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  • Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
    How low can they go? Traders eyeing global rates

    Caught in a tug of war between the opposing policy modes of a tightening U.S. Fed and an easing European Central Bank, yields have taken dramatic turns.

  • Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
    Post-S&P milestone, Street looks for next catalyst

    Wall Street is trading on what it thinks might happen in September. But a key to what's been working on markets in the last several days is Europe.

  • Mario Draghi
    How the 'Teflon euro' has stayed resilient

    The euro has remained stubbornly strong amid a slew of obstacles, and some analysts said the European Central Bank has kept it higher.

  • A Walgreens store on June 19, 2012 in San Francisco, California.
    US companies sit at a crossroads on tax inversions

    U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew highlighted the decision American companies face—stay domestic and pay taxes or go abroad for savings.

  • Corporate tax reform strategies
    Corporate tax reform strategies   

    The Treasury Department is urging an end to tax inversions. Former Deputy Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin, weighs in.

  • Treasury Secretary Jack Lew (l) talks with CNBC's Jim Cramer at the Delivering Alpha conference, July 16, 2014.
    Lew presses for sweeping business tax reform

    The Treasury secretary also says the financial system, finally recovering from the recession, faces another perilous challenge: cyberattacks.

  • Did Lew throw Fed under the bus?
    Did Lew throw Fed under the bus?   

    CNBC's Jim Cramer asks Treasury Secretary Jack Lew if it is appropriate for federal officials to comment on individual market movements.

  • Lew: Bilateral investment treaty good for US & China
    Lew: Bilateral investment treaty good for US & China   

    Treasury Secretary Jack Lew talks with CNBC's Jim Cramer about the evolution of trade agreements and the real power of China. Lew says the global economy depends on a good U.S. China relationship.

  • Act on tax inversion now: Lew
    Act on tax inversion now: Lew   

    Treasury Secretary Jack Lew talks with CNBC's Jim Cramer about corporate tax inversions.

  • Lew: Treasury's plan to strengthen cybersecurity
    Jack Lew on Chinese hacking and 'cyber hygiene   

    U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew tells CNBC that cyber-security is no longer the sole responsibility of IT departments -- CEOs need to focus on 'cyber hygiene' as well. His comments came during an interview with CNBC's Jim Cramer at the Delivering Alpha conference on Wednesday.

  • Conversations with Cramer & Lew
    Conversations with Cramer & Lew   

    In a wide-ranging conversation, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew talks with CNBC's Jim Cramer about shoring up Internet safety, tax inversions, reforming GSEs, and hitting the U.S. debt ceiling.

  • Challenges of cybersecurity: Lew
    Challenges of cybersecurity: Lew   

    Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, discusses how cyber intrusions are impacting and interrupting businesses and the U.S. financial systems.

  • Treasury's Lew targets cybersecurity
    Treasury's Lew targets cybersecurity   

    At CNBC's Delivering Alpha Conference, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew addresses the concerns of cyberattack on the financial world.

  • The statue of Albert Gallatin stands outside the U.S. Department of the Treasury building in Washington, D.C.
    US could lose $20B from corporate tax inversions

    An estimate from congressional research suggests the U.S. could miss out on billions from companies making acquisitions overseas.

  • US records $130B budget deficit in May

    The U.S. reported a $130 billion deficit in May after a surplus in April, but this year's imbalance is on track to be the lowest in 6 years.

  • An oil tanker is seen off the port of Bandar Abbas, southern Iran.
    Iranian oil exports on course to blow past limits

    Iranian oil exports are running above the levels the Islamic Republic agreed to when sanctions were loosened.

  • The Internal Revenue Service headquarters in Washington, D.C.
    Hiding money overseas is about to get even harder

    More than 77,000 foreign banks and financial institutions have agreed to share US tax information with the IRS.

  • The U.S. Department of the Treasury building
    US lawmakers probe Treasury hiring practices

    Two U.S. congressmen have opened separate inquiries into whether a Treasury Department bureau may have flouted federal hiring rules.

  • Should have let Bear Stearns fail: Kovacevich
    Should have let Bear Stearns fail: Kovacevich   

    Richard Kovacevich, former chairman & CEO of Wells Fargo, says the biggest mistake the Fed made during the financial crisis was rescuing Bear Stearns which was half the size of Lehman.

  • What Geithner didn't understand: Kovacevich
    What Geithner didn't understand: Kovacevich   

    Richard Kovacevich, former chairman and CEO of Wells Fargo, explains why he thinks former Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's new book is a justification for bad decisions.