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Why I Deserve a Bailout
By Rick Newman -
FlowChart
- December 17, 2008
I have plenty of troubled assets—and I only need a few million
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Why AIG Gets Billions, GM Gets Scorn
By Rick Newman -
FlowChart
- December 12, 2008
It's easier to get a bailout if your problems are too complex to understand - and your employees wear suits
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Why Some Get a Bailout, Others Get Bluster
By Rick Newman -
FlowChart
- November 25, 2008
How the government decides which firms to help and which to let founder
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AIG Responds to ‘Luxury Resort’ Reports
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- November 11, 2008
CEO says the media ‘grossly mischaracterized’ the event
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AIG Reportedly Sent Execs to Another Luxury Resort
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- November 11, 2008
The Feds recently boosted the bailout package for the struggling insurance giant
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Why AIG Is Devouring the Bailout Fund
By Rick Newman -
FlowChart
- November 10, 2008
The huge insurer’s worsening problems reflect a threat to all consumers.
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Could AIG Kill GM?
By Kirk Shinkle -
The Ticker
- November 10, 2008
Is the insurer sucking up auto sector bailout cash?
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Treasury’s Neel Kashkari on the AIG Bailout
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- November 10, 2008
Official overseeing the bailout discusses the agency’s latest actions involving the insurance giant
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Feds Up AIG Bailout: 5 Things You Need to Know
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- November 10, 2008
The struggling insurer is getting even more help from the Feds
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Fannie Mae Spent $6,000 on Post-Takeover Golf Outing
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- November 6, 2008
Housing finance giant regrets that the trip could be ‘perceived as excessive’
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Financial Crisis Hits Public Transit
By Maura Judkis -
Fresh Greens
- October 24, 2008
Metro, BART, MARTA, and other public-transit systems are asking the government for help.
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Andrew Cuomo Cracks Down on AIG
By Kirk Shinkle -
The Ticker
- October 16, 2008
AIG keeps lobbying and spending despite its bailout.
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Ben Bernanke: Why We Didn't Bail Lehman Out
The Home Front
- October 15, 2008
Fed chief explains why the government didn't rescue the struggling investment bank.
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Amid Outrage, AIG Revises Get-Together Policy
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- October 9, 2008
Insurer had been criticized for organizing an expensive outing after getting bailed out by the Feds.
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Invoice for AIG's Expensive St. Regis Stay
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- October 8, 2008
Check out the tab for the troubled insurance giant's pricey trip to the spa.
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AIG Spa Trip: Wait, That's Our Money!
By Liz Wolgemuth -
The Inside Job
- October 8, 2008
Congressional reps and corporate execs make strange bedfellows.
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Hot Docs: AIG Bailout and Spa Visits, Sarah Palin's Assets, and Toxic Trailers
Nation & World
- October 8, 2008
Today's selection of timely reports.
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Ex-AIG Executives Questioned in Congress
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- October 7, 2008
A House committee examines the insurance giant that had to be bailed out by the feds.
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Is Nationalization Better Than a Bailout?
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- September 30, 2008
Buying more financial institutions might be the alternative to the Paulson plan.
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Obama and McCain Are Slow off the Mark on Financial Crisis
By Michael Barone -
Michael Barone
- September 19, 2008
Obama still hasn't said if he thinks the AIG bailout was a good idea.
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A New Direction on Wall Street
By Rick Newman -
Money & Business
- September 19, 2008
The feds take unprecedented actions to save the financial system.
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Milestones From a Credit Meltdown
By Rick Newman -
Money & Business
- September 19, 2008
2008 will be known as the Year of the Bailout.
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The Colossal Bailout of 2009
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- September 19, 2008
A rapid response may not be enough to avoid tough times ahead.
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The Long History of the 2008 Financial Mess
Science
- September 19, 2008
Banks seemed to collapse overnight, but the reasons date back decades, even centuries.
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Making Sense of Short Selling
By Katy Marquardt -
New Money
- September 19, 2008
How this tricky process works.
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