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An investor lawsuit contends that Citigroup Inc insiders, including senior counselor and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, sold more than $150 million of their own shares at inflated prices while ...

President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Timothy Geithner (GYT'-nur) to be his treasury secretary.

On Friday afternoon, the markets shot up nearly 7 percent following the news that President-elect Obama was poised to name Timothy Geithner, president of the New York Federal Reserve, as the next treasury secretary.

The news that Timothy F. Geithner would be named Treasury secretary helped drive stocks sharply higher on Friday afternoon.

President-elect Barack Obama will name Timothy F. Geithner to be his Treasury Secretary, according to a knowledgeable Democrat.

The Treasury secretary defended his management of the financial crisis and warned against the imposition of overly strict regulations to prevent a repeat calamity.

Dollar lending rates between banks rose for the third day running Monday after last week's turnabout by U.S.

Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson on the $700 billion U.S. financial rescue program fostered renewed uncertainty in credit markets.

Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. said that he was backing away from buying troubled mortgage assets, instead favoring a second round of capital injections into financial intitutions.

A little-noticed provision underscores what critics warn are the dangers of authority being used by the Treasury secretary to address financial crisis.

Soon after the presidential elections, the spotlight will cast a harsh glare on the man or woman who will be treasury secretary, an unenviable position considering the economy's disastrous shape.