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• Government starts talks about new mortgage system

  August 17, 2010 in Business Talk of shrinking the government’s involvement in the mortgage market is growing. Just don’t expect action any time soon. 7

• Quick work vowed on finance rules

  August 3, 2010 in Business on Page A8 NEW YORK – Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is pledging to move with speed to implement the biggest overhaul of the financial system since the Great Depression. He says that a … 1

• Geithner: Let tax cuts expire

  July 26, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – As the White House geared up for a fight to end controversial tax cuts of the last administration, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Sunday that allowing the expiration … 8

• Geithner talks exports in Western Washington stop

  May 19, 2010 in City on Page A10 TACOMA — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner got a Washington state trifecta Tuesday, experiencing three things for which the West Side is best known: Boeing. Microsoft. And rain. In an effort … 1

• Geithner stresses trade’s role in recovery in Wash. visit

  May 18, 2010 in City, Region Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner got a Washington state trifecta Tuesday, experiencing three things for which the West Side is best known: Boeing. Microsoft. And rain. Geithner emphasizes trade in ‘soggy’ … 4

• Administration reduces bailout cost estimate

  April 23, 2010 in Business Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is telling Congress that the administration believes the final cost of the government’s heavily criticized financial bailout effort could be as low as $87 billion. 1

• Fed had ‘terrible choices,’ Treasury head testifies

  January 28, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told a hostile congressional committee Wednesday that the only way to rescue the insurance giant American International Group in 2008 was to pay U.S. … 1

• AIG probe may involve Geithner

  January 8, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A16 WASHINGTON – Lawmakers are preparing to investigate revelations that the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, led at the time by Timothy Geithner, pushed for greater secrecy on controversial bailout …

• Geithner: bailout program extended to October

  December 9, 2009 in Business Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told Congress Wednesday that the administration will extend the government’s financial bailout program until next fall, saying it’s needed to protect against fresh economic shocks.

• Geithner says ‘majority’ of banks in good shape

  April 22, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A8 WASHINGTON – Days before his agency releases key details of unusual tests to measure the health of the nation’s 19 largest banks, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told a watchdog panel … 1

• White House seeks to heighten oversight of financial system

  March 26, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner plans to propose today an expansion of federal authority over the financial system, breaking from an era in which the government stood back from …

• Bailout reduced to offset bonuses

  March 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The government will deduct $165 million in proposed aid to bailed-out American International Group Inc. to recoup the cost of bonuses paid to employees of the giant insurer … 1

• Plan would bolster world economy

  March 12, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping plan that calls on the United States and other nations to offer billions more to bail out economies in …

• Auto team to oversee revamp

  February 16, 2009 in City on Page A1 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama plans to appoint senior administration officials – rather than a single “car czar,” as had been discussed – to oversee a restructuring of the auto …

• Market balks at bailout rollout

  February 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner vowed Tuesday to bring the “full force” of the U.S. government to battle the financial crisis, assembling an unprecedented coalition of agencies and mustering …

• Senate, Fed, Treasury attack economic crisis

  February 10, 2009 in Business, Nation/World WASHINGTON — On a single day filled with staggering sums, the Obama administration, Federal Reserve and Senate attacked the deepening economic crisis today with actions that could throw as much …

• Rules target bigwigs’ pay at bailed-out institutions

  February 4, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration plans to limit pay to $500,000 a year for executives of government-assisted financial institutions in a get-tough approach to bankers and Wall Street, a senior …

• Senate confirms Treasury nominee

  January 27, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Timothy Geithner was confirmed by the Senate on Monday as Treasury secretary and will immediately face tough sledding as the Obama administration prepares to spend hundreds of billions …

• Geithner takes aim at China

  January 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – As Timothy Geithner moved closer Thursday to confirmation as the next Treasury secretary, he signaled a confrontational shift in the U.S. economic relationship with China, bluntly stating that …

• Geithner approval moves closer

  January 22, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Timothy Geithner apologized to Congress Wednesday for what he called “careless mistakes” in failing to pay $34,000 in taxes and moved closer to confirmation as treasury secretary and …

• Treasury nominee explains tax errors

  January 14, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A10 WASHINGTON – Timothy Geithner, the man tapped to lead the nation out of the greatest economic crisis in decades – and who would oversee the Internal Revenue Service – trekked …