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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.
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.
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”