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“The Fed, Treasury, and AIG”

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 08:26:51 +0000

"The Fed has recently come under heavy criticism, largely for its role in the AIG bailout. The Fed deserves criticism for decisions it made in the run-up to the crisis as well as for the role it played in the AIG bailout. However, some of the charges are misdirected and the suggested remedies ...

iehi posted 3 days ago from hf-implode.com

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AIG Plays Take-Back After Yesterday (AIG)

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:38:38 +0000

American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) is recovering handily after yesterday’s analyst $12 call. The company is moving forward with its ALICO separation. It has also entered into a debt-for-equity swap with the New York Fed which may have just taken off $25 billion in debt and ...

24/7 Wall St. found this 4 days ago on vsinvestor.com

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AIG's Benmosche Signs a Noncompete Deal

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:17:34 +0000

SERENA NG Robert Benmosche, chief executive of American International Group Inc., signed a noncompete agreement in a sign he is committed to remaining at the government-controlled insurer. Mr. Benmosche "is committed to leading this company as CEO until the job is done," AIG Chairman Harvey ...

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AIG Settles Greenberg Disputes, May Reimburse $150 Million Fees

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:53:00 +0000

Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- American International Group Inc. , the insurer bailed out by the U.S., agreed to settle all legal disputes with former Chief Executive Officer Maurice “Hank” Greenberg and may reimburse as much as $150 million in fees. A former U.S. judge will determine how much AIG must ...

footnoted.org found this 5 days ago on bloomberg.com

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More on Goldman and AIG

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:51:24 +0000

Thomas Adams, a lawyer and former bond insurer executive, wrote a guest post for naked capitalism on the question of why AIG was bailed out and the monoline bond insurers were not (wow, is it really almost two years since the monoline insurer crisis?). He estimates that the monolines together ...

jamesykwak posted 10 days ago from baselinescenario.com

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Top Day Trader Alerts (AIG, GES, HGSI, NLST, SEED, FEED)

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 21:20:00 +0000

These are this Tuesday’s top pre-market day trader and active trader alert stocks. We have more detailed volume and price data and analysis on each stock with a link to VSInvestor.com: American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) is up over 6% on its debt for equity swap and on a ...

BloggingStocks found this 3 days ago on 247wallst.com

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Wallison: Timmy!’s Nose is Growing

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:34:06 +0000

In an oped in today's WSJ, Peter Wallison notes a fundamental inconsistency in the government's defense of the AIG bailout: Since last September, the government's case for bailing out AIG has rested on the notion that the company was too big to fail. If AIG hadn't been rescued, the argument ...

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Peak oil panic? Dubai or not Dubai?

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:07:06 +0000

Dubai's oil reserve are dwindling and now their rampant investment program has hit a rock.

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Bid nears for AIG aviation unit stake

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:29:38 +0000

Published: November 30 2009 02:00 | Last updated: November 30 2009 02:00 A consortium of private equity investors and the head of International Lease Finance Corp is close to making a bid for about half of the aviation-leasing business of American International Group, ILFC's troubled parent. ...

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Media Digest 11/26/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:53:00 +0000

Reuters: Saab’s failure to be bought shows that Chinese companies are having trouble moving into Western markets through M&A. Reuters: AIG (NYSE:AIG) and former CEO Greenberg settled legal issues between them. Reuters: Dubai will put a six month standstill to debt ...

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Goldman/AIG Conspiracy Theories: There’s a Reason They Won’t Go Away

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:33:18 +0000

Note: this post is by Thomas Adams, at Paykin Krieg and Adams, LLP, and a former managing director at Ambac and FGIC, with some minor additions by yours truly. This is a significant piece of some puzzles he, some other experts who prefer to remain anonymous, and I have been pushing on [...] ...

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“Can’t Get Enough: Goldman’s Profit is Citi’s Pain?”

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:24:58 +0000

By Thomas Adams, at Paykin Krieg and Adams, LLP, and a former managing director at Ambac and FGIC. Many thanks for the thoughtful comments on my earlier post . If you can take a little more on the subject, I thought I would add some clarification to some of the issues raised. First, on ...

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Timmy!’s Testimony

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:28:01 +0000

Krugman is bashing Timmy! Geithner for his role in the AIG bailout. This poses something of a dilemma for yours truly. My sentiments parallel those of Henry Kissinger during the Iran-Iraq War: too bad they both can't lose. All snark aside, the SIGTARP report that has put Timmy! (oh, that was ...

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Cuomo Took Campaign Cash From Lawyers With Matters Before Him

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:42:55 +0000

" Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP, a New York law firm led by David Boies, gave Cuomo $35,000 this year, records show. The firm represents former American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Maurice “Hank” Greenberg in a civil fraud case the attorney general is pursuing. Lawyers ...

iehi posted 12 days ago from hf-implode.com

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AIG Put Surge

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 18:08:04 +0000

Some trades from yesterday, courtesy of Cuttone and Company. In Sun Microsystems (JAVA) , the Dec 7 puts were bought 50,000 times for $.06 to sell 20,000 Dec 8 puts @ $.10. This is basically an insurance policy on the deal breaking. If the deal goes through, they spent $100k. ...

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Marc Faber Sees War Against an Invented Enemy and a Big Financial Bust

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:57:47 +0000

""If you want to hedge against war, you don't want to own derivatives in UBS and AIG, but you have to own them physically, like farmland and agricultural commodities. That is something to consider for you as a personal safety and hedge. You have to own some commodities,""

iehi posted 10 days ago from hf-implode.com

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Notes from Recent Travels

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:41:53 +0000

Before I begin this evening, I would like to comment on my absence for the last week. I gave a talk on Friday to the Southeastern Actuaries Conference . I found myself behind the eight-ball, because of my many other projects, and so I had to block out the time to write and prepare the talk. ...

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Video: AIG CEO Signs Non-Compete Contract

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:00:55 +0000

The CEO of AIG has reportedly signed a non-compete contract, which could be a sign that he plans to stay put at the struggling insurer. The Wall Street Journal reported today that AIG chairman Harvey Golub told the newspaper that CEO Robert Benmosche is committed to leading the company

MediaMan posted 9 days ago from marketnewslive.blogspot.com

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AIG Re-brands Asset Management Business

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:38:38 +0000

"American International Group (AIG: 35.22 +0.34%) re-branded its asset management and investment advisory business to PineBridge Investments. The renaming of the business is part of a transition stage into an independent business."

iehi posted 12 days ago from hf-implode.com

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Morning Morsel

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 13:13:19 +0000

Gold is at more new highs, it has had about two down days in twenty. The ADP employment number is out at 8:15 and the Fed’s Beige Book is out this afternoon. Fritz Peterson is out and GM, they...

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