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scandals
Tim Geithner's Brother Thinks He's Sexy
How did plain-jane Treasury Secretary Timmy Geithner make People's "Most Beautiful People" list? His brother works there. Yea WE FIGURED. Because they totally left out Larry Summers. [Business Insider]
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Comment by econdave: I've seen Larry Summers naked (long and boring story). Not something I feel the need to do again. 4 Responses | Other threads
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wall street
It It Just a Coincidence That Tim Geithner's Lunch Dates Keep Getting Whatever They Want
Breaking: two years of Tim Geithner's daily calendars prove that he was pretty friendly with Citigroup and Goldman. Also he leads a quietly tragic unexamined life of unending meaningless toil, JUST LIKE US! More »
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By PareeneComment by overunderover: I clicked on the NYT link and the first entry refers to him meeting his car service to go to... 3 Responses | Other threads
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dr. doom
Hey Nouriel Roubini Kinda Likes the Geithner Plan!
Every day, another paper prints a column from doom-saying party-animal economist Nouriel Roubini. Today he's in the Daily News and—siren.gif!—he has cautious praise for Tim Geithner! More »
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By PareeneComment by ADismalScience: Gee, they have to address L3 asset pricing in this? You mean THAT'S the elephant in the room? How fucking... 2 Responses | Other threads
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The Ties That Bind
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke wore identical ties for their testimony before Congress today. Almost as embarassing as when everyone at Gawker HQ wears nearly identical grey V-neck sweaters.
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Comment by misslinda: With the height difference, they'll never make it as a boy-band. 7 Responses | Other threads
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Tim Geithner
Our Tax-Cheat Treasury Secretary
We have a Secretary of the Treasury! The Senate voted in Tim Geithner, despite the New York Fed chief's failure to pay $34,000 in taxes. "An honest mistake," says the White House's top flack. Oh? More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Pepé Le Douche: He seems like an improvement over that bald guy with the glasses who kept changing his mind about how to... 2 Responses | Other threads
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senate
Geithner's Taxes Are Very, Very Important Issue
Today we were treated to the following surreal scene: Republican lawmakers grilling a bank-appointed "regulator" on why he didn't pay his taxes. It lasted four hours. More »
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By PareeneComment by ADismalScience: 20 minutes. Seems like enough time to quiz a regulator about his responsibility for the biggest bankruptcy in the... 10 Responses | Other threads
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obama hotties
Pick Your Favorite Obama Hottie
Tina Brown writes that the incoming Obama administration promises a restoration of intellectualism to the center of American life. In honor of her thesis, we present the official Obama Hotties poll. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by The Chubby Wubby Bandit: there is a major omission here that must be corrected: Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan (Obama's pick for solicitor general). We... 23 Responses | Other threads
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scandal
Tim Geithner's Mission: Head, Bankrupt Treasury Dept.
The Tim Geithner confirmation hearings will be postponed! All because Obama's Treasury pick has some unpaid taxes and a briefly illegal housekeeper. Man, Geithner, step up your game. More »
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By PareeneComment by SinisterRouge: OH MY GOD I hate Maureen Dowd with the heat of a thousand suns. I love how she throws... 11 Responses | Other threads
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recessionomics
Are Our Economic Masters' Ring Fingers Long Enough?
Men with unusually long ring fingers are more likely to be either a successful stock trader, or gay. So what does that tell us about the government's wise men patching up the economy? More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by BadUncle: What if you're born with an extra large thumb up your ass? 3 Responses | Other threads
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don't fire sheila
Obama Money-Fixer To Fire Actual Maverick
Tim Geithner is Barack Obama's pick for Treasury Secretary, which is probably the most important job in his administration, and no one really quite knows how to feel about that. He's a Rubinite and maybe responsible for killing Lehman but also he's never been a banker, so there you go. But now apparently Tim Geithner is inexplicably going after beloved FDIC chair Sheila Bair. Not Sheila Bair! More »
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By PareeneComment by hypocriteoath: I like her but... She is not a real Maverick. Real Mavericks are from Texas and have a last name that... 6 Responses | Other threads
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the panic of '08
Experts Agree: Treasury Pick Geithner Either Worst or Best Ever
Tim Geithner, the president of the New York Federal Reserve Bank, is the next United States Treasury Secretary. That job is suddenly more important than all the other cabinet positions, because the economy is cratering. Is he a good pick, because he's knowledgeable and not a banker and will think big? Or is he a terrible pick because he's a Rubinite and killed Lehman and the whole recession is all his fault? No one knows but many will speculate wildly. More »
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By PareeneComment by ADismalScience: His career's defining moment thus far is allowing Lehman Brothers to fail. There are a few responses I've heard about... 11 Responses | Other threads
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another fine mess
Robert Rubin Proteges Tapped to Fix Rubin's Mess
Former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin is basically one of the most respected men in the entire Democratic Party. The Citigroup "Senior Counselor" (he joined Citigroup as temporary chair after legislation he shepherded through congress allowed Citigroup's creation, natch) has close ties to just about every other Democratic economic policy guru with influence, and he's especially close to just about all of President-elect Barack Obama's proposed economy-fixing team. Of course, until about a year ago, there'd never been a bad word written about Rubin in the press, but the guy should probably be exiled to an island somewhere and forced to think about what he's done to our fine nation. More »
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By PareeneComment by ADismalScience: Rubin encouraged Clinton to pass NAFTA before tackling health care Yes, please document the negative economic impact of that decision. Come... 9 Responses | Other threads
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hooray
Obama Selects Money-Fixer
Barack Obama's Treasury Secretary pick made the stocks jump! We're all saved! Drudge calls New York Fed President Tim Geithner "The Man Who Can Save Economy?" (Family Love Geithner!) Geithner worked, obviously, at the Treasury Department that helped create this mess, in the Bob Rubin and Larry Summers days. His background is solid "didn't foresee this in retrospect obvious problem" economist, what with his IMF and Group of Thirty stints, just like everyone else considered for the job. Woman-hater Larry Summers will still probably do something in an Obama administration. Meanwhile comical New Mexico governor Bill Richardson will be our Commerce Secretary, because he's clearly bored in New Mexico. Hillary Clinton is still dithering about her job offer, and Obama will apparently finally announce that whole thing after Thanksgiving. -
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Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook stuck with each other
President-elect Barack Obama has picked Tim Geithner, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, rather than former Harvard University president Larry Summers, as Treasury secretary. That makes it unlikely that Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, who worked for Summers when he ran the Treasury for Bill Clinton, will return to Washington.
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