Guess Who Jon Stewart's Older Brother Is?

Okay, the meeting between Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Jon Stewart is starting to make more sense, in the scheming, plotting world that Geithner lives in.

Jon Stewart's older brother, Larry Leibowitz, is the chief operating officer of the New York Stock Exchange, according to New World Order Report.


Larry Leibowitz, brother of Jon Stewart


From the NYSE:

Mr. Leibowitz was appointed chief operating officer in the first quarter of 2010. In this capacity, he is responsible for operations management, global cash execution and global listings. He previously served as group executive vice president and head of U.S. Execution and Global Technology from 2007 until 2009. He joined NYSE Euronext in 2007, having served as managing director and chief operating officer, Americas Equities, at UBS Investment Bank. Prior to joining UBS in 2004, Mr. Leibowitz held the position of executive vice president, co-head of Schwab Capital Markets. He currently serves on the board of National Stock Exchange of India and has also served on many industry boards and committees, among them the Market Structure Committee of the former Securities Industry Association (now SIFMA).

(htReinhard Schwach)

No Joke: Geithner Sought Economic Advice from Jon Stewart the Day After April Fools Day

Treasury Secretary Geithner's appointments calendar has been updated through August.

It shows that one day after April Fools Day, on April 2,   Geithner met in New York City with Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show”.  The meeting was an off-the-record meeting at Stewart’s office.

“Jon Stewart is influential in America, so we took the opportunity for the two to meet and to discuss the economy,” Treasury spokesman Steve Adamske said in an e-mail yesterday to Bloomberg.

Aside from the absurdity of discussing the economy with Stewart, check this out. It appears that Geithner cancelled a tour of a Bronx school project to hang with Stewart. This is what I reported on April 1:

Thursday, April 1, 2010 ALERT: Geithner Cancels New York Appearance

April 1, 2010 ALERT: Geithner Cancels New York Appearance


This may be nothing, but it should be noted.

Treasury Secretary Geithner has cancelled a scheduled visit to the Bronx on Friday to tour the Mott Haven Campus – a four-school construction project financed in part through Build America Bonds.

Here's how the Treasury's original press release announced the event:

SECRETARY GEITHNER TO VISIT BRONX SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, TOUT BENEFITS OF BUILD AMERICA BONDS


WASHINGTON – Highlighting the impact of the Recovery Act on job creation in hard-hit communities, Secretary Tim Geithner will travel to the Bronx on Friday to tour the Mott Haven Campus – a four-school construction project financed in part through Build America Bonds. When fully constructed, the four schools will educate more than 2,300 students and employ nearly 200 permanent staff members, according to the New York City Department of Education. Following the tour of the construction site, Secretary Geithner will hold a media availability.

The Build America Bonds program created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act allows state and local governments to obtain much-needed financing at lower borrowing costs for new capital projects such as construction of schools and hospitals, development of transportation infrastructure, and water and sewer upgrades.

WHO: Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner

WHAT: Mott Haven Campus school construction project tour and media availability

WHEN:Friday April 2, 2010 Media wishing to cover the b-roll opportunities of the Secretary’s tour should arrive by 8:45 a.m.

WHERE: Mott Haven Campus

730 Concourse Village West (between 153rd and 156th St.)
Bronx, NY

I then commented:
 

You could come up with a good parlor game trying to name all the possible inconsequential reasons the event may have been cancelled. Still it's an anomaly. Is there a reason Geithner needs to be in D.C. tomorrow and, possibly, this weekend?

Never in my wildest dreams did I think that Geithner was going to diss a Bronx project so he could hang with Stewart. Far out.