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Timothy Geithner, U.S. treasury secretary, testifies at a Senate Banking Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. Geithner said China needs to allow a "significant, sustained" rise in its currency as lawmakers called for the U.S. to toughen its stance on the yuan. Photographer: Jay Mallin/Bloomberg
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Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, at a Senate Banking Committee hearing on the Treasury Department's report on international economic and exchange rate policies. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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President Barack Obama announces his plans to work on free trade agreements and to step up trade promotion at a meeting of his export council, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Less than two months before congressional elections, and with the economy a top issue for voters, Obama is turning his attention to trade, highlighting his goal of doubling U.S. exports over five years to drive economic growth. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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From left, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, attend a meeting of President Obama's export council, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Less than two months before congressional elections, and with the economy a top issue for voters, Obama is turning his attention to trade, highlighting his goal of doubling U.S. exports over five years to drive economic growth. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Barack Obama announces his recommendations to work on free trade agreements and to step up trade promotion at a meeting of his export council, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Less than two months before congressional elections, and with the economy a top issue for voters, Obama is turning his attention to trade, highlighting his goal of doubling U.S. exports over five years to drive economic growth. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Small Business Administration head Karen Mills, left, and UPS CEO Scott Davis attend a meeting of President Obama's export council, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Less than two months before congressional elections, and with the economy a top issue for voters, Obama is turning his attention to trade, highlighting his goal of doubling U.S. exports over five years to drive economic growth. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Barack Obama announces his recommendations to work on free trade agreements and to step up trade promotion at a meeting of his export council, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. He is flanked by Boeing President Jim McNerney, chair of the President's Export Council, left, and XEROX CEO Ursula Burns, vice chair of the President's Export Council. Less than two months before congressional elections, and with the economy a top issue for voters, Obama is turning his attention to trade, highlighting his goal of doubling U.S. exports over five years to drive economic growth. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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President Barack Obama greets UPS CEO Scott Davis, as he arrives in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, where the president announced his recommendations on free trade agreements at a meeting of his export council. At right is Vermeer Corporation President Mary Vermeer Andringa. Less than two months before congressional elections, and with the economy a top issue for voters, Obama is turning his attention to trade, highlighting his goal of doubling U.S. exports over five years to drive economic growth. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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In this photo provided by OneStopPlus.com, the OneStopPlus spring 2011 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/OneStopPlus.com) NO SALES
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D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty concedes defeat Wednesday in his bid for another term. At campaign headquarters, he called it the "beginning of the end of a great 10-year run."
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A classified 1969 map produced by the People's Republic of China official map authority lists the "Senkaku Islands" as Japanese territory, underming Beijing's more recent claims that the islands it calls the Daiyoutai Islands are Chinese territory. The map bolsters Tokyo's claims to the sovereignty.
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President Barack Obama, center, speaks as Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, right, listen during a new conference on the economy in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept., 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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An Indian paramilitary soldier prepares to throw a stone at Kashmiri Muslim protesters during a protest in the outskirts of Srinagar, India, on Wednesday, Sept.15, 2010. Leaders of India's main political parties debated Wednesday whether to ease harsh security laws in Indian-controlled Kashmir as the government searched for a strategy to end months of increasingly violent protests in the region. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
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In this Aug. 13, 2010, photo, Duke Energy linesmen work on power lines in Charlotte, N.C. Output at the nation's factories, mines and utilities edged up 0.2 percent last month, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday. It rose 0.6 percent in July. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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A man walks out from the Finance Ministry building in Tokyo, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Japan intervened in the currency market Wednesday for the first time in six years to weaken the yen, which had spiked to 15-year highs against the dollar, battering the country's vital exporters. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
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The Rodarte spring 2011 collection is modeled Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, during Fashion Week in New York. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Diane Garrido attends a rally on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation to protest a New York proposal to end to the tax-free cigarette market in tribal areas. The 7,800-member Seneca Nation in New York says its cigarette business is a $100-million-a-year industry. (Associated Press)
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FILE - This April 21, 2010 file photo shows Jillian Michaels at a youth football clinic in New York. GoDaddy.com is adding a second spokeswoman as it closes in on $1 billion in annual sales this year: Jillian Michaels, the fitness guru that Go Daddy founder and CEO Bob Parsons calls "smokin' hot."(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
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This Monday, Sept. 13, 2010 photo released by Diesel shows the Diesel Black Gold spring 2011 collection modeled during Fashion Week in New York. (AP Photo/Diesel) NO SALES
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** FILE ** Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich talks to members of the media at the federal building in Chicago on Aug. 17, 2010, after a jury found him guilty of one count of lying to federal agents. His wife, Patti, is at right. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
