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On November 21, 2008, it was reported President-elect Barack Obama will nominate Geithner to be Treasury Secretary:

“President-elect Barack Obama on Friday moved toward nominating Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary and charging the respected head of the New York Federal Reserve with helping pull the United States out of an economic nosedive.” – Reuters.

U.S. stocks soared on the Geithner news, pushing major indices up more than 6 percent. The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 8,000. Yazının tamamını oku »