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3/17/2009

AIG Faces Subpoena to Reveal More Pay Data Amid Outcry Over Bonuses to Financial Products Unit

After a collective outcry from Washington and Main Street and criticism by President Barak Obama and New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, American International Group Inc. (AIG) may have to ...

Treasury to Modify Planned AIG Capital Aid to Recoup Bonuses

The U.S. government will modify a planned $30 billion capital injection for American International Group Inc. (AIG) to try to recoup hundreds of millions of dollars in controversial bonuses, a ...

House Bill Introduced Would Slap 60% Surtax on AIG Bonuses while Schumer Also Threatens Huge Bonus Tax

Representative Gary Peters (D-MI) said on Tuesday he has introduced a bill that would slap a 60% surtax on large bonuses to be paid to executives at insurer American International Group Inc. (AIG). ...

A Different Perspective on AIG Bonuses: Preserve Sanctity of Contracts, Keep Employees to Clean Up Mess

Everyone from President Obama to Treasury Secretary Geithner to NY Attorney General Cuomo to Main Street and taxpayers are voicing their outrage over AIG's staggering $165 million bonuses for ...

Regulators Say State Funds Can Handle Insurer Failure

State insurance regulators said it's "unlikely" that any U.S. carrier is too big to fail and that guaranty funds are ready to pay claims should companies collapse.

"Even a major ...

Treasury to Propose Creation of Systemic Risk Regulator

The U.S. Treasury is expected to propose within days the creation of a "systemic risk regulator," probably the Federal Reserve, to oversee banking and market problems that could threaten the ...

New Housing Starts Up in February

According to data released today by the Commerce Department, new U.S. housing starts and permits unexpectedly rebounded in February, an unusual piece of good news for the recession-hit economy and ...

NAIC to Review Concerns Over Consumers and Credit

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) on Monday adopted a proposal to review the use of credit-based insurance scoring. The NAIC will convene a public hearing to take testimony ...





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