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May 21, 2009 4:28 PM CDT

Liddy to Leave AIG

(Newser) - AIG chief Edward Liddy is stepping down after eight months on the job, the Wall Street Journal reports. The government appointed Liddy chairman and CEO last fall after the feds bailed out the insurance giant. Liddy recommended splitting the job into two roles and will remain until his replacements are...

AIG's 2008 Bonus Pool Rises to $454M

May 5, 2009 6:04 PM CDT

AIG's 2008 Bonus Pool Rises to $454M

Company gives congressman the biggest figure yet

(Newser) - Lawmakers and journalists keep pressing AIG about how much it paid out in bonuses in 2008, and the number keeps getting bigger, reports Politico. In response to a query from Rep. Elijah Cummings, the company now says it paid $454 million, about 4 times the figure it told Politico in...

AIG Employee Tells Liddy:
You Betrayed Us

OPINION

Mar 25, 2009 9:27 AM CDT

AIG Employee Tells Liddy: You Betrayed Us

VP's resignation letter rips cowardly CEO, grandstanding pols

(Newser) - Though he says he’s blameless for the mess that brought down AIG, and worked 14-hour days at $1 a year to help dismantle the insurer, executive Jake DeSantis feels “betrayed” by CEO Edward Liddy—and lets him know in a resignation letter published by the New York Times....

Ex AIG Boss: It's Not My Fault

Mar 20, 2009 8:31 AM CDT

Ex AIG Boss: It's Not My Fault

Says he doesn't back retention bonuses

(Newser) - AIG’s former CEO tells CBS that the bonuses now sparking national outrage would not have happened under his watch. Hank Greenberg, ousted in 2005, said he doesn’t back such retention bonuses, blamed the firm's collapse on the "stupidity" of his successors, and thinks the current CEO should...

Hill Grilled the Wrong AIG Guy

OPINION

Mar 19, 2009 12:44 PM CDT

Hill Grilled the Wrong AIG Guy

(Newser) - Edward Liddy’s much-ballyhooed testimony yesterday—Chris Matthews billed it as “Watergate Redux”—didn’t wind up accomplishing much, “aside from revealing congressional ignorance of all things financial,” Daniel Gross writes in Slate. Yes, Liddy currently runs the reviled AIG, but he wasn’t running it...

Anger? Now That Would
Be a Bonus

OPINION

Mar 19, 2009 10:28 AM CDT

Anger? Now That Would Be a Bonus

'Baby' Geithner, Obama should be more worked up over AIG: Collins

(Newser) - Thank meek Tim Geithner for the wrath coming from the New York Times today. “We need a Treasury secretary so terrifying that if you were stuck in an elevator alone with him, you would just hand over your wallet,” Gail Collins writes. “And I’m totally angry...

AIG Chief Asks Execs
to Give Back Money

UPDATED

Mar 18, 2009 12:54 PM CDT

AIG Chief Asks Execs to Give Back Money

(Newser) - AIG CEO Edward Liddy faced the music today, telling a House subcommittee he has asked employees who received generous bonuses to give at least half of the money up, and some have already agreed to do so. Liddy jousted with Barney Frank, who threatened to subpoena the company after Liddy...

AIG Chief: I'm Angry About Bonuses, Too

Mar 18, 2009 9:57 AM CDT

AIG Chief: I'm Angry About Bonuses, Too

Liddy blames 'cold realities of competition,' legal issues

(Newser) - Lawmakers read Edward Liddy the riot act today over AIG’s recent bonuses, CNNMoney reports, and the company’s CEO was expected to say he, too, found them “distasteful,” but felt he had to disperse them. “We have to continue managing our business as a business, taking...

AIG CEO: Bonuses
'Distasteful,' Necessary

OPINION

Mar 18, 2009 6:23 AM CDT

AIG CEO: Bonuses 'Distasteful,' Necessary

Liddy says paying employees will help taxpayer in long run

(Newser) - AIG's $165 million bonus payout has produced "a palpable wave of anger," admits Edward Liddy, the insurance giant's government-appointed CEO. But in an op-ed for the Washington Post, Liddy says that paying employees now will prevent "undue risk" and help AIG wind down the most dangerous positions...

AIG Chief to Testify
Amid Rising Rage

Mar 17, 2009 9:33 PM CDT

AIG Chief to Testify Amid Rising Rage

(Newser) - AIG chief Edward Liddy has the not-so-distinct pleasure of testifying before Congress tomorrow just as rage at his company is reaching a full-throated roar. The House and Senate seem to be in a race to see who can recover the $165 million in bonuses faster, the Hill reports. If AIG...

Officials Rage
Over AIG Payments

Mar 15, 2009 8:20 PM CDT

Officials Rage Over AIG Payments

Insurer reveals who received billions in bailout funds

(Newser) - Facing lawmakers' fury over massive executive bonuses, AIG revealed today where it shuttled most of its bailout money, the Wall Street Journal reports. About two-thirds of AIG's $173 billion bailout flowed straight to banks like Goldman Sachs and Société Générale—and other companies and municipalities—to pay...

AIG to Dole Out
$165M in Bonuses

Mar 14, 2009 6:35 PM CDT

AIG to Dole Out $165M in Bonuses

(Newser) - Record-breaking losses and $170 billion in federal loans haven't curbed AIG's plan to pay out $165 million in executive bonuses, the New York Times reports. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner called up AIG chief Edward M. Liddy to halt the payments, and the company agreed to alter some—but Liddy said...

AIG CEO Cuts His Pay to $1

Nov 25, 2008 12:00 PM CST

AIG CEO Cuts His Pay to $1

Edward Liddy gives up his salary and bonuses, others expected to follow

(Newser) - As Congress continues to bail out corporate America, CEOs are canceling bonuses and cutting pay for their top executives—but no one has come close to AIG top executive Edward Liddy, reports the New York Post. The CEO, who took over the troubled insurance company in September, will take home...

Feds Up AIG Aid to $150B; Insurer Posts $24.5B Loss

Nov 10, 2008 5:22 AM CST

Feds Up AIG Aid to $150B; Insurer Posts $24.5B Loss

US scraps insurer's original $123 billion package as company's struggles continue

(Newser) - The $123 billion the US pledged to foundering insurance giant AIG will grow to at least $150 billion, reports the Wall Street Journal, as the company continues to hemorrhage money. AIG, which today reported a loss of $24.5 billion in its most recent quarter, will get more cash and...

Shareholders Push AIG
to Avert Takeover

Sep 19, 2008 4:26 PM CDT

Shareholders Push AIG to Avert Takeover

Sale of assets + infusion of capital = no government role

(Newser) - In an attempt to head off the federal government's acquisition of 80% of AIG, the insurance giants' big shareholders are pushing the company to repay the government's loan quickly, the Wall Street Journal reports. Washington is on the hook for up to $85 billion under a deal struck this week...

New AIG Chief Plans to
Carve Leaner Corporation

Sep 19, 2008 2:18 AM CDT

New AIG Chief Plans to Carve Leaner Corporation

Liddy will sell some assets to pay Feds

(Newser) - The new CEO of beleaguered giant American Insurance Group plans to trim the company, selling some assets to raise capital and pay back the government following its $85 billion bailout, reports the Wall Street Journal. "There will be a company at the end of this," vowed Edward Liddy,...