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Treasury nominee signals more confrontational stance with China over its currency practices.

A Senate panel recommended that the full Senate confirm Tim Geithner as the next Treasury secretary.

U.S. Treasury Department official Stuart Levey has agreed to act as treasury secretary pending confirmation of Timothy Geithner, a transition official said on Thursday.

AP - Treasury secretary designee Timothy Geithner is meeting with senators to discuss why he failed to pay personal taxes and check the immigration status of a housekeeper. An official with President-elect Barack Obama's transition office says Geithner answered senators' questions during a meeting he requested Tuesday.