many people who have made – and continue to make – tremendous contributions to our national security. Our discussion today takes place in the shadow of a tragedy ten years past. On September 11, 2001, our nation...
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Benzinga's Political Round Up, August 8, 2011
Monday, August 8, 2011 - 12:24pm | 73The U.S. Treasury slammed the decision by S&P to cut the rating on U.S. debt, and pointed out the $2 trillion error the rating agency made. Treasury Secretary Tim told President Obama he intends to remain on the job after weeks of speculation he would not.
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Which Goldman Stooge Will Replace Treasury Secretary Geithner?
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 12:13pm | 785What if the answer is "none of the above"? For the first time in millennia, it appears that the Treasury Secretary might (just might) come from somewhere other than Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS). The history of ties between governments, in particular the Treasury Department, and Goldman Sachs goes back...
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Benzinga's Political Roundup July 1, 2011
Friday, July 1, 2011 - 12:02pm | 141The New York Federal Reserve has halted sales of securities from its Maiden Lane II portfolio until market conditions improve. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner may be leaving President Obama's economic team once the deal on the debt ceiling is reached.
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Treasury Secretary Geithner Considering Exit at the End of the Year
Friday, July 1, 2011 - 6:21am | 232United States Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is considering an exit from his post later this year, people familiar with his thinking said on Thursday. Geithner is widely reported as being exasperated by grueling debt negotiations. The country faces a looming August 2 deadline to lift the debt...
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Tim Geithner To Consider Leaving Post
Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 3:56pm | 92A report from Bloomberg just crossed that has sent shock-waves across Wall Street and one, quite frankly, no one expected, at least right now. U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is said to be leaving the Treasury after the deal on the U.S. budget is done. No word on who would replace him, but...
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IMF Board Taps Christine Lagarde As New IMF Managing Director
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - 1:34pm | 42News just broke that the IMF board has selected French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde as the new IMF managing director. This morning, U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner gave Lagarde his formal recommendation for backing Lagarde as the new head of the IMF.