What does Treasury Secretary Nominee Tim Geithner have in common with current Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Clinton Treasury Secretary Larry Summers ? They all learned at the feet of Robert Rubin, the man who screwed up Citibank, and just got a $306 billion bail out from the Feds.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. rescued Citigroup Inc, agreeing to shoulder most losses on about $306 billion of the bank's risky assets, and inject new capital, bolstering investor hopes that the government will support big banks as the economy sinks into recession.
The bailout, announced late Sunday, gives the government the right to buy an equity stake, and marks its latest effort to contain a widening financial crisis that has already brought down Bear Stearns Cos, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc and Washington Mutual Inc.
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Barack Obama.
Change you can count on!
$306 billion of change if you’re Robert Rubin.
David Brooks' "Best and the Brightest" are more likely to be "Worst from the First."
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