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Geithner: This isn't Paulson's plan

Feb. 10, 2009
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner defended his financial stabilization plan Tuesday, telling senators it is "fundamentally different" than the one pursued by his predecessor, Henry Paulson.
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Geithner works on global financial reform

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. financial advisers are working with financial ministers of other countries to international financial system reforms, the Treasury secretary said.
Paulson: No magic bullet for the economy

Paulson: No magic bullet for the economy

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said there's no magic bullet to fix the economy and it is naive to assume one piece of legislation could do so.

House grills Treasury on bailout

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- A U.S. House panel kept up the congressional criticism of the Treasury Department's handling of the $700 billion financial bailout Friday.

Bailout won't bail out all, Paulson says

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- The $700 billion U.S. financial bailout plan won't save every financial institution, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Wednesday.
Treasury secretary says he'll act quickly

Treasury secretary says he'll act quickly

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said he will work quickly but deliberately to implement the authorities he has under the financial markets rescue plan.
Sen. Shelby: Bailout as presented flawed

Sen. Shelby: Bailout as presented flawed

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- The $700 billion Wall Street bailout proposed by U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is structurally flawed, Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., said Friday.
Top Treasury job a bailout unknown

Top Treasury job a bailout unknown

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- A critical, but murky aspect of the $700 billion financial bailout plan under debate in Washington is choosing a successor for the plan's designer.

Paulson says bailout protects taxpayers

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr. said Tuesday a $700 billion bailout plan would cost taxpayers less than allowing financial firms to fail.
Paulson lobbies for mortgage rescue plan

Paulson lobbies for mortgage rescue plan

WASHINGTON, July 15 (UPI) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr. said Tuesday that two troubled mortgage giants should remain in the hands of shareholders.

U.S. Treasury scraps credit fund

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. banks and Treasury Department officials have scrapped a plan to create a $100 billion fund to stabilize the short-term credit market.
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Russian Maria Sharapova signs autographs after winning her French Open womens first round match against Romanian Alexandra Cadantu at Roland Garros in Paris on May 29, 2012. Sharapova defeated Cadantu 6-0, 6-0 to advance to the next round. UPI/David Silpa