Ex-Defense Secretary Panetta has deal for memoir
Leon Panetta is the latest Cabinet member who served during President Barack Obama's first term to have a book deal. The 74-year-old Panetta has an ...

Publisher: Sen. Warren book coming out in 2014
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a favorite among liberals for her forceful advocacy for consumers and criticisms of the financial industry, has a book ...
Bloomberg bars reporters from client activity
Financial data and news company Bloomberg LP says it has corrected a "mistake" in its newsgathering policies and cut off its journalists' special ...
David Axelrod book planned for 2014
One of President Barack Obama's top advisers and strategists during his first term has a book deal. David Axelrod is working on a memoir scheduled for ...

US trade deficit narrows to $43B in February
The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly narrowed in February as exports climbed close to an all-time high and the volume of imported crude oil fell to the ...

Geithner has book deal, release scheduled for 2014
Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has a book deal. Geithner has an agreement with Crown Publishers, an imprint of Random House, Inc.

Lew set to start at Treasury as budget cuts loom
Jacob Lew is scheduled to be sworn in Thursday as Treasury secretary and will have to hit the ground running. He is taking over the job just a day ...

THE RESET: Obama can cheer progress on nominations
Although scant progress has been made toward averting deep automatic budget cuts that begin Friday, President Barack Obama can welcome some forward ...

US Senate panel backs Lew nomination for Treasury
The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's choice of Jacob Lew to be Treasury secretary and sent the nomination to the ...

Senate panel plans Tuesday vote on Lew nomination
The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee says the committee will vote on Tuesday on the nomination of former White House chief of staff Jack Lew ...

Lew signals support for tax code rewrite
Jacob Lew, President Barack Obama's nominee for Treasury secretary, pledged to work with Congress on a comprehensive overhaul of the tax code while ...

Likely Treasury chief Lew faces early budget tests
The to-do list that awaits Jacob Lew, President Barack Obama's choice to be Treasury secretary, is daunting. Bridge disputes in Congress on taxes and ...

AP NewsBreak: Timothy Geithner planning book
Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will write a book focusing on his response to the financial crisis, The Associated Press has learned.
Wanxiang says panel approves A123 sale
Chinese auto parts conglomerate Wanxiang Group Corp. said Tuesday that a federal panel has approved its purchase of most assets of failed battery ...

LaHood departure leaves another vacancy in Cabinet
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who lifted the profile of distracted driving as a national safety concern, is stepping down, presenting President ...
Geithner sees US economy strengthening gradually
Outgoing Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner thinks the U.S. economy will strengthen this year — as long as Congress avoids cutting spending too ...

Why Geithner's Treasury leadership proved divisive
President Barack Obama has saluted the outgoing Timothy Geithner as one of the best U.S. Treasury secretaries ever. He's surely been among the most ...
Transcripts show Fed underestimated crisis in 2007
Federal Reserve officials in 2007 badly underestimated the scope of the approaching financial crisis and how it would tip the U.S. economy into the ...

Poll: Most see damage if US debt limit not raised
Most Americans think jarring economic problems will erupt if lawmakers fail to increase the government's borrowing limit. Yet they're torn over how ...

Business CEOs call for raising retirement age
An influential group of business CEOs is pushing a plan to gradually increase the full retirement age to 70 for both Social Security and Medicare and ...

Stocks edge higher as retailers rally
Stocks edged higher on Wall Street after a rally in retail stocks offset concerns about flaring tensions in Washington over increasing the country's ...

Fitch warns it may downgrade US over debt standoff
The United States could lose its top credit rating for the second time from a leading agency if there's a delay in raising the country's debt ceiling, ...

Obama: Debt limit fight imperils elderly's checks
Declaring "we are not a deadbeat nation," President Obama warned on Monday that Social Security checks and veterans' benefits will be delayed if ...

Hitting the debt limit: What bills would be paid?
Reiterating a threat he first issued in the summer of 2011, President Barack Obama on Monday warned Republicans that older Americans might not get ...