Treasury Chief Seeks Wider Power to Seize Troubled Firms

Courtesy NYT > Business  Tue, 03/24/2009 - 08:57

At Congressional hearings on Tuesday, Timothy F. Geithner asked for more authority to take over nonbank financial institutions, officials said.


 

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