Fed recovers, gets new look as financial regulator
The Federal Reserve, still dusting itself off from a fight that threatened to trim its powers, could emerge from a congressional overhaul of banking rules as the top cop over the nation's largest financial institutions.
March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Rio Tinto Group is in talks with Aluminum Corp. of China about potential joint ventures, the Australian Financial Review reported.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Tuesday said the Obama administration's strategy to halt recession and contain the financial crisis has been effective, but vowed to continue stabilization efforts.