Treasury secretary Geithner to visit Beijing
US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will visit Beijing for talks with a Chinese vice premier for economic affairs on Thursday, Geithner's spokesman said, in a sign the two sides are moving toward settling a dispute over China's currency controls.
Geithner was quickly sworn in to office Monday night, becoming the country's 75th treasury secretary and one of the point men President Barack Obama will be counting on to help pull the country out of its economic slide.