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AIG Changes Its Name
blogs.abcnews.com - 3/23/2009
AIG Changes Its Name
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Valujet became ATA. Blackwater morphed into Xe. And New Kids on the Block changed to NKOTB. Plus, as we noted earlier, "toxic assets" today became "legacy loans." Amidst all this re-branding, AIG has emerged as AIU Holdings. Enjoy! - jpt
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 3/20/2009
AIG
— krugman.blogs.nytimes.com — Preliminary thoughts on the tax bill: 1. It's not the way you should make policy - it's... clumsy, and it will punish some innocent parties while letting the most guilty off scot-free 2. But - there wasn't much alternative at this point. And for that I ... (more) AIG

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Threats to AIG: "We Will Get Your Children"
nbcconnecticut.com - 3/26/2009
Threats to AIG: "We Will Get Your Children"
— nbcconnecticut.com — The anger in the threats against AIG executives is palpable."Get the bonus, we will get your children,"... someone identified only as "Jacob the Killer" hauntingly writes in an e-mail. His is one of dozens of threats against AIG and its employees that ... (more) Threats to AIG: "We Will Get Your Children"
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ACORN Behind ‘Protests’ At AIG Homes
sweetness-light.com - 3/21/2009
ACORN Behind ‘Protests’ At AIG Homes
— sweetness-light.com — From New York Magazine: Busload of Crazies to Tour Homes of AIG Executives This Weekend 3/20/09 Less... than a year ago, the most repellent area bus tour we knew of was the one that induced Sex and the City–crazed tourists to put $40 on their Citi ... (more) ACORN Behind ‘Protests’ At AIG Homes
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Hot Air » Top Picks:  15 of top 20 bonuses returned by AIG employees

Tammy Bruce:  AIG Heard A Funny Rumbling in the Wind

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15 of top 20 bonuses returned by AIG employees
Hot Air » Top Picks — 15 of top 20 bonuses returned by AIG employees posted at 6:55 pm on March 23, 2009 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | Share on Facebook | printer-friendly Did I say AIG? I meant AIU Holdings , of course. All it took to get the money back was a national witch hunt replete with aborted plans to descend on AIG executives’ homes . Good work, Congress. Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo of New York announced late Monday afternoon that 9 of the top 10 bonus recipients at the American International Group had given back their bonuses. He ...

AIG Heard A Funny Rumbling in the Wind
Tammy Bruce — ... Monday. The online edition of The Wall Street Journal, citing New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, reported that 15 of the top 20 recipients agreed to return bonuses amounting to some $30 million in cash. Cuomo said he sees no public interest in revealing names of AIG employees who received the bonuses. News of the hefty AIG bonuses paid out to employees at a failed firm being propped up by government aid spurred widespread outrage earlier this month. BTW, AIG has changed it's name. Sorta like calling toxic assets "legacy loans." Mr. Orwell would be ...

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