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Timothy Geithner said Wednesday that he doesn't expect to serve a second term as Treasury secretary. He said he doesn't think President Barack Obama would ask him to remain if Obama won re-election.

Bloomberg reports that as Treasury secretary, Paulson gave a potentially lucrative heads-up to hedge fund managers. Should we be outraged?

The credit rating agency Standard & Poor's showed "terrible judgment" in lowering the U.S. government's credit rating, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Sunday.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has told President Barack Obama he would stay in his post, a Treasury Department official said Sunday.

Mr. Geithner, who had weighed leaving earlier this summer, now "looks forward to the important work ahead on the challenges facing our great country," Jenni LeCompte, an assistant Treasury secretary for public affairs, said in a prepared statement.

Timothy Geithner has told President Barack Obama that he will remain on the job as Treasury secretary.

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• iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (NYSE: VXX) up 3.80 percent to $24.03. The CBOE VIX volatility index is ripping today, as the U.S. is still working to sort out its debt issues.
  
  Though a deal to raise the debt limit in the U.S. hasn't been officially struck, U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said that default is "off the table" in an interview today.
• United States Natural Gas (NYSE: UNG) up 0.52 percent to $11.50.

Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said Thursday that he planned to stay in his job “for the foreseeable future.”

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says he's staying put at the Treasury Department for the "foreseeable future," addressing speculation he might leave the Obama administration following the current round of budget negotiations.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says he supports French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde's candidacy for the top post at the International Monetary Fund.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Monday that he will immediately halt investments in two big government pension plans so the government can continue to borrow money.