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Geithner: Hearings Postponed

Confirmation Hearings for Geithner Postponed

not bullish for Tim

Posted by jck at 11:50 am GMT on January 14th, 2009 | 3 Comments →

3 Responses to “ Geithner: Hearings Postponed ”

# 1 barry Says:
January 14th, 2009 at 5:06 pm

He sounds and acts like the classic absent minded professor but who is also suceptible to flattery. No wonder Wall Street is so eager to have this guy running Treasury.

# 2 jck Says:
January 14th, 2009 at 5:46 pm

After reading this:
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/geithnertax20090113.pdf
I don’t see how he can claim innocence, but you are right he is the darling of the street, don’t know why considering he did his bit to wreck the system.

# 3 Dr. Dan Says:
January 14th, 2009 at 10:05 pm

“don’t know why him”

I think CEOs don’t want to lose their money quickly etc..they want to escape while the systems is wrecking…

and TIm is basically hand in glove with whetever CEOs want

Vik: “can we merge C & MS” ?
Tim: “Sure”

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