Huffington Post
HuffPost Radio: Both Sides Now: Spitzer-Matalin on Chase Chastened & Bain Targeted
Eliot & Mary debate how a bad bet in London -- shades of AIG! -- produced "told you sos" from those wanting a strong Volcker Rule. Is Regulation still evil? Then: the two debate opening partisan attacks on Bain and Debt.
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Reuters
UPDATE 1-AIG to sell AIA shares after lock-up ends in Sept.
May 16 (Reuters) - Bailed-out insurer American International
Group Inc will sell its shares in Asian insurer AIA
Group Ltd after a lock-up period expires in early
September, Chief Executive Bob...
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Barrons
Buy AIG, Says Goldman Analyst
Goldman Sachs analyst Michael Nannizzi urged investors today to buy shares of AIG (AIG) today as the insurer has made more progress than expected in getting out from under the government’s control. “We believe 2012 will be full of catalysts for AIG that are made more pertinent given AIGs low valuation.” The simpler AIG’s business [...]
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Los Angeles Times
U.S. could make $15.1 billion profit on AIG bailout, GAO says |
Fortune
U.S. to make $15 billion profit on AIG bailout
The U.S. government will make a $15.1 billion profit from the bailout of insurer AIG, according to a congressional watchdog panel's report.
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Reuters
U.S. could make $15.1 billion on AIG bailout: GAO
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Taxpayers could realize a profit of more than $15.1 billion from the massive government bailout of insurer American International Group, a congressional watchdog said.
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Washington Post
GAO: Taxpayers could turn $15.1 billion profit on AIG bailout
Taxpayers could make a profit of up to $15.1 billion on the emergency assistance extended to American International Group during the financial crisis, the Government Accountability Office said Monday.
The Federal Reserve and the Treasury made available more than $180 billion in aid to the struggling financial giant in 2008 through a variety of mechanisms, including cash infusions. Since then, t...
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Reuters
Treasury further lowers government stake in AIG
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Treasury on Monday said it is trimming its ownership stake in American International Group Inc to 61 percent from 70 percent by selling more shares of the insurer's common stock.
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Le Point
AIG: avec le succès de la vente d'actions, le Trésor descend à 61%
Le gouvernement américain a annoncé lundi que le succès de la vente de ses...
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WSJ
U.S. Profit From AIG Rescue: $15.1 Billion
The U.S. may wind up posting a profit of more than $15 billion from the rescue of AIG, the Government Accountability Office said.
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FOCUS
Staat zieht sich zurück - US-Regierung verkauft Anteile an Versicherer AIG
Die US-Regierung will weitere Aktien des Versicherungskonzerns AIG verkaufen. In der Finanzkrise bekam das Unternehmen 182 Milliarden, um es vor der Pleite zu retten. Nun soll der Staatsanteil ein zweites Mal verringert werden.Mehr zum ThemaSchwerer Schlag für Opel - Astra-Produktion in Rüsselsheim droht das AusGriechenland - Die nächsten Schritte nach der WahlSchwerer Schlag für Opel - Opels A...
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Les Echos
Le Trésor américain vend à nouveau des actions AIG
[[394586]] (Reuters) - Le Trésor des Etats-Unis entend ramener à 63% sa participation dans American International Group (AIG) en vendant 163,9 millions de titres pour quelque cinq milliards de dollars, l'assureur lui-même ayant accepté de racheter pour deux milliards de dollars d'actions. Le Trésor...
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FTD
Run auf Ramsch: Notenbank versilbert Giftpapiere von AIG
Sie waren einer der Ausgangspunkte der Finanzkrise 2008: die Giftpapiere des Versicherers AIG. Nun verkauft die US-Notenbank nach und nach den Wertpapierschrott und die Investmentbanken können gar nicht genug davon kriegen.
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Handelsblatt
Aktienverkauf geplant: US-Skandalversicherer AIG wird weiter entstaatlicht
Das US-Finanzministerium feilt derzeit am dritten Verkaufsangebot von Aktien des Versicherers AIG. Der Konzern wurde 2008 mit Steuergeld gerettet, steht jetzt aber wieder gut da.
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AP
Treasury announces 3rd round of AIG stock sales
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Treasury Department announced Friday that it will sell more of its shares of common stock in insurance giant American International Group to recoup more of the support the government provided AIG in what was the biggest bailout of the 2008 financial crisis....
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La Voix du Nord
AIG: le Trésor américain lance une nouvelle offre de vente d´actions
Le département du Trésor des Etats-Unis a annoncé vendredi le lancement d'une nouvelle offre de vente d'actions du groupe d'assurance AIG, dont il détient encore 70% du capital.histoires liéesEtats-Unis: le ralentissement des embauches se confirme mais le chômage baisseBruxelles étudie les moyens d´augmenter la capacité de prêts de la Banque européenne d´investissementLouis Vuitton: le futur at...
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ARD
AIG-Gewinn mehr als verdoppelt
Das einst größte Versicherungsunternehmen der Welt bleibt weiter in der Erfolgsspur: AIG fährt einen deutlich höheren Gewinn ein, als Experten erwartet hatten dennoch gibt das Papier nach.
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NZZ
Versicherer AIG steigert Gewinn kräftig
Profit in allen Kerngeschäften
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
AIG profit beats estimates
The insurers first-quarter profit more than doubled from the year prior
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DieZeit
US-Immobilienkrise: Deutsche Bank kauft frühere Giftpapiere in den USA auf
In der Finanzkrise waren die Hypothekenanleihe des Versicherers AIG praktisch wertlos und führten fast zu dessen Zusammenbruch. Nun sind sie wieder sehr begehrt.
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Huffington Post
Ex-AIG Lawyer Sues For Racial Discrimination, Targeting 'Lewd, Crude' Boss
A former AIG lawyer is suing the insurance giant for discrimination, claiming colleagues and supervisors taunted him, mistreated him and ultimately fired him because he is black. Earl E. Brown, 40, filed suit in federal court in New York on Wednesday against his former boss and AIG Investments, a subsidiary of AIG, the insurance giant that survived the 2008 economic collapse with a U.S. governm...
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Daily Mail
Obese black lawyer sues his white boss for yelling out 'Hey! Hey! Hey! It's Fat Albert!'
New York black lawyer Earl Brown, 43, sued AIG insurance company claiming white ex-boss, John Hornbostel, 49, taunted him and compared him to character Fat Albert.
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siliconindia
Tata AIG Gen Launches Renewable Reimbursement Plan 'MediPrime'
Private insurer Tata AIG General Insurance launched its first domestic lifetime renewable reimbursement health insurance policy, MediPrime
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The Nation
Anti-polio drive motivates public to eradicate disease: AIG
ISLAMABAD Additional Inspector General (AIG) Motorway Police (MP), Farooq Azam on Monday said that the anti-polio drive is started to motivate public to eradicate polio, which is preventable and every child can be spared from its agony by just a few drops. Talking to the national TV, he said that motorway police is hopeful for this noble cause and to stop misconception against polio campaign, M...
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WSJ
Fed Invites Bids on Maiden Lane Debt
The New York Fed has asked eight Wall Street dealers to present bids for complex commercial mortgage-backed securities in a portfolio tied to the 2008 bailout of AIG.
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Les Echos
USA: Credit Suisse a versé 6,8 mds USD à la Fed pour des actifs d'AIG
Credit Suisse a versé 6,8 milliards de dollars à la Fed pour la reprise d'un portefeuille de titres adossés à des emprunts immobiliers, d'une valeur nominale de 13 milliards qui servaient de garantie à un prêt accordé à l'assureur AIG, a annoncé la Fed lundi. La Réserve fédérale américaine a dans...Articles en rapportBerlin ne commente pas déclarations des candidats français sur dette et BCERac...
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WirtschaftsWoche
CDOs von AIG: Die Deutsche Bank handelt bietet für Schrottpapiere
Schrott kommt wieder in die Mode: Die sogenannten CDOs lösten einst die Kreditkrise aus. Nun bietet die Deutsche Bank gemeinsam mit fünf weiteren Instituten für heikle Wertpapiere des Skandalversicherers AIG.
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USA Today
Bernanke defends Fed's response to financial crisis
Chairman Ben Bernanke said central bank's assistance to AIG and in Bear Stearns' sale helped economy.
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WSJ
AIG planea volver a invertir en bienes raíces en EEUU
American International Group Inc. planea volver a invertir en propiedades en Estados Unidos, con lo que revertiría años de esfuerzos para reducir su negocio de bienes raíces tras su casi colapso y rescate del gobierno en 2008.
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politico
Remainders: Passover edition
(POLITICO deputy White House editor Isaac Dovere is making tri-color matzo balls. Happy Passover).
GSA manager wanted "over the top" Vegas conference (Washington Post || Ed O’Keefe and Timothy R. Smith).
Obama has aggressive Internet strategy to woo supporters (Washington Post || T.W. Farnam).
Some "senior" White House officials now not so senior (POLITICO || Josh Gerstein).
What Brazil wants ...
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Irish Times
Alico gets third largest ever fine from Central Bank
THE CENTRAL Bank has handed down its third largest ever fine to Alico, the former Irish division of AIG, over the same type of business that forced the US to bail out the troubled insurer at the peak of the global financial crisis.
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FT
AIG eyes way back into mortgage market
The insurance group bailed out by the US government is looking to increase its activity in the sector by buying home loans
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Jobs, business mood at low ebb
AUSTRALIA'S job market continues to weaken amid persistent pessimism on the economic outlook, AIG chief Heather Ridout said today.
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ElPais
Violencia de género estructural
Hace unos días asistimos a las propuestas de reforma de la ley del aborto de Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, ministro de Justicia, justificándolas con el fin de proteger la maternidad y refiriéndose a la “violencia de género estructural” que supone el riesgo de ser despedidas de muchas mujeres cuando se quedan embarazadas. En la entrevista aparecida en EL PAÍS el día 11 de marzo, ante la pregunta: “¿Qu...
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Washington Post
Editorial Board: AIG’s bailout is a quiet success
OF ALL THE financial institutions that got government aid during the financial panic of 2008, none was less morally deserving than AIG. The insurance group imploded due to reckless bets it had made through what was essentially an in-house hedge fund. Nor were many bailouts bigger than the $182 billion combined commitment that the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department made to AIG during th...
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Reuters
Treasury prices AIG offering at $29 a share
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Treasury on Thursday priced its $6 billion AIG offering at $29 a share, allowing the Obama administration to break-even on its investment in the insurer as it winds down...
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DerSpiegel
Gefälschte Rechnungen: US-Pärchen prellte Deutsche Bank
Sie schickten Scheinrechnungen und leiteten die Zahlungen auf ihr eigenes Konto um: Ein Pärchen hat in den USA die Deutsche Bank abgezockt. Der Schaden soll Hunderttausende Dollar betragen. Ein kleiner Trost für das Institut: Auch den Versicherer AIG schröpften die mutmaßlichen Betrüger.
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manager magazin
Angeschlagener Versicherer: AIG verkauft Anteil an Asien-Tochter
AIG muss seine Schulden beim Staat abstottern: Der US-Versicherungskonzern will Aktien seiner Asien-Beteiligung AIA im Wert von sechs Milliarden Dollar losschlagen. Doch das ist nur ein Tropfen auf den heißen Stein.
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MarketWatch
MarketWatch First Take: Your dad’s AIG wasn’t a bailout baby
There’s a reason American International Group, the bailed-out and still taxpayer-owned insurer, needed the biggest government bailout in history. It changed.
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New York Times
DealBook Column: A.I.G. Earnings an Illusion of a Bend in U.S. Tax Laws
A.I.G. is unlikely to pay a cent of taxes this year, nor by some estimates, for at least a decade, thanks to a rule that the Treasury Department bent for several hobbled companies a few years ago.
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sueddeutsche
US-Versicherer AIG: Verzockt, gerettet, verkauft?
Die gefährlichste Firma der Welt ist wieder da: Mit riskanten Krediten spekulierte sich die AIG in den Ruin, für die Rettung zahlte der amerikanische Steuerzahler enorme Summen. Nun meldet sich der Versicherer mit großen Gewinnen zurück. Möglich macht das ein Steuertrick.
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BBC
AIG profit boosted by tax benefit
US insurance giant AIG reports a big increase in fourth-quarter profit, thanks to a $17.7bn (£11.2bn) tax benefit.
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MarketWatch
AIG shares rise 5.8% after Q4 report
This is a Real-time headline. These are breaking news, delivered the minute it happens, delivered ticker-tape style. Visit www.marketwatch.com or the quote page for more information about this breaking news.
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science blogs
Creationist math and accounting [Pharyngula]
It took me a moment to figure out what the heck Answers in Genesis was banging on about. In this bizarre article, AiG says the Galileo wondered why pumps could only move water upwards about 32 feet in 1630, meanders through random technological innovations, and ends up with Alexander Graham Bell inventing the telephone, and then they do some higher math and figure out that 1875 - 1630 = 245 yea...
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The Nation
Four Taliban operatives arrested
KARACHI - After finishing off seven people said to be associated with law-enforcement agencies, a band of terror operatives was held in the metropolis on Thursday.
High-profile personalities, including judges, and sensitive installations were next on their hit list, AIG Ghulam Shabbir Shaikh told a news conference at the CID Civil Lines Complex. Four in number, the TTP operatives were apprehend...
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The Nation
Four Taliban operatives arrested
KARACHI - After finishing off seven people said to be associated with law-enforcement agencies, a band of terror operatives was held in the metropolis on Thursday.
High-profile personalities, including judges, and sensitive installations were next on their hit list, AIG Ghulam Shabbir Shaikh told a news conference at the CID Civil Lines Complex. Four in number, the TTP operatives were apprehend...
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The Nation
Four Taliban operatives arrested
KARACHI - After finishing off seven people said to be associated with law-enforcement agencies, a band of terror operatives was held in the metropolis on Thursday.
High-profile personalities, including judges, and sensitive installations were next on their hit list, AIG Ghulam Shabbir Shaikh told a news conference at the CID Civil Lines Complex. Four in number, the TTP operatives were apprehend...
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China Daily
China to work its way through world economic downturn
As some people were debating whether China was heading for a hard landing or a soft landing in the coming year, Maurice Greenberg, the legendary former CEO of AIG showed his confidence in the world's second largest economy.
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NEWS.au.com
Ridout to step down from AiG following RBA move
AUSTRALIAN Industry Group boss Heather Ridout has announced she'll relinquish the lobbying role a day after her appointment to the board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA).
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The Nation
Five Jundullah suspects arrested in Karachi
KARACHI - Police claimed to have arrested five members of banned outfit Jundullah allegedly involved in the previous Muharram blasts and recovered huge cache of weapons.
This was stated by AIG Ghulam Shabbir alongwith SSP SIU Raja Umer Khattab at a Press conference held here on Tuesday. He said the…
Visit: http://www.nation.com.pk for full story
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FOX
Former AIG Chief Sues U.S. For $25B Over AIG Bailout
Ex-AIG chief sues U.S. over its $182B bailout, arguing it's illegal to take shareholder assets without consent
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Telegraph
Ex-AIG chief Maurice 'Hank' Greenberg sues US for $25bn
Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, the former head of AIG, is suing the US government for $25bn (£16bn) for what he alleges was the "unconstitutional" takeover of the company he built into the world's biggest insurer.
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el universal
Ex director de AIG demanda a gobierno de EU
Las demandas acusan al gobierno de tomar activos valiosos de los accionistas de AIG sin su consentimiento o sin la justa compensación, a cambio del 80% de participación del gobierno en la compañía
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New York Times
Greenberg Sues U.S. Over A.I.G. Takeover
Maurice R. Greenberg, the former chief of A.I.G., contends that the takeover of the insurer in the fall of 2008 was improper and that the Fed breached its duty to A.I.G. shareholders.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
U.S. sued for $25-billion over AIG takeover
Lawsuit claims the government takeover of the insurer was unconstitutional
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Daily Mail
Queen's bank Coutts fined £6m after hundreds of wealthy clients misled over risky AIG fund
Coutts had separately advised 427 individuals to invest in the fund with clients investing an average £3.4million. Coutts had told clients that the fund was an alternative to a bank account when it was investing in risky securities
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Countries |
MIX |
| 1 | United States | 11.117 |
| 2 | India | 1.520 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 0.850 |
| 4 | Romania | 0.500 |
| 5 | Germany | 0.370 |
| 6 | Brazil | 0.360 |
| 7 | Poland | 0.270 |
| 8 | Canada | 0.220 |
| 9 | France | 0.200 |
| 10 | Australia | 0.190 |
| 11 | South Africa | 0.110 |
| 12 | Italy | 0.100 |
| 13 | Philipines | 0.080 |
| 14 | Taiwan | 0.060 |
| 15 | China | 0.060 |
| 16 | Austria | 0.037 |
| 17 | Spain | 0.020 |
| 18 | New Zealand | 0.020 |
| 19 | Nigeria | 0.020 |
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Media |
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| 1 | WALL STREET JOURNAL USA | 2.000 |
| 2 | San Francisco Chronicle | 1.200 |
| 3 | MSNBC | 1.000 |
| 4 | NDTV profit | 1.000 |
| 5 | USA Today | 1.000 |
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| 7 | Houston Chronicle | 0.630 |
| 8 | Realitatea TV | 0.500 |
| 9 | CNBC | 0.500 |
| 10 | Los Angeles Times | 0.500 |
| 11 | Washingtonpost | 0.450 |
| 12 | abcnews | 0.400 |
| 13 | The Wall Street Journal Americas | 0.360 |
| 14 | newsoftheworld | 0.350 |
| 15 | businessweek | 0.350 |
| 16 | economist | 0.350 |
| 17 | Hartford Courant | 0.300 |
| 18 | moneycontrol | 0.300 |
| 19 | Fox Business Network | 0.300 |
| 20 | Forbes | 0.240 |
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Languages |
MIX |
| 1 | English | 14.247 |
| 2 | Romanian | 0.500 |
| 3 | German | 0.407 |
| 4 | Portuguese | 0.360 |
| 5 | Polish | 0.270 |
| 6 | French | 0.200 |
| 7 | Italian | 0.100 |
| 8 | Spanish | 0.020 |
| 9 | Finnish | 0.000 |
| 10 | Chinese | 0.000 |
| 11 | Korean | 0.000 |
| 12 | Dutch | 0.000 |
| 13 | Arabic | 0.000 |
| 14 | Indonesian | 0.000 |
| 15 | Turkish | 0.000 |
| 16 | Swedish | 0.000 |
| 17 | Russian | 0.000 |
| 18 | Malayalam | 0.000 |
| 19 | Gujarati | 0.000 |
| 20 | Japanese | 0.000 |
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