talkingpointsmemo.com - 2/24/2009
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We already own 80% of AIG. Now they're coming back for more .
And more to the point, who are the counter-parties that the money is going to go to once we give it to this company that has no value at all?
reason.tv - 2/17/2009
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reason.tv —
2008 was an apocalyptic year for the American
car industry, with sales of Ford, General Motors, and
Chrysler cars all falling by 25 percent. Supporters of the Big Three automakers argue that the government needs to provide Detroit with at least $50 ...
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Bailing Out the Big Three
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Back To AIG
Talking Points Memo —
... So I want to come back again to this question: who are the counter-parties? When we pour $10 or 30$ billion into AIG, it doesn't vanish into thin air. It goes to someone else. Earlier evidence suggested that Goldman Sachs had ...
Who Are The AIG Counterparties? Here Are Some...
TPMMuckraker —
... highlighting the refusal of both the AIG and the federal government to reveal the identity of AIG's counter-parties in its disastrous credit default swaps. And ...
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