Europe finally listening to Geithner  Until a few days ago
repeated predictions of doom from Tim Geithner and Barack Obama
seemed to fall on deaf European ears. Now that leaders are
listening, time may be too short US treasury secretary Timothy
Geithner at the G20 finance ministers' meeting at the weekend.
He warned against chaining down banks and urged action to
support the financial sector Photograph: Eric Piermont/AFP/Getty
Images  There are six days to save the world. That's according
to the US treasury secretary, Tim Geithner, who told the G20
finance ministers' summit in Paris on Saturday that only a
massive firewall would protect the eurozone against contagion
from a Greek default.  It's a message that the US president,
Barack Obama, and his battle-hardened finance boss have sent
across the Atlantic several times in the last six weeks.
Geithner has popped up in European capitals three times in that
period to deliver the message in person.  Until a few days ago
it was something the French and Germans cl