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Meredith Whitney

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
... Street back in the right direction. US President Obama, displaying his inherent gift of the gab, was ignored. So were US Treasury Timmy Geithner and Ben Bernanke. And what happened when the OECD and the IMF raised their global economic outlook? Ignored. ...

Fully sick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2009
PAID! Ten big American banks will get this stamp on their TARP loans after the US Treasury approved their repayment of a combined US$68 billion of taxpayers' money. No names were mentioned on which banks are queuing up at the Treasury cashier to pay. ...

It's all about China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... American government bought and/or guaranteed from US banks and financial institutions and car companies. So off to China US Treasury Secretary Timmy Geithner went to assure the Chinese that their investment in America is safe. Somehow I picture Timmy ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... about ballooning US government debt and its impact on borrowing costs amid a prolonged recession, pushing yields for US Treasury bonds higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 173.47 points, or 2.05 per cent, to 8,300.02. The Nasdaq shed 19.35 points ...

Acronyms pull down USD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... that markets are 'starting to heal' but 'forceful and sustained' policy actions are still needed. These words from US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner perhaps best sum up the macro-environment for the second quarter economy through to the remainder ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... was up 72 points, 1.87 per cent, to 3912.1. NEW YORK - Wall Street shares slumped on Thursday as weak demand at a US Treasury auction stoked fears that authorities might not be able to keep interest rates low to fuel an economic recovery. The disappointing ...

Passive managers win insto favour

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2009
... Advisors, says institutional investors are increasingly looking at and capitalising on opportunities arising from the US Treasury Loan Guarantee Program Debt and agency debt. "[TLGP debt] is issued by financial institutions but are guaranteed in terms ...

AllianceBernstein wins Treasury mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
AllianceBernstein has won a US Treasury mandate to manage assets issued by banks and other institutions involved in the Capital Purchase Program under the Emergency Economic Stabilisation Act. AllianceBernstein is one of three firms selected to manage ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... Billiton, the gold miners and supermarkets. The market had gained in early trading following a lift on Wall Street after US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner reassured investors about banks. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 1.7 points ...

Taking a breather

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
... fortnight. Rumours circulated last night that 16 of the 19 stress tested banks failed and were technically insolvent. The US Treasury was quick to dismiss this, saying that there is 'no basis that any of this is true,' because it doesn't yet have the ...