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Propping Up a House of Cards

February 28, 2009 Talking Business By JOE NOCERA THE NEW YORK TIMES Next week, perhaps as early as Monday, the American International Group is going to report the largest quarterly loss in history. Rumors suggest it will be around $60 billion, which will affirm, yet again, A.I.G.’s sorry status as the most crippled of all […]

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Government Bailout Hits $8.5 trillion

Kathleen Pender The San Francisco Chronicle November 26, 2008 The federal government committed an additional $800 billion to two new loan programs on Tuesday, bringing its cumulative commitment to financial rescue initiatives to a staggering $8.5 trillion, according to Bloomberg News. That sum represents almost 60 percent of the nation’s estimated gross domestic product. Given […]