Blogs Posts on "Geithner"
DeFazio Calls for "Timmy's" Head by Wall Street Oasis on Nov 19, 2009Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR.) yesterday called for the firing of Larry Summers and "Timmy" Geithner, claiming they were both in the bag for Wall Street. In an interview with MSNBC, DeFazio blasted Obama's recovery plan for using taxpayer funds to bailou...
Monkey Business: Nota Bene for 2 November 2009 by Scholars & Rogues on Nov 3, 2009“One reads such links, and what can one say but—‘Nota Bene!’” … Doc Brown is readying a Mr. Fusion marketing plan this very moment … The domain name possibilities are endless: youare., everyoneis., tomcruisedefin...
Horrors: Nota Bene for 27 October 2009 by Scholars & Rogues on Oct 28, 2009With apologies to Edgar Allan Poe… Once upon a midnight dreary, as you quaffed drinks brown and beery, Came a tapping amid the gloom, upon the closed door of your room. You spied with thin eyes the tenebrous hall, wond’ring who had the un...
And now… the President of the United States! by Freedom's Cost on Oct 6, 2009SNL has now found a new target, it seems. Their hero, Obama, turned out to be not the hoped for Messiah but merely another horribly ineffectual, not ready for prime time, POLITICAL HACK!
Fed turns down Geithner’s request for public review by George S May Blog on Sep 21, 2009Keep your eye on this one. It is highly unlikely that this story will be going away any time soon. (Bloomberg) — “The Federal Reserve Board has rejected a request by U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner for a public review of the...
Geithner faces sluggish market, rents out NY home by Refinance With Bad Credit on Sep 16, 2009NEW YORK (AP) -- The real estate market's troubles are hitting close to home for Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.After reducing the price on his house in a tony New York City suburb to less than he paid for it, Geithner still couldn't sell and re...
Washington on the Economy: The Big Con by Al's Offerings on Business, Economy & Career on Sep 16, 2009Civilization saved? End of the recession? Let's reconsider.
Falling Off The Cliff…One Year Later by Neoavatara on Sep 14, 2009Over a calm, sunny weekend in the middle of last September, our economy fell all off the proverbial cliff. Lehman Brothers, one of the great captains of industry, basically went bankrupt. It was pure idiocy for officials not to realize this was com...
Geithner Loses It by Wall Street Oasis on Aug 4, 2009Tim Geithner lost his shit in a regulatory meeting on Friday, it is being reported: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/08/03/business/business-us-usa-treas... Evidently, he takes umbrage at those who would question the altruistic intentions of the F...
U.S. Mint to China by Tainted Pen on Jun 23, 2009U.S. Mint to Chinaby Bill BrittonWashington, D.C. —This morning, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announced that the U.S. Mint will be moved to the Wujiang Economic Development Zone in Jiangsu Province, China. The move had been expected because...
