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Initial jobless claims dropped last week to 366,000
WASHINGTON -- New jobless claims dropped last week to 366,000 as the labor market continued to show signs of moderate growth. The number of people filing for the first-time for unemployment benefits was down 5,000 in the week ending Saturday from the...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Unemployment Benefits, Employment, Economic Indicator, Labor Markets
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Ex-Treasury Secretary Geithner's new job: fellow at N.Y. think tank
WASHINGTON -- It didn't take long for former Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner to land a new job, and it's not on Wall Street -- though it's in the same area code. The Council on Foreign Relations, a nonpartisan think tank based in New York, said...
Tags: Government, Economy, Business and Finance, Barack Obama, Politics, Federal Reserve
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As he departs, Geithner says 'not a chance' he'll be next Fed chair
WASHINGTON -- As Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner prepared to leave office Friday, he was clear about one thing he won't be doing in the future -- running the Federal Reserve. Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's second term expires in January 2014...
Tags: POLITICO LLC, Ben Bernanke, Jack Lew, White House, Barack Obama
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Geithner's new debt-limit estimate: Mid-February to early March
WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner told Congress Monday that the U.S. would exhaust its special measures to avoid breaching the nation's debt limit sometime between mid-February and early March. In updating an earlier estimate of...
Tags: Public Finance, Republican Party, White House, Parties and Movements, Politics
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Treasury Secretary Geithner reportedly wants to leave by month's end
WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, the last remaining member of President Obama's original economic team, has made it clear he did not intend to stay in the high-pressure job for more than four years. And now, with Obama set to be...
Tags: John Kerry, Public Finance, Eric Holder, Hillary Clinton, Politics
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Obama digs in as debt ceiling fight looms
WASHINGTON — Fresh off this week’s last-minute “fiscal cliff” deal, President Obama on Saturday dug in as the prospect of another budget clash with congressional Republicans loomed, warning that he will not negotiate over raising...
Tags: Republican Party, Washington, DC, Barack Obama, Politics, Media Industry
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Boehner promises Republicans he'll fight Obama over debt ceiling
WASHINGTON – In the first closed-door meeting of the Republican majority in the new Congress, newly reelected House Speaker John A. Boehner on Friday promised a robust fight with President Obama to cut spending in exchange for raising the nation&...
Tags: Elections, Paul Ryan, Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Washington, DC
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Weekend TV Talk Shows: Timothy F. Geithner; Grover Norquist; Dianne Feinstein
Click here to download TV listings for the week Dec. 2 - 8 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SATURDAY Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC The Chris Matthews Show "Fiscal cliff" negotiations: Richard Stengel; Katty Kay;...
Tags: Evan Bayh, Alan Cumming, Claire McCaskill, Susan Rice, Brian Schweitzer
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Fitch warns that debt-limit delay could hurt U.S. credit rating
WASHINGTON — A failure by Congress to raise the debt limit "in a timely manner" could lead to a downgrade of the nation's AAA credit rating, Fitch Ratings said Tuesday. Republicans want major government spending cuts in exchange for a debt-limit...
Tags: Public Finance, Credit Ratings, Social Security, Manufacturing and Engineering, Federal Reserve
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Obama to deliver State of the Union speech Feb. 12
WASHINGTON -- President Obama is to deliver the State of the Union address Feb. 12, just days before the government may hit its self-imposed debt limit and be unable to pay some of its bills. The timing of the annual address to Congress ensures Obama&...
Tags: Republican Party, White House, Washington, DC, Barack Obama, Politics
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Widget lets you see how Treasury nominee Lew would sign your name
WASHINGTON -- The unusual signature of penmanship-challenged Treasury Secretary nominee Jacob J. Lew is drawing as much attention as any of his views on fiscal policy. And now anyone can see how the man whose John Hancock soon could grace our greenbacks...
Tags: NPR, Elections, Jack Lew, White House, Google Inc.
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The lowdown on Lew
WASHINGTON -- In selecting Jacob Lew, the White House chief of staff, to replace Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary, President Obama has sent some not-so-subtle messages: the Treasury's autonomy will be curbed; the president doesn't much fear...
Tags: Financial Markets, Public Finance, Budgets and Budgeting, Labor Markets, Politics
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