Tag: Treasury Department

The debt increased by more than $789 billion in 2014 and by more than $919 billion in 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Feds will ring in 2016 buried in debt of $58,000 per person

Rudy Takala · December 30, 2015 5:01 am

Companies that have more than 50 full-time employees had to start tracking this year their insurance coverage provided to workers. Businesses below 50 employees are exempt. (AP Photo)

Administration extends employer Obamacare deadlines

Robert King · December 28, 2015 11:34 pm

"These wealthy hedge funds made a bet that Congress would fail to do its job, structural reform efforts would fail, and Fannie and Freddie would be recapitalized and released." (Bloomberg File Photo/Photographer)

Corker: Omnibus protects Fannie, Freddie from ‘Wall Street hedge funds’

Joseph Lawler · December 17, 2015 11:34 pm

"We've targeted both ISIL's ability to generate funds and its ability to use and transfer funds through the international financial system," said Adam Szubin, director of the U.S. economic sanctions programs and nominee to be Treasury under secretary for terrorism. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

U.S., Russia push U.N. to fight Islamic State funding

Nicole Duran · December 16, 2015 10:02 pm

A new report highlights increasingly risky corporate bonds as a problem area for the financial sector. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Wall Street risks edging higher, government warns

Joseph Lawler · December 15, 2015 6:00 pm

"Despite the importance of attacking the financial positions of ISIS, the Republican leadership has been holding up Adam Szubin's nominations for nearly eight months," Elizabeth Warren said. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Warren: GOP allowing Islamic State to use oil to fund terror

John Siciliano · December 11, 2015 1:02 am

Since leaving the Fed early in 2014, Bernanke has taken a role as a scholar at the Brookings Institution think tank in Washington and has published a memoir in addition to his consulting roles. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Bernanke named chairman of advisory panel to bond giant PIMCO

Joseph Lawler · December 7, 2015 9:34 pm

JackÂ Lew said in a letter to lawmakersÂ that he would issue "additionalÂ targeted guidance to deter and reduce further the economic benefits of corporate inversions." (AP Photo)

Obama administration plans new rules to stop companies from leaving

Joseph Lawler · November 18, 2015 11:05 pm

Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat and prominent critic of Wall Street, wrote on her Facebook page that Republicans "want to make it much harder for regulators to monitor huge financial institutions and prevent future economic meltdowns." (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Treasury, Warren warn against GOP financial reg roll-backs

Joseph Lawler · November 2, 2015 11:17 pm

In an Oct. 29 letter to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and ranking member Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., asked what the IRS is doing with cell-site simulators known as Stingrays. (AP Photo)

IRS using Stingray spy system, senators demand to know why

Rudy Takala · October 30, 2015 3:11 pm

White House principal deputy press secretary Eric Schultz speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 23, 2015. Schultz answered questions about Syria, Russia and climate change. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House to GOP on debt: Let’s not make a deal

Nicole Duran · October 23, 2015 8:17 pm

Unless the debt ceiling is raised, the Treasury doesn't have authority to borrow money by issuing more debt.Â (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Treasury cancels debt auction over debt ceiling fears

Joseph Lawler · October 22, 2015 2:45 pm