This is Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s last day at work, and he is leaving with an exit interview snared by Politico in which the veteran warrior of the fiscal cliff wars suggests Republicans have ceded the debt ceiling as a...
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Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner arrives at the Capitol for meeting with congressional leaders on Nov. 29, 2012.
Geithner: Republicans Cede Debt Lever
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Rolling Stone's Nov. 8, 2012 issue featuring President Barack Obama hits newsstands on Oct. 26, 2012. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Obama, who once called bank executives "fat cats" and their pay "obscene," says Wall Street needs to change executive pay incentives that reward risky bets that can yield fortunes but can also devastate financial institutions.
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Updated at 3 pm EDT President Barack Obama wasn’t pulling any punches for Republican Mitt Romney in his conversation with Rolling Stone magazine, yet the Romney campaign responded today with a somewhat more general rebuttal. Writing about a forthcoming Rolling...
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