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News reports said Treasury Secretary Geithner wanted to leave his post once debt negotiations were complete. With that milestone past, speculation now turns toward potential successors. The stakes are high, with unemployment at 9.2% and partisan theatrics as melodramatic as ever. Here are seven candidates that the president might do well to consider.

Citing unnamed sources, news outlets reported Thursday evening that Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner might leave the Obama administration soon. In response to the rumors, Geithner insisted, "I live for this work.... I'm going to be doing it for the foreseeable future."

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was hospitalized Friday to undergo surgery for kidney stones, according to a MarketWatch report. Geithner, who was admitted into George Washington University hospital this morning, is expected to undergo surgery later today.

A report from the U.S. Treasury Department avoided naming China as a currency manipulator, saying instead that the yuan is "undervalued." The report said that the recent Chinese decision to end the peg to the dollar was a "significant step," and pledged to monitor the Chinese currency in the next...

Yes, North Korea has a bank. It's easy to forget that even a tightly controlled economy needs to manage its currency, especially when so much of that currency comes from a variety of dubious sources. Well, the Korea Kwangson Banking Corp. has landed in the sights of the U.S. Treasury Department,...

It was a busy morning around America today, with companies reporting a surge in productivity starting at around 9:00 AM EST. Office managers are puzzled. One reported that, "It was almost as if a switch had been flipped and all of the sudden TPS reports were being generated, phones began ringing...

Earlier today, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told an assembled group of lawmakers that the Obama administration's plan to stimulate the U.S. economy is on the "expected path." The White House plan calls for an economic stimulus that will allocate billions of dollars to construction and other...