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The Newsweek 50: Obama's Treasury Pick Geithner

Dec. 20, 2008
Obama's Treasury secretary will help define the new global financial system.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Timothy Geithner, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, brings his experience in formulating monetary policy to the U.S. treasury secretary post.

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers is U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's pick for White House economic adviser, sources say.
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Obama signals N.Y. Fed chief Treasury pick

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- New York Federal Reserve Bank chief Timothy Geithner is President-elect Barack Obama's Treasury secretary pick, a person close to the transition team said.
Economic crisis front and center for Obama

Economic crisis front and center for Obama

CHICAGO, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama, knowing the urgency facing the United States, is working quickly to name his treasury secretary, observers said.
Obama's team needs to move quick, some say

Obama's team needs to move quick, some say

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Treasury, chief of staff top Obama plan

Treasury, chief of staff top Obama plan

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- If Sen. Barack Obama wins the presidency, observers expect a quick transition with a new treasury secretary and White House chief of staff named within days.

Treasury names two banks as corrupt

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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego wins Finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler