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Treasury Secretary Jack Lew testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on May 22, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
No Escaping IRS Controversy for Treasury’s Lew and Aide
Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew and his deputy, Neal Wolin, traveled to Capitol Hill today for separate congressional hearings that focused on much the same matter: what the officials knew and when about the IRS scrutiny of Tea Party groups. Lew...
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Jacob "Jack" Lew, U.S. treasury secretary, arrives to attend the Group of Seven (G-7) finance ministers and central bank governors meeting at Hartwell House in Aylesbury, U.K., on May 10, 2013.
Lew Urges G-7 to Focus on Growth
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew took his plea for stronger global economic growth to a British country house hotel where Louis XVIII, the exiled king of France, stayed for five years. Lew is urging Group of Seven finance ministers...
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EU Council president Herman Van Rompuy, right, and States Secretary of Treasury Jack Lew arrive to give a press conference following a working session on April 8, 2013 at the EU Headquarters in Brussels.
Lew in Europe: Call Me Jack
Call it diplomatic speed-dating. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew, on his first trip to Europe since taking office five weeks ago, is getting to know a lot of the region’s top economic officials very quickly. Lew arrived in Brussels this...
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Geithner Takes Financial Crisis on Campus Tour as Lew Takes Treasury
As Jack Lew prepares to take over the Treasury Department, Tim Geithner is moving ahead with post-government plans. Geithner, who left the Treasury in January, will hold a series of seminars on the 2008 financial crisis at U.S. universities starting...
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Job seekers wait to speak to recruiters at the "Putting America Back To Work!" job fair in New York.
Obama’s ‘Excuse’ on Economy Sparks Academic Debate
Whether President Barack Obama has a good excuse for tepid U.S. economic growth sparked an academic debate between two Harvard economists and advisers to Republican nominee Mitt Romney. Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff, in a Bloomberg View column, dispute analyses by Glenn Hubbard, John...
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U.S. dollars poster in central Beijing.
U.S. Shunning of China Manipulator Label Draws Romney Ire on Policy, Timing
The U.S. released its twice-annual report on exchange-rate policies of trading partners and — surprise — China wasn’t branded a currency manipulator. The last time that happened was 1994. The Treasury Department’s report said China’s currency is “significantly undervalued,” an assessment that didn’t...
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