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AIG to pay top management over $500 million
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — Tell me again why we saved this company? It gets more expensive by the day and we will never make a profit let alone break even, especially with giveaways like this. ...

Newspaper Roundup for Nov. 14, 2008
CNSNews.com Headlines — Home News National CNSNews.com Newspaper Roundup for Nov. 14, 2008 Friday, November 14, 2008 By Susan Jones, Senior Editor USA Today: Coal power plants may have to limit emissions Washington Post: AIG to Pay Millions To Top Workers Move Comes on Heels Of Revised Bailout Washington Post: Obama Ties Automaker Rescue to Regulation New York Times: Chances Dwindle on Bailout Plan for Automakers BBC: Prince Charles Turns 60; Still Waiting for Throne USA Today: Nebraska's Legislature begins session on 'safe haven' law ...

Aren't you glad you gave a big fat early Christmas present to AIG executives?
Brilliant at Breakfast — I wonder if all the people who think we have to keep shoveling ever more cash into the pockets of corporate executives because "they create jobs" are happy that the huge bailout given to AIG with THEIR tax dollars is going to make sure top executives get their nice fat end-of-year payments: ...

Reid unhappy with bonuses for AIG execs
Politico Live's Blogs — ... Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is not happy with reports that employees at insurance giant AIG, which has received $152 billion in federal funds to stay afloat, are slated to receive more than $500 million in bonuses. ...

Live from Capitol Hill: The AIG Hearing
Firedoglake — ... Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is not happy with reports that employees at insurance giant AIG, which has received $152 billion in federal funds to stay afloat, are slated to receive more than $500 million in bonuses. ...