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Updated: AIG to be brought under US government conservatorship?

by MorganSeptember 16, 2008 Wall Street

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Updated: Read these chilling words from Paul Kedrosky’s Infectious Greed to get a sense of the enormity of the AIG problem. You can read the rest of his post here.
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AIG on the hook for another $14.5 billion on credit rating cuts

by MorganSeptember 16, 2008 Wall Street

AIG continues to get hammered as they face continued credit rating downgrades. The stock is off another 15% today.  The recent downgrades mean that the battered company may need an additional $14.5 billion in collateral to meet its obligations.  Additionally, the $20 billion promised to the company by the NY Deptartment of Insurance won’t be [...]

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