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• Geithner's Job at Treasury Safe, Obama Says Saturday, 21 Mar 2009 | 5:03 PM ET

  

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• AIG Gives Staff Deadline on Bonus Payback Decision Friday, 20 Mar 2009 | 7:16 PM ET

  

  Management at American International Group's financial products unit asked its employees to let the unit know by 5 p.m. on Monday if they plan to return all or part of the bonuses they got under an employee retention program, said the Wall Street Journal, citing a person familiar with the matter.

• Better Hide Your Badge, AIG Tells Employees Friday, 20 Mar 2009 | 4:43 PM ET

  

  AI G's corporate security advised employees to take measures to increase their safety and security due to "a growing sense of public attention fueled by increased media scrutiny."

• Geithner Under Fire, Again! Thursday, 19 Mar 2009 | 6:49 PM ET

  

  Once again, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is coming under fire – this time for comments made during a recent TV interview.

• See What People Are Saying About... Encouraging Debt To Jumpstart Economy Thursday, 19 Mar 2009 | 12:46 PM ET

  

  Can a crisis that started because of excess credit be solved with more debt?

• Obama Officials Sought To Keep AIG Bonuses: Dodd Wednesday, 18 Mar 2009 | 7:02 PM ET

  

  In a stunning development, Sen. Christopher Dodd told CNN that Obama officials asked him to add language to last month's stimulus bill to keep AIG bonuses in place.

• Fed's Surprise Move Sends Markets a Mixed Message Wednesday, 18 Mar 2009 | 3:49 PM ET

  

  The Fed’s decision to buy long-term Treasurys was viewed as mostly positive by the markets but it is also probably a bad statement about the economy

• AIG Chief Liddy Faces Congressional Grilling Wednesday, 18 Mar 2009 | 6:43 AM ET

  

  American International Group chief executive Edward Liddy faces tough questions Wednesday on Capitol Hill when he will testify before the House Financial Services Committee on how taxpayers' money poured into the insurance giant has been spent.

• Yoshikami: The Government Bond Stampede Wednesday, 18 Mar 2009 | 2:45 AM ET

  

  Seems like everybody nowadays is interested in buying government bonds, but the reasons differ depending on who you are. The Bank of Japan announced they would increase the purchases of their own sovereign debt following in the footsteps of the Bank of England who also stated they would purchase gilts.

• Declare War On Greed—It Worked With Terror Tuesday, 17 Mar 2009 | 12:00 PM ET

  

  The President should declare a war on greed, like the war on terror, which would help us solve all sorts of problems, including fat bonuses for financial wizards at companies like AIG.

• Baccardax: The (US)A — to — Z(EW) of Recovery Tuesday, 17 Mar 2009 | 9:27 AM ET

  

  Call it what you will: an act of rebellion; blind myopia; a cry for help … but I'm actually starting to believe in the global recovery story.

• Treasurys Are 'Disaster Waiting to Happen': Dr. Doom Tuesday, 17 Mar 2009 | 5:49 AM ET

  The Federal Reserve has no option but to start buying Treasurys as the government's needs for financing are huge, but the government bond market is a disaster in the making, Marc Faber, editor and publisher of The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report, told CNBC.

• BEHIND THE MONEY: Bernanke Reveals How This 'Bear Bounce' Becomes Bull Monday, 16 Mar 2009 | 12:58 PM ET

  The Bernanke 60 Minutes interview lived up to billing with his comments that the country has avoided a Depression lifting market averages this morning.

• Don't Count On A Consumer-Led Recovery Monday, 16 Mar 2009 | 8:44 AM ET

  

  There’s growing concern in some  circles that the President’s economic policies are confusing massive stimulus with Big Government and will thus deliver a muted recovery in the next year.

• Obama Plan for Bad Bank Assets Could Come This Week Sunday, 15 Mar 2009 | 11:58 AM ET

  

  The Obama administration's plan to purchase toxic assets from the banks in a public/private partnership could be made public as soon as this week, according to senior administration officials.

• White House Changes Tune For Wall Street? Friday, 13 Mar 2009 | 11:30 AM ET

  

  The Obama administration’s hope-and-change show hasn’t played well on Wall Street, but in the last week investors may finally be getting some of what they want and that could bring a happier ending than anyone imagined.

• GM Tells Treasury, "No Thanks - For Now" Thursday, 12 Mar 2009 | 12:28 PM ET

  

  Today, General Motors announced it no longer needs a $2 Billion dollar loan from the Treasury Department this month.

• Strategist Roche: Banks Should Not Be Allowed to Fail Monday, 9 Mar 2009 | 4:29 AM ET

  Letting banks fail is not an option as it will cause a run on all the other banks of all forms of creditors, David Roche, global strategist at Independent Strategy told CNBC.

• Housing Market Needs More Help Thursday, 5 Mar 2009 | 5:42 PM ET

  

  Even with tens of billions of dollars set aside for foreclosures, the government's efforts to prop up the ailing housing market don't go far enough and as a result are unlikely to yield a full-fledged turnaround.

• Fratto: Jawboning Investors To Buy Won't Work Wednesday, 4 Mar 2009 | 10:12 AM ET

  I can't argue with President Obama's investment advice — a long-term strategy of investing is always wise, and confidence in the future is an important element of any recovery — but jawboning investors to buy won't fix what's ailing this market, says Tony Fratto