Timothy Geithner
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Brown takes banking tax idea to Commonwealth...month when he proposed a Tobin tax at a meeting of G20 finance ministers in St Andrews. Tim Geithner, the US treasury secretary, dismissed the idea. But Brown will today tell the Commonwealth summit: "I've said if you're going to look at... In this article: Tax, Gordon Brown, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, International Monetary Fund, US, Tim Geithner, Downing Street, and Trinidad |
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Telegraph.co.uk - Business | November 07, 2009
US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner slaps down Gordon Brown's 'global tax'
US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner slaps down Gordon Brown's 'global tax' The international finance community was split last night after Gordon Brown surprised world leaders by announcing that he wanted to explore a multi-billion pound...
In this article: Tax, Gordon Brown, James Tobin, International Monetary Fund, Oxfam, UK, and US
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Banks may face 'supertax' on all their assets
...and the IMF. The Tories have privately ruled out imposing a Tobin tax on financial transactions following Gordon Brown's embarrassing slap-down by US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner at the G20 summit this weekend. But they are...
In this article: Balance sheet, Tax, IMF, Tories, Paul Tucker, Tim Geithner, Bank of England, Gordon Brown, and US
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ThinkProgress | November 09, 2009
Why Is Geithner Dead Set Against A Financial Transactions Tax?
...U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner: U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Saturday firmly opposed a proposal by UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown for a global tax on financial transactions. "That's not something we're prepared to...
In this article: Tax, Revenue, Gordon Brown, Wall Street, Goldman Sachs, and U.S.
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Guardian | November 09, 2009
Tobin tactics tax Brown's advisers Michael White
...we don't want him to lose." When Tim Geithner, the US Treasury secretary, led G20 colleagues in giving the thumbs down, leaving the host country isolated, Brown's positive headlines quickly soured. Brown himself used to be cool on...
In this article: Gordon Brown, Tax, God, Tim Geithner, House of Commons, and Liberal Democrats
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Independent.co.uk - Business | November 08, 2009
Harmony in the G20 is starting to unravel
...maintain fiscal support. Gordon Brown's suggestion of a so-called "Tobin tax" received a mixed response from the global financial community and the US Treasury Secretary, Tim Geithner, slapped down the proposal. A "day-by-day" tax on...
In this article: Tax, UK, Germany, Unemployment, Tories, Free Democrats, Jean-Claude Trichet, Tim Geithner, and Gordon Brown
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Row breaks out over Gordon Brown's plan to tax City profits
No sooner had the prime minister floated the idea of a tax on bank transactions than it was shot down by US treasury secretary Timothy Geithner, Canadian finance minister Jim Flaherty and Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the IMF. At a...
In this article: Tax, Gordon Brown, Climate change, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Revenue, Labour, Jim Flaherty, IMF, and Nobel Prize
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Times Online | November 09, 2009
Forging G20 consensus is harder than it looks
...is harder than it looks Timothy Geithner, the US Treasury Secretary, put British noses firmly out of joint on Saturday by reiterating his Government's opposition to a global Tobin tax on banking transactions. Downing Street spent much of...
In this article: Stephen Green, Paul Walsh, HSBC, Tax, Standard Chartered, Diageo, Shanghai, HMV, and Hong Kong
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MarketWatch | November 07, 2009
Britain's Brown urges global tax
...billion deal to tackle climate change at a summit in Scotland. Video courtesy of Reuters. Geithner told Sky News that he was "not prepared" to support Brown's call that global leaders examine an international financial tax, but said...
In this article: Gordon Brown, Tax, Unemployment, Climate change, International Monetary Fund, Scotland, Britain, and U.S.
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Gordon Brown backtracks on bank tax after US is unwilling to support it
...they made a trade. However, within hours of the Prime Minister unveiling the proposal, Timothy Geithner, the US Treasury Secretary, appeared to dismiss such a proposal and said he was unwilling to commit to the plan. At the weekend,...
In this article: Gordon Brown, Tax, Adair Turner, Downing Street, US, Unemployment, Financial Services Authority, and House of Commons
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Timothy Franz Geithner (pronounced: /ˈɡaɪtnər/; born August 18, 1961) is the 75th and current United States Secretary of the Treasury, serving under President Barack Obama. He was previously the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Geithner's position includes a large role in directing the Federal Government's economic response to the financial crisis which began after December 2007. Specific tasks include directing the allocation of the $350 billion of Wall Street bailout funds. He is currently dealing with multiple high visibility issues, including the survival of the automobile industry, the restructuring of banks, financial institutions and insurance companies, recovery of the mortgage market, demands for protectionism, President Obama's tax changes, and relations with foreign governments that are dealing with similar crises.
- Birth Date:
- August 18, 1961
- Birthplace:
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Nationality:
- American
- Spouse:
- Carole M. Sonnenfeld
- University Attended:
- Occupation:
- Civil Servant
- Political party:
- Democratic
- Office:
- United States Secretary of the Treasury
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