Monday, May 17, 2010
First a Meeting with Rockefeller, Now an Exclusive CEO Microsoft Summit for Geithner
First a Meeting with Rockefeller, Now an Exclusive CEO Microsoft Summit for Geithner
Last I left off coverage of Treasury Secretary Geithner, it was Friday and he was briefing David Rockefeller, Lynn Forester de Rothschild and the rest of the East Coast gang.
On Tuesday morning, Secretary Geithner heads west to Washington state, where he will tour a Boeing manufacturing site in Renton and meet with management, labor representatives and small business owners in the Boeing supply chain.
On Tuesday morning, Secretary Geithner heads west to Washington state, where he will tour a Boeing manufacturing site in Renton and meet with management, labor representatives and small business owners in the Boeing supply chain.
Later, he will visit the Port of Tacoma – one of the top 10 container ports in North America – with Governor Chris Gregoire.
Secretary Geithner will then meet with community banks from Washington state to discuss credit conditions, the environment for small business lending, and financial reform. The Secretary will, according to the Treasury, also address how Treasury’s proposed $30 billion Small Business Lending Facility and State Small Business Credit Initiative will help small banks and small businesses access capital.
But the biggie is in the evening, when the Secretary will attend the opening dinner of the Microsoft CEO Summit. The Summit is held at the Microsoft Conference Center in Redmond, WA.
This is how Crenk describes the Summit which is very short on press coverage:
Microsoft, since 1997, annually presents a very exclusive summit dedicated only to the most important CEOs around the planet, “Microsoft CEO Summit“.
Microsoft, since 1997, annually presents a very exclusive summit dedicated only to the most important CEOs around the planet, “Microsoft CEO Summit“.
Last year’s topics were dedicated, of course, about the recession and global crisis, and how those are impacting on technologies and companies.
The event took place May 19-21-2009, at Microsoft Conference Center in Redmond. But if you are thinking that an event for around 100 people (over 105 attended) it shouldn’t sound like a big deal, well it is. Not only over 100 of the most important decisions-makers around the planet were there, they talk and discuss about their next strategies and even Bill Gates appeared in the sessions.
You won’t find much information about the event, that is completely closed to media and public.
Last Friday ...
Thursday, May 13, 2010
The heavyweights want a report from the Treasury Secretary, including David Rockefeller and Lynn Forester de Rothschild (Forester was introduced to soon to be husband, Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, by Henry Kissinger at the 1998 Bilderberg Group conference in Scotland.
They spent their honeymoon at the White House.) In addition to Rockefeller and Lady de Rothschild, on Friday afternoon, Treasury Secretary Geithner will also meet with the other members of the Board of Directors of the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics to discuss the Administration’s agenda for economic growth and strengthening the global financial system.
Here's the hefty list of the Institute's Board of Directors:Peter G. Peterson (Chairman of the Board) Founder and Chairman, Peter G. Peterson Foundation; former Senior Chairman, The Blackstone Group; former Secretary of Commerce. and Assistant to the President for International Economic Policy.
