Henry Merritt Hank Paulson Jr. is an American banker who served as the 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury from 2006 to 2009. Prior to his role ...

Henry Paulson served as the 74th U.S. secretary of the Treasury and played a major role during the worldwide financial crisis in 2007-2008.

Lawmakers challenged Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on his handling of the $700 billion bank bailout program and stressed the importance of doing more to help homeowners.

Paulson was among the Wall Street chief executives who, in 2004, lobbied the SEC to allow them to use much larger amounts of debt—a move that set the stage for the debacles of Bear Stearns and ...

For months now, lawmakers have been trying to place blame for the U.S. government threatening retaliatory action against Bank of America if it didn't go through with its recent takeover of ...

Ex-Treasury chief Hank Paulson, who helped avert the second Great Depression in 2008, says there's an even more urgent crisis, and we need China's help Latest U.S.

Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson talked about his memoir, [On the Brink], with Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett. In the book, Secretary Paulson discusses the actions he took in ...

Whether it was surprising or not, the admission by former Treasury secretary Henry Paulson about his role in the Bank of America/Merrill Lynch forced merger could have significant ripple effects ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The 2008 government bailout of American International Group was specifically designed to punish the insurance giant, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said in U.S. court ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Monday urged Congress to swiftly approve free trade pacts for Colombia and Panama, saying they would reinforce democracy in Latin America.

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson returns to Congress today to sell his market bailout plan to House lawmakers, a day after his rough reception in the Senate. He's surely hoping not to hear more ...