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washingtonpost.com - 3/19/2009
Inside AIG-FP, Feeling the Public's Wrath
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online.wsj.com - 3/16/2009
AIG Faces Growing Wrath Over Payouts
— online.wsj.com — Troubled insurer American International Group Inc., now 80% owned by U.S. taxpayers, spent the weekend deflecting mounting criticism of how government funds have been funneled to various banks and used to pay employee bonuses at the business unit ... (more) AIG Faces Growing Wrath Over Payouts
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washingtonpost.com - 3/19/2009
Inside AIG-FP, Feeling the Public's Wrath
— washingtonpost.com — By Brady Dennis Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, March 19, 2009; C01 WILTON, Conn., March 18 -- A solitary flat-screen television hangs on the back wall of the trading floor inside the headquarters of AIG Financial Products here. Wednesday ... (more) Inside AIG-FP, Feeling the Public's Wrath

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corner.nationalreview.com - 3/20/2009
Inside AIG
— corner.nationalreview.com — The Washington Post's Brady Dennis went out and got the other side of the story: A sense of fear hung in the room -- the palpable, unsettling kind that flashes across people's eyes. But there was anger, too. No one would express it publicly, of ... (more) Inside AIG

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AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth:  More threats and extortion from AIG employees

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Protection Money
Eschaton — What it's always been about. "Nobody is going to give it back and then stay," said one of the firm's employees. "If they give back the money, then they will walk. And they will walk into the arms of AIG's counterparties." ...

More threats and extortion from AIG employees
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — I'm getting really tired of the "if you come near me, I'll jump" threat. Jump already, or shut up. "Nobody is going to give it back and then stay," said one of the firm's employees. "If they give back the money, then they will walk. And they will walk into the arms of AIG's counterparties."As I wrote previously, please do run into the arms of a competitor. I'm sure AIG's competitors are hiring heavily right now since, you know, the economy is booming, we're at full employment, and there's really no competition out there from anyone who just graduated ...

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