Let me get this straight: Obama's health care plan will be written by a committee whose head says he doesn't understand it, passed by Congress that hasn't read it, signed by a president who smokes, funded by a treasury chief who did not pay his taxes, overseen by a surgeon general who is obese and financed by a country that is nearly broke. ...more

August 30, 2009

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner called on Congress Tuesday to grant him new powers to regulate huge financial companies like insurance giant AIG, whose failure would pose a grave danger to the U.S. financial system and the broader economy. ...more

March 24, 2009

President Barack Obama says treasury secretary is one job that's not up for grabs. ...more

March 21, 2009

So much for the savior-based economy. Tim Geithner, the learned and laconic civil servant and financial engineer, did not sweep in and infuse our shaky psyches with confidence. For starters, the 47-year-old's voice kept cracking. ...more

February 12, 2009

The British Cabinet received early warnings about the link between smoking and lung cancer more than 50 years ago, but viewed the threat as minor and did little for fear of losing tax revenue, according to documents released Friday. ...more

May 30, 2008

The memoirs of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the object of an international bidding war that went on for days, have been acquired by imprints of Random House Inc. in the United States and England. ...more

October 28, 2007

Prime Minister Gordon Brown insisted the British economy remained strong Tuesday while worried depositors lined up for the third consecutive day to withdraw money from one of the nation's largest mortgage lenders. ...more

September 19, 2007

Hundreds of customers lined up to withdraw their savings from a British mortgage bank Saturday, ignoring government assurances that their money was safe despite the bank's request for an emergency loan. ...more

September 16, 2007