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Even as the tech world waits in anticipation of the expected introduction of its tablet on Wednesday, Steve Jobs and company are quietly shopping for ways to strengthen Apple's softer side - that is, its software. A hefty stock price and a growing cash reserve of $23 billion has put...
According to a report produced by a division of bond manager BlackRock in November 2008, AIG would probably have been able to strike settlements that, at least at the time, could have saved the giant troubled insurer, and taxpayers, billions of dollars. Instead, after a few days of harried discussions...
The AIG bailout has become one of the most enduring controversies from the financial crisis. On Wednesday, a congressional hearing again probed the moves and possible mistakes the government made when it rescued the insurer. At the center of the hearing, which was held by the House Committee on Oversight...
"The idea that you had to come to some unified settlement with all of the banks was ridiculous," says Thomas Adams, a lawyer at Paykin Krieg and Adams, LLP, and a former managing director at bond insurer FGIC. "But that seems to be the working logic at the Federal Reserve...
What's more, the deals the banks wanted to strike with AIG would have involved the insurer and the government giving up their right to reclaim the underlying bonds. Some have argued that would have led to a worse deal for AIG. Instead, the Federal Reserve decided to give AIG...