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Lawmakers Turn Up Heat on Treasury Chief Geithner Over AIG

Jan 28 2010 // U.S. lawmakers challenged Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s credibility on Wednesday after he said he was not involved in a decision by bailed-out insurer AIG to withhold details about $62 billion paid to...

U.S. Treasury Investigator Says French Regulator Was Open to AIG Talks

Jan 27 2010 // An overseer for the U.S. bailout program said Tuesday that France’s banking regulator was open to further negotiations over possible concessions on payments from bailed out insurer AIG, according to prepared...

Treasury Chiefs Paulson, Geithner Defend AIG Bailout

Jan 27 2010 // Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson staunchly defended the decision to rescue troubled insurer American International Group Inc. in 2008 and said he and others involved acted properly.In testimony prepared for a...

Treasury Secretary Geithner Denies Role in AIG Disclosure

Jan 27 2010 // U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner flatly denied any role in counseling American International Group Inc. to keep quiet about payments it made to leading banks during a 2008 rescue of the stricken insurer.Geithner...

AIG Reportedly Scraps Plans to Sell Aircraft Leasing Unit

Jan 26 2010 // American International Group has decided not to sell its aircraft leasing unit, International Lease Finance Corp, the Financial Times said, citing people close to the situation.AIG has realized that it will not reap a big...

Bailout Watchdog Launches Probes of N.Y. Fed’s Disclosure on AIG

Jan 26 2010 // A U.S. bailout watchdog has launched two new investigations into the New York Federal Reserve Bank’s actions on insurer AIG’s disclosure of payments to banks after its 2008 rescue, excerpts of prepared...

AIG Asks Financial Product Employees to Take Retention Pay Cut

Jan 26 2010 // American International Group Inc. has given employees of its Financial Products unit until Tuesday to accept a cut in money owed them under a retention plan in return for an earlier payout, according to proposals obtained...

SEC Considered National Security Status for AIG Bailout Details

Jan 25 2010 // U.S. securities regulators originally treated the New York Federal Reserve’s bid to keep secret many of the details of the American International Group bailout like a request to protect matters of national security,...

Declarations

Jan 24 2010 // No Effective Legal Means “We had no effective legal means to step in and prevent default (at AIG) … without helping this firm meet all its legal obligations.” —U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner...

Declarations

Jan 24 2010 // No Effective Legal Means“We had no effective legal means to step in and prevent default (at AIG) … without helping this firm meet all its legal obligations.” —U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner...

Geithner Denies Role in Hiding AIG Payments to Banks

Jan 24 2010 // U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said this month the bailout of insurer American International Group was not meant to help out bank counterparties and that he had no role in the decision not to disclose payments...

SEC Order Keeps Some AIG Bailout Terms Sealed Until 2018

Jan 24 2010 // It could take until November 2018 to get the full story behind the U.S. bailout of insurance giant American International Group because of an action taken last year by the Securities and Exchange Commission.In May, the SEC...

AIG Owes $195 Million to Financial Product Unit Employees

Jan 21 2010 // A substantial number of AIG’s Financial Products employees set to get some $195 million in retention payments no longer work with the bailed out insurer, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday.This will be...

Federal Reserve Defends Dealings Over AIG Payments to Banks

Jan 20 2010 // Federal Reserve officials Tuesday launched a vigorous defense of their dealings with American International Group, calling for a congressional audit and denying any inappropriate action with respect to payments the...

MetLife Eyes $14 Billion Deal for AIG’s Alico Life Insurance Unit

Jan 20 2010 // MetLife Inc. is in talks to buy AIG’s American Life Insurance Co (Alico) unit in a deal that could be valued between $14 billion and $15 billion, a source familiar with the matter said Tuesday.Nothing has been...

General Re Settles Fraud Charges Over AIG, Pru Financials

Jan 20 2010 // The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged General Re Corp. for its involvement in separate schemes by American International Group (AIG) and Prudential Financial, Inc. to manipulate and falsify their reported...

House Panel Asks Paulson to Testify in AIG Probe

Jan 19 2010 // A House panel slated to look into the collapse and bailout of insurer American International Group has widened its probe, adding former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to its list of invited witnesses.Paulson, who was...

U.S. Senator Seeks Details on AIG Exec’s Severance

Jan 19 2010 // A watchdog senator Friday asked the Obama administration pay czar to explain why a top AIG executive stands to get a multi-million dollar severance package.Sen. Chuck Grassley sent a letter to pay czar Kenneth Feinberg...

Geithner Denies Role in Hiding AIG Payments to Banks

Jan 15 2010 // U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Thursday the bailout of insurer American International Group was not meant to help out bank counterparties and that he had no role in the decision not to disclose payments made...

Ex-AIG CEO Greenberg Sees Hope for Overhaul of Bailout

Jan 14 2010 // Former AIG CEO Maurice “Hank” Greenberg said the rising tide of questions about the government’s 2008 rescue of the insurer could be the catalyst for a dramatic overhaul of the bailout.“I believe...