http://www.mail.com/people/28884-timothy-geithner.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/28884-timothy-geithner.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2119862-ex-defense-secretary-panetta-deal-memoir.html NEW YORK (AP) — 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 agreement with Penguin Press for a memoir about his long public career. He has served in Congress, as chief of staff under President Bill Clinton and as director of the CIA and secretary of def... Thu, 30 May 2013 21:09:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2119862-ex-defense-secretary-panetta-deal-memoir.html 2013-05-30T21:09:21Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2103890-publisher-sen-warren-book-coming-2014.html NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a favorite among liberals for her forceful advocacy for consumers and criticisms of the financial industry, has a book deal. The Massachusetts Democrat has an agreement with Henry Holt and Company for a book, currently untitled, to be released in spring 2014, the publisher announced Wednesday. Warren, a first-te... Wed, 22 May 2013 22:11:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2103890-publisher-sen-warren-book-coming-2014.html 2013-05-22T22:11:20Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2077564-bloomberg-bars-reporters-client-activity.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Financial data and news company Bloomberg LP says it has corrected a "mistake" in its newsgathering policies and cut off its journalists' special access to client log-in activity on the company's ubiquitous trading information terminals after Goldman Sachs complained about the matter last month. A person familiar with the matter said Fr... Sun, 12 May 2013 01:06:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2077564-bloomberg-bars-reporters-client-activity.html 2013-05-12T01:06:38Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2008086-david-axelrod-book-planned-2014.html NEW YORK (AP) — 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 fall 2014. At least two other former Obama administration officials, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Timothy Geithner, also have books planned next year. Penguin Press announced Axelrod's book on... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:17:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2008086-david-axelrod-book-planned-2014.html 2013-04-09T16:17:58Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2000276-us-trade-deficit-narrows-to-43b-february.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 lowest level in 17 years. The gap between exports and imports shrank to $43 billion in February, down 3.4 percent from January's revised $44.5 billion, the Commerce Department said Friday.... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:19:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2000276-us-trade-deficit-narrows-to-43b-february.html 2013-04-05T13:19:31Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1954916-geithner-book-deal-release-scheduled-2014.html NEW YORK (AP) — Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has a book deal. Geithner has an agreement with Crown Publishers, an imprint of Random House, Inc. Crown announced Thursday that Geithner's book, currently untitled, is scheduled for 2014 and will provide a "behind-the-scenes" account of the financial crisis. Few Treasury secre... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:06:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1954916-geithner-book-deal-release-scheduled-2014.html 2013-03-14T17:06:45Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1921002-lew-set-to-start-treasury-budget-cuts-loom.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 before huge automatic government spending cuts are set to take effect. He's likely to be involved with any negotiations to reverse the cuts, and also in budget talks next month to continue fun... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:03:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1921002-lew-set-to-start-treasury-budget-cuts-loom.html 2013-02-28T09:03:14Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1916834-reset-obama-cheer-progress-nominations.html Although scant progress has been made toward averting deep automatic budget cuts that begin Friday, President Barack Obama can welcome some forward motion elsewhere — on Cabinet nominations and on the economy. After contentious confirmation hearings, the nominations of former Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska to be defense secretary and former White... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:54:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1916834-reset-obama-cheer-progress-nominations.html 2013-02-26T17:54:46Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1916550-us-senate-panel-backs-lew-nomination-treasury.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 full Senate. Lew would succeed Timothy Geithner, who completed a tumultuous four-year term in which he helped lead the administration's response to the financial crisis and recession. The c... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:52:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1916550-us-senate-panel-backs-lew-nomination-treasury.html 2013-02-26T16:52:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1911908-senate-panel-plans-tuesday-vote-lew-nomination.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 to be treasury secretary. Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana says in a statement that Lew has answered the committee's questions "in a thorough and fully transparent manner" and the commi... Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:36:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1911908-senate-panel-plans-tuesday-vote-lew-nomination.html 2013-02-24T20:36:51Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1888980-lew-signals-support-tax-code-rewrite.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Jacob Lew, President Barack Obama's nominee for Treasury secretary, pledged to work with Congress on a comprehensive overhaul of the tax code while urging lawmakers to avoid automatic spending cuts that could slow the economy's progress. During a three-hour confirmation hearing Wednesday, Lew fielded a broad range of questions about how ... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:44:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1888980-lew-signals-support-tax-code-rewrite.html 2013-02-13T21:44:18Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1885884-treasury-chief-lew-faces-early-budget-tests.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 spending. Shrink budget deficits. Manage tense economic ties with China. Press Europe to reduce debts while fighting a recession. Defend the U.S. financial overhaul law. Prevent a global cu... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1885884-treasury-chief-lew-faces-early-budget-tests.html 2013-02-12T21:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1872418-ap-newsbreak-timothy-geithner-planning-book.html NEW YORK (AP) — Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will write a book focusing on his response to the financial crisis, The Associated Press has learned. Geithner, 51, will be represented by Washington-based attorney Robert Barnett, who confirmed Wednesday that Geithner would be meeting with publishers, but otherwise declined comment. Barnett has n... Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1872418-ap-newsbreak-timothy-geithner-planning-book.html 2013-02-06T14:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1854808-wanxiang-panel-approves-a123-sale.html DOVER, Del. (AP) — Chinese auto parts conglomerate Wanxiang Group Corp. said Tuesday that a federal panel has approved its purchase of most assets of failed battery maker A123 Systems Inc. The approval by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) came more than a month after a Delaware bankruptcy judge signed off on the deal, valued... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1854808-wanxiang-panel-approves-a123-sale.html 2013-01-29T20:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1853542-lahood-departure-leaves-vacancy-cabinet.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, who lifted the profile of distracted driving as a national safety concern, is stepping down, presenting President Barack Obama with another Cabinet vacancy at the start of his second term. The former congressman from Illinois and one of only two Republicans who served in Obama's Cabinet, LaHood worked... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1853542-lahood-departure-leaves-vacancy-cabinet.html 2013-01-29T20:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1846284-geithner-sees-us-economy-strengthening-gradually.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Outgoing Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner thinks the U.S. economy will strengthen this year — as long as Congress avoids cutting spending too deeply in a budget deal and Europe's economy gradually improves. In an interview Friday on his last day in office, Geithner told The Associated Press, "The economy is stronger than people apprec... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1846284-geithner-sees-us-economy-strengthening-gradually.html 2013-01-25T19:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1842434-why-geithners-treasury-leadership-proved-divisive.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 contentious. Not since the Great Depression had an administration inherited so many grave financial threats at once. To many, Geithner deserves credit for helping steady the banking system an... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1842434-why-geithners-treasury-leadership-proved-divisive.html 2013-01-24T07:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1830264-transcripts-fed-underestimated-crisis-2007.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 deepest recession since the Great Depression, transcripts of the Fed's policy meetings that year show. The meetings occurred as the country was on the brink of its worst financial crisis sinc... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1830264-transcripts-fed-underestimated-crisis-2007.html 2013-01-18T23:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1828072-poll-damage-us-debt-limit-raised.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans think jarring economic problems will erupt if lawmakers fail to increase the government's borrowing limit. Yet they're torn over how or even whether to raise it, leaning toward Republican demands that any boost be accompanied by spending cuts. According to an Associated Press-GfK poll, 53 percent say that if the debt limit... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 07:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1828072-poll-damage-us-debt-limit-raised.html 2013-01-18T07:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1825216-business-ceos-call-raising-retirement-age.html WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 to partially privatize the health insurance program for older Americans. The Business Roundtable's plan would protect those 55 and older from cuts but younger workers would face significant... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 01:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1825216-business-ceos-call-raising-retirement-age.html 2013-01-17T01:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1822148-stocks-edge-higher-retailers-rally.html NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks edged higher on Wall Street after a rally in retail stocks offset concerns about flaring tensions in Washington over increasing the country's borrowing limit. The Dow Jones industrial average ended the day up 27.57 points at 13,534.89. The Dow moved higher in the late afternoon after being down as much as 62 points in the early goin... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1822148-stocks-edge-higher-retailers-rally.html 2013-01-15T20:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1821550-fitch-warns-downgrade-us-debt-standoff.html LONDON (AP) — 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, Fitch Ratings warned Tuesday. Congress has to increase the country's debt limit, which effectively rules how much debt the U.S. can have, by the end of February or face a potential default, Fi... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1821550-fitch-warns-downgrade-us-debt-standoff.html 2013-01-15T16:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1819798-obama-debt-limit-fight-imperils-elderlys-checks.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Declaring "we are not a deadbeat nation," President Obama warned on Monday that Social Security checks and veterans' benefits will be delayed if congressional Republicans fail to increase the government's borrowing authority in a looming showdown over the nation's debt and spending. Obama said he was willing to negotiate deficit reductio... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1819798-obama-debt-limit-fight-imperils-elderlys-checks.html 2013-01-14T21:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1817504-hitting-debt-limit-what-bills-would-paid.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Reiterating a threat he first issued in the summer of 2011, President Barack Obama on Monday warned Republicans that older Americans might not get their Social Security checks and veterans won't get timely benefits if Congress fails to increase the government's borrowing authority. Republicans are insisting on spending cuts in exchange f... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1817504-hitting-debt-limit-what-bills-would-paid.html 2013-01-14T21:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1820442-geithner-govt-pass-debt-limit-mid-feb.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is telling congressional leaders that the U.S. government will exhaust its borrowing limit as soon as mid-February, earlier than expected. The government reached its $16.4 trillion borrowing limit on Dec. 31, but began using bookkeeping maneuvers to keep from surpassing it. In a letter to congressional... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1820442-geithner-govt-pass-debt-limit-mid-feb.html 2013-01-14T20:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1810600-obama-picks-lew-treasury-fiscal-issues-loom.html WASHINGTON (AP) — For 30 years, Jack Lew has had a hand in some of the biggest economic deals negotiated in Washington. What awaits him if he's confirmed as treasury secretary could far exceed any challenge of the past — a triple-decked potential crisis that will test his experience the moment he opens his office door on the third floor of the Treasury Building ... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1810600-obama-picks-lew-treasury-fiscal-issues-loom.html 2013-01-10T22:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1811574-reset-obama-picks-familiar-faces-2nd-term.html So far, President Barack Obama is not surrounding himself with a team of rivals for his second term but with a team of loyal allies. His selection of White House chief of staff Jack Lew to replace Timothy Geithner as treasury secretary follows the pattern. He's been nominating people who are already well within his comfort zone and likely to actively prom... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1811574-reset-obama-picks-familiar-faces-2nd-term.html 2013-01-10T16:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1806660-reset-treasury-secretary-job-up.html Since winning re-election, President Barack Obama has announced new choices to head the State Department, Pentagon and Central Intelligence Agency. But he has yet to act on another looming top-tier vacancy, that of Treasury secretary. Indications are now that Timothy Geithner will leave that post by the end of the month, regardless of whether the presiden... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1806660-reset-treasury-secretary-job-up.html 2013-01-08T16:44:00Z