It's Monday, which means it's time to take a look at the week ahead. Marcus Mabry, associate national editor for The New York Times, and Charles Herman, The Takeaway and WNYC's economics editor look at what almost 200 American officials headed to China for meetings today and tomorrow, can expect.  On the docket will be topics ranging from trade to Iran and North Korea.

• Washington Takeout: Washington Examiner White House correspondent Julie Mason says President Obama will face a tough crowd when he visits New Orleans tomorrow. Many city residents are upset that it's his first visit to the city and are unimpressed with his short, four-hour visit.
• Sports Takeout: The Takeaway's sports contributor, Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, previews Game 1 of baseball's National League Championship Series taking place in Los Angeles tonight. Will the LA Dodgers or the Philadelphia Phillies take the lead as the teams vie for a slot in the World Series?
• Business Takeout: New York Times finance reporter Louise Story takes a look at why Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has surrounded himself with policy advisors from Wall Street firms. 

The Federal Reserve yesterday released the long-awaited results of the “stress tests”. The tests found that ten of the nation's 19 largest banks need a total of about $75 billion in new capital to withstand losses if the recession worsened. The banks in trouble will have until June 8 to come up with a plan and have it approved. While the verdict was far more upbeat than many in the industry had feared when the tests were first announced in February, will the results help build the confidence they're meant to? Edmund Andrews, New York Times economics reporter, joins The Takeaway to discuss.

For more, read Edmund L. Andrews' article, Ailing Banks Need $75 Billion, U.S. Says, in today's New York Times.

Stress-test results: click here to see which banks still need more cash.

The Federal Reserve yesterday released the long-awaited results of the “stress tests”. The report gave nine of the nation's largest banks a clean bill of health, and told ten others to raise $75 billion in new capital. The banks in trouble, including Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Citigroup, will have until June 8 to come up with a plan to raise the money and have it approved. Joining The Takeaway is Simon Johnson, Professor at MIT, former chief economist at the IMF, and co-founder of the economics blog Baseline Scenario. He's been a critic of Treasury Secretary Timonthy Geithner's approach to solving the nation's financial woes, he joins us to discuss the results, the after-hours upsurge in trading, and what this means for the economy.

Stress-test results: click here to see which banks still need more cash.

What can you buy for a $109 billion? That's the question the U.S. Treasury Department is asking itself as the TARP bank bailout fund has become a shell of its once robust self. The fund started out with $700 billion and managed to buy the solvency of the financial system (and a few AIG bonuses), so what should they do with the remaining money? 58 space shuttles, 500 million iPhones, or 1.7 million Hummers? Obviously The Takeaway has a few ideas.

Dr. Evil had a plan for what to do with $100 billion: