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...part, Geithner responded that he thought the TARP program has largely been a success. "The nation's financial system is in better shape today than it was three months ago, six months ago and even on the eve of this recession," Geithner told the panel. He said adding capital to the banks was the right move. "Had we just gone and guaranteed all of the banks debts, I don't think we would have been as successful," he said...
...Geithner testified that the Treasury Department has not decided how long it would maintain the TARP program. So far, Geithner said money that has been paid back by banks has gone toward paying down the Treasury's debt, but he reserved the right to reinvest the money in other banks if that became necessary. Other TARP programs are ending: Geithner pointed to the emergency program to insure money market accounts, which will end later this month. Usage of other programs, such as the FDIC's guarantee of bank debt and the Federal Reserve's commercial paper funding program, are winding...
...aspect to the TARP because the bankers who caused the crisis were going to benefit," says John Irons, the research and policy director at the Economic Policy Institute. "I think that's where all the criticism comes from. But it seems to be the case that the program, while not a raging success, worked well enough to stop the worst from happening...
...Indian government has also announced a range of policy initiatives - a $22 billion solar-energy program, $2.5 billion forestation fund and a national energy-efficiency mission, among others - that won kudos from visiting British Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband. "I think India wants to be a dealmaker - not a deal breaker - in Copenhagen," Miliband said during a visit to New Delhi on Sept. 2. Both the nonprofit sector and industry have also been organizing seminars and workshops with aims ranging from enhancing the Indian carbon market to supporting India's negotiating stance in three months. (See pictures of the elephants...
...many sports cardiologists think that's a bad idea. The American Heart Association (AHA), while agreeing with the need for a screening program, believes that universal ECG tests are not cost-effective and are also likely to result in unacceptably high rates of false-positive results. It recommends that athletes instead be screened through a health questionnaire and physical examination, with an ECG used only as a secondary investigation. "Our current position on screening young people before athletic competition calls for a thorough patient and family medical history and a physical exam as the first line of screening...