We've dipped into the Fool Archives to look back at a few of the candidates who are probably thankful they didn't get selected to preside as U.S. Treasury Secretary during the past 12 eventful months. Full Article at Motley Fool

I've always had a soft spot for Robert Rubin and the moderate, fiscally-conservative wing of economic officials associated with the Clinton administration. Full Article at The New Republic

What follows is premarket commentary byKeith R. McCullough, chief executive officer at Research Edge, LLC. Full Article at Forbes

1] - irregularities in the publication of the gold ETF - GLDs bar list from Sept. 25 Oct.14 where the length of the bar list went from 1,381 pages to under 200 pages and then back up to 800 or so pages. 2] - reports of 400 oz. good delivery bricks of... Full Article at Knowledge Is Power

The Boston Globe’s Beth Healy writes what looks like another Lawrence Summers bashing Harvard Endowment story–with an extra helping of unnamed Robert Rubin-kicking on the side–when she reveals that Summer fought with Harvard Endowment head Jack Meyers... Full Article at The Big Picture

Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue and onetime Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin were among those visiting the White House during President Barack Obama’s first seven months... Full Article at Bloomberg.com

American president's, regardless of party, usually pick an economic team friendly to Wall Street. In fact, key Wall Street players usually are the heart and "soul" of presidential economic teams. Full Article at Down With Tyranny!

Wolin, Geithner and Summers were all protégés of Robert Rubin, who, as Clinton’s treasury secretary, was the grand author of the strategy of freeing Wall Street firms from their Depression-era constraints. Full Article at Truth Dig

Every lawsuit filed or even threatened under a California law aimed at electing more minorities to local offices – and all of the roughly $4.3 million from settlements so far – can be traced to just two people: a pair of attorneys who worked together... Full Article at Overlawyered

profiting from a law they authored and state lawmakers approved. Full Article at Daily Breeze

LOS ANGELES -- Every lawsuit filed or even threatened under a California law aimed at electing more minorities to local offices - and all of the roughly $4.3 million from settlements so far - can be traced to just two people: a pair of attorneys who... Full Article at Sacramento Bee

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Every lawsuit filed or even threatened under a California law aimed at electing more minorities to local offices - and all of the roughly $4.3 million from settlements so far - can be traced to just two people: a pair of attorneys... Full Article at KTUU

It was ten years ago today that President Bill Clinton, egged on by one of those former Goldman Sachs honchos who gives himself to public service as Secretary of the Treasury, Robert Rubin, signed the bill that repealed the Glass-Steagull Act — the... Full Article at The Moderate Voice

I’ve already reported on irregular physical gold settlements which occurred in London, England back in the first week of October, 2009. Full Article at The Market Oracle

For anyone who thinks that big Wall Street and Big Government aren't joined at the hip, promoting policies and laws that keep each other fat and happy often at the expense of the American taxpayer, consider the career of Robert Rubin. Full Article at Huffington Post

HONG KONG — This week is the 10th anniversary of the signing by President Clinton of legislation abolishing the Glass-Steagall act, which, since 1933, had kept a wall between commercial banking and investment banking and insurance. Full Article at International Herald Tribune

Barack Obama was elected to the White House just after the turmoil of TARP and the climax of the crisis of financial markets. People throughout the country had deep suspicions of the government, and justifiably so. Full Article at Huffington Post

Posted by blue girl, on November 2nd, 2009 at 7:40 am EST Posted by Richard, on November 2nd, 2009 at 7:41 am EST Posted by wavre, on November 2nd, 2009 at 8:06 am EST Posted by Gabrielle, on November 2nd, 2009 at 8:24 am EST... Full Article at On Point

I think we will have continuing danger from these markets, and that we will have repeats of the financial criss--it may differ in details, but there will be significant financial downturns and disasters attributed to this regulatory gap, over and... Full Article at Huffington Post