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• Obama Picks N.Y. Fed President Geithner as Treasury Secretary

  President-elect Barack Obama has selected New York Federal Reserve Bank President Timothy F. Geithner as Treasury secretary, handing the post to a primary architect of the Bush administration's response to the financial crisis, according to Democratic and industry officials yesterday. Posted Nov 21 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, Wall Street, New York, United States, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Fed, Henry M. Paulson, U.S. Department of Commerce, Georgetown University, The White House, The Washington Post Company, Dow Jones & Co. Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc., Citigroup Inc., Federal Reserve Bank of New York, As, President, Mexico, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Illinois, Obama, Chicago, Bill Clinton, N.Y., Asia, Russia, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Daniel K. Tarullo, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Bill Richardson (Politician), U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Robert Rubin, University of Chicago, Jason Furman, The Brookings Institution, U.S. House of Representatives, Treasury, Penny Pritzker, Secretary, Timothy Geithner, U.S. Senate, Austan Goolsbee, Lawrence Summers, New Mexico, U.S. Congressional Budget Office, United Nations, Picks, Kent Conrad, White House Council of Economic Advisers, Anne E. Kornblut, Chris Cillizza, National Economic Council, American International Group Inc., Geithner, Scott Talbott, Geithner Treasury, Joining Summers

• A Conversion in 'This Storm'

  First of two articles Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. had a stern message for more than two dozen of the nation's most powerful hedge fund managers gathered in the third-floor conference room near his office. Paulson told them it was time to begin regulating the opaque realm of hedge fun... Posted Nov 17 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, Wall Street, U.S. Federal Reserve, New York, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Ben Bernanke, Henry M. Paulson, In, A, Europe, The White House, George W. Bush, Barclays plc, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Lehman Brothers Inc., Federal Reserve Bank of New York, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Enron Corporation, Barack Obama, Illinois, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., London, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Wachovia Corporation, Richard Fuld, Capitol Hill, Washington Mutual Inc., Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Sheila Bair, Christopher Cox, Timothy Geithner, John Thain, American International Group Inc., John Mack, Storm', Conversion, 'This

• Bill Clinton's Global Reach Would Have Pluses and Minuses for a Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

  If Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is named the next secretary of state, she and her husband could be positioned to lead a public-private partnership on the global stage unlike any before it, one that experts say would bring with it a host of potential benefits and pitfalls for the new president. Posted Nov 16 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: United States, A, for, The White House, George W. Bush, California, of, and, Bill, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, The New York Times Company, Hillary, Cuba, Illinois, Bill Clinton, Clinton, Ron Burkle, State, Have, Albany, NAFTA, Kuwait, Yale University, Syria, Secretary, Would, Duke University, Vinod Gupta, Leon Panetta, infoUSA Inc., Middle East, Global, Madonna Lebling, Kazakhstan, Jimmy Carter, Council on Foundations, Steve Gunderson, Little Rock, Hurricane Katrina, Reach, Agence France-Presse, Kuwait City, Charles Hill, William J. Clinton Foundation, Pluses, Frank Giustra, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Clinton's, Minuses, Obama's Cabinet, Indian Ocean, International Profit Associates Inc.

• Obama Resigns From Senate, Names More Staffers

  President-elect Barack Obama officially resigned from the Senate yesterday, removing himself from any official role in the lame-duck session of Congress that will convene this week. He also laid more groundwork for the start of his administration by deciding on additional members of his senior st... Posted Nov 16 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, More, The White House, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Illinois, Obama, Chicago, Bill Clinton, From, Edward M. Kennedy, David Axelrod, Ronald Reagan, Names, Capitol Hill, Bill Richardson (Politician), U.S. Department of State, Max Baucus, Rod Blagojevich, Resigns, Guantanamo Bay, Staffers, Anne E. Kornblut, Chris Cillizza, Valerie Jarrett, Michael D. Shear, Madeleine Albright, Stephanie Cutter, Jim Messina, Stonebridge International LLC, William Kennedy Smith, Senate,, John Hinckley, Peter M. Rouse, Mona K. Sutphen, Gregory Craig

• Obama Courted Federal Employees With Letters Before Election

  In wooing federal employee votes on the eve of the election, Barack Obama wrote a series of letters to workers that offer detailed descriptions of how he intends to add muscle to specific government programs, give new power to bureaucrats and roll back some Bush administration policies. Posted Nov 16 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: With, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Iraq, Barack Obama, Illinois, Obama, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal, Social Security Administration, Julie Tate, U.S. Department of Defense, Transportation Security Administration, American Federation of Government Employees, NASA, National Taxpayers Union, Election, Before, Employees, John Gage, National Park Service, Stephanie Cutter, Jeff Ruch, Courted, Letters

• Democrats Attach Provisions to Auto Bill

  A measure to speed $25 billion in emergency aid to the nation's automakers will include provisions designed to protect taxpayers, congressional Democrats said yesterday, including a ban on bonuses for employees who make more than $200,000 a year and a government oversight board with power to veto... Posted Nov 16 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: United States, to, Ben Bernanke, Henry M. Paulson, The White House, George W. Bush, Bill, U.S. Republican Party, CBS Corporation, Barack Obama, Illinois, Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Richard Shelby, Democrats, Capitol Hill, Detroit, Carl Levin, auto, Provisions, Attach

• Facing Shortfalls, States Seek Financial Help From Washington

  NEW YORK -- First came the banks looking for a federal rescue plan to stay afloat. Next it was the automakers seeking a bailout. And now state governments say they, too, need emergency federal assistance to remain solvent. Posted Nov 15 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, New York, Financial, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Florida, Indiana, New Jersey, California, Medicaid, Massachusetts, Help, Connecticut, South Carolina, Rhode Island, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Alabama, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Arkansas, From, Missouri, David Paterson, North Carolina, Kentucky, Arnold Schwarzenegger, States, Iris J. Lav, Washington, Seek, Minnesota, Idaho, Paterson, Facing, National Governors Association, Errol Cockfield, Karen Bass, Shortfalls,, Andrew Stettner, Greater Fresno Area Chamber of Commerce

• Peak Performer Will Cost You a Pretty Penny

  Mitsubishi Motors plans to abandon its failed policy of pursuing the mainstream. That means, as publicly announced in Automotive News and other industry trade journals, Mitsubishi will stop production of its mid-size Galant sedan at its assembly plant in Normal, Ill., after the 2008 model year. Posted Nov 15 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: United States, A, Cost, Will, You, Illinois, Japan, Northern Virginia, Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Warren Brown, Mitsubishi Corporation, Yokohama, Pretty, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, Brembo SpA, Performer, Peak, Mitsubishi Lancer, Penny, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, Mitsubishi Galant

• Sometimes Continuity Trumps Change

  As President-elect Barack Obama prepares to fill top positions for his incoming government, he faces a stubborn reality: Some of the key individuals he will rely upon to tackle the country's most serious challenges are holdovers from the current administration -- a trio of Bush appointees who will... Posted Nov 09 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, U.S. Federal Reserve, United States, Ben Bernanke, Princeton, The White House, San Francisco, George W. Bush, The Pentagon, Change, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Carrie Johnson, U.S. Department of Justice, George H.W. Bush, Neil Irwin, Iraq, Barack Obama, Afghanistan, Cuba, Illinois, Bill Clinton, U.S. Democratic Party, Ronald Reagan, World Trade Center, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Microsoft PowerPoint, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, The Brookings Institution, Robert Gates, Timothy Geithner, David Petraeus, Duke University, Robert Mueller, Guantanamo Bay, Baghdad, Lawrence Summers, Artur Davis, Jim Moran, U.S. Central Command, White House Council of Economic Advisers, Sometimes, Joseph Biden, William A. Galston, Luis Gutierrez, Eric Holder, Trumps, Thomas Donnelly, J. Edgar Hoover, Continuity, John Kirby, Michael G. Mullen, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Peter D. Feaver

• Obama's Other Transition: Handling a Tougher Press Corps

  Barack Obama figured out early on that he had better limit his media consumption before it consumed him. Posted Nov 09 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Howard Kurtz (washingtonpost.com) Filed under: Washington, DC, A, The White House, George W. Bush, Tougher, The Wall Street Journal, Obama's, John McCain, MSNBC Interactive News LLC, Barack Obama, The New York Times Company, Charles Gibson, Katie Couric, Illinois, Press, Chicago, Tribune Company, St. Petersburg Times, Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky, Arkansas, Chris Matthews, Kenneth Starr, HuffingtonPost.com Inc., Ronald Reagan, Joe Scarborough, Facebook Inc., Chicago Sun-Times, Other, Rahm Emanuel, Robert Gibbs, Sarah Palin, Eric Deggans, ESPN Inc., Lynn Sweet, Politico.com, YouTube LLC, Joseph Biden, National Association of Black Journalists, Handling, Transition:, Jim Warren, Amy Holmes, William Safire, Michael Frisby, Corps

• Obama Voters Favor Compromise on Offshore Drilling, Poll Finds

  Will the election of Barack Obama increase the chances that Democrats in Congress will reimpose a moratorium on oil exploration off most of the nation's shorelines? Posted Nov 06 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: United States, on, George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, John McCain, U.S. Republican Party, Barack Obama, Illinois, Obama, Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Department of the Interior, Finds, Sierra Club, Compromise, Gulf of Mexico, Poll, Offshore, Favor, Voters, Drilling,, Josh Dorner, Brendan Daly

• Emanuel to Be Chief of Staff

  President-elect Barack Obama made the first appointment of his new administration yesterday, choosing Rep. Rahm Emanuel to serve as White House chief of staff when he takes office in January. Posted Nov 06 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, United States, to, Google Inc., The White House, George W. Bush, of, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Connecticut, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Be, Iraq, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Afghanistan, Illinois, Michigan, Chicago, Chief, John Kerry, Caroline Kennedy, David Axelrod, Iran, Christopher Dodd, Natural Resources Defense Council, Mike McConnell, Robert Gates, Staff, Central Intelligence Agency, John Boehner, Rahm Emanuel, Pakistan, Eric Schmidt, U.S. Department of Energy, Sierra Club, Juliet Eilperin, Robert Gibbs, William Donaldson, Joseph Biden, Michael A. Fletcher, Richard Danzig, Xerox Corporation, Luis Gutierrez, California Air Resources Board, Michael Morell, White Plains, Sam Nunn, Emanuel, Pace Law School, Anne M. Mulcahy, Kathleen McGinty, Lisa Renstrom, Mary D. Nichols, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Robert Wexler, Waterkeeper Alliance, David Bonior, Ian Bowles

• Obama Team Shifts to Transition Mode

  A day after winning a historic victory that will make him the first black president in the nation's history, Barack Obama remained largely out of public view yesterday while his aides announced the first details of an ambitious plan for the transfer of power when he assumes office in January. Posted Nov 05 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, Wall Street, U.S. Federal Reserve, United States, to, JP Morgan Chase & Co., Henry M. Paulson, The White House, George W. Bush, The Pentagon, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, U.S. Department of the Treasury, John McCain, Barack Obama, Illinois, Obama, Chicago, Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton, Team, Nancy Pelosi, Capitol Hill, Harvard Law School, Jamie Dimon, Robert Rubin, Paul Volcker, Mike McConnell,