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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009
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Paul Krugman

 AIG Bailout Squandered Our Money, Trust

Geithner & Co. were afraid to ask Wall Street for concessions

Nov 20, 09 9:55 AM CST

 Fed Report 
 Rakes Geithner 
 Over AIG Bailout 

He's accused of handing AIG creditors 'backdoor bailout'

Nov 17, 09 4:18 AM CST

 AIG's Benmosche: 
 I'm Not Quitting 

CEO is 'committed' to firm's employees

Nov 11, 09 3:00 PM CST

Annoyed by Feds, AIG CEO Threatens to Quit

Benmosche, just 3 months in, is 4th CEO in 18 months

Nov 11, 09 8:43 AM CST

 Pay Czar Cuts 
 Bonuses, But 
 Boosts Salaries 

Feinberg beefs up base base to help firms retain talent

Oct 28, 09 1:24 AM CDT

 Ousted AIG CEO 
 Builds AIG 2— 
 With AIG Talent 

Greenberg's new insurer poaches AIG employees at taxpayers' expense

Oct 27, 09 7:47 AM CDT

AIG Chief: Pay Czar's Authority 'Limited'

He tells employees they won't lose
salaries retroactively

Oct 22, 09 2:00 PM CDT

 50% Pay Cuts 
 for Bailout Execs 
 Due Today 

Warren confirms cuts to 25 top earners at 7 companies

Oct 22, 09 9:40 AM CDT

Pay Czar Slashes Top Salaries at 7 Bailed-Out Firms

175 top earners will see pay cuts averaging 50%

Oct 21, 09 3:53 PM CDT

Pay Czar Going After
AIG Bonuses—Again

But legal hurdles loom for pre-bailout deals

Oct 14, 09 8:59 AM CDT

Volcker: Obama Plan May Lead
to More Bailouts

Former Fed chief
faults strategy
of 'too big to fail'

Sep 24, 09 5:27 PM CDT

 New Speculator Fave: AIG Stock 

Day-traders flock to shares on the upswing

Sep 23, 09 11:59 AM CDT
GLOSSIES

8 Days That Shook the Financial World

James Stewart on the week that Lehman failed, and meltdown loomed

Sep 16, 09 9:35 PM CDT
MARKETS

 Dow Climbs 64 as 
 Investors Await Jobs Report 

Fear of Sept. stock pullback drives gold to 6-month high

Sep 3, 09 3:20 PM CDT

What Bailout? AIG CEO Prefers Making Wine

Under fire for blunt talk, Benmosche pursues real passion: grapes

Sep 3, 09 9:25 AM CDT
MARKETS

 Dow Plunges 186, 
 Biggest Fall in 2 Months 

Financials lead broad selloff

Sep 1, 09 3:16 PM CDT
MARKETS

 Dow Climbs 37 
 on Day 8 of Streak 

Eight-day winning stretch is first in 28 months

Aug 27, 09 3:19 PM CDT

 New AIG CEO's Salary: $7M 

Figure makes a mockery of government's 'populist image': blogger

Aug 18, 09 10:05 AM CDT

 AIG Mystery Haunts 
 Conn. Golf Course 

After bailout, taxpayers say they deserve to putt on it

Aug 17, 09 12:10 PM CDT

Obama's Pay Czar Meets With Bailed-Out Firms

Must make tricky decision on how much top execs get paid

Aug 9, 09 12:34 PM CDT
ANALYSIS

 Paulson Still Dogged 
 by Ethics Queries 

Ex-Goldman exec coddled firm as Treasury sec, critics say

Aug 9, 09 11:28 AM CDT
MARKETS

 Jobs Lift Stocks; Dow Up 114 

Unemployment report fuels rally

Aug 7, 09 3:15 PM CDT


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun

5
Nov 20, 09 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

My 84-year-old mother was full of venomous indignation at dinner last night over the great mammogram take-back. Bureaucrats, in her view, will happily kill women to save money. My colleague, Caroline Miller, Newser’s editor in chief, took umbrage in this space the other day about the new guidelines. She noted the obvious cold efficiencies involved with discouraging younger women from having a yearly mammogram, as well as the “patronizing” justification for... More »

Sarah Palin Deserves Some More Attention

16
Nov 19, 09 | 10:14 AM BY Michael Wolff

This is a phenomenon that just keeps giving. Its very lack of explanation, and ensuing incredulity and apoplexy, propel it. There... More »

And We Thought We Hated Mammograms

7
Nov 18, 09 | 2:40 PM BY Caroline Miller

No one likes to get a mammogram. Still, it’s hard to find a woman anywhere who was pleased to hear the new ruling that women in their 40s don’t need to endure the annual indignity of baring their breasts to the radiologist after all. That’s because it’s hard to find a woman anywhere who believes that the federal panel changed its recommendation for her benefit. It’s not that the decision doesn’t make sense: It costs a lot to... More »

China and the Obese: The President Meets His Greatest Problems

12
Nov 18, 09 | 8:43 AM BY Michael Wolff

For all sorts of obvious reasons, it seems like a greatly unacceptable and possibly discriminatory thing to say that the obese are a lot... More »

Rupert Murdoch’s Guy Gets It

6
Nov 17, 09 | 6:50 AM BY Michael Wolff

If Arthur Miller were at it again, he’d call the play Death of a PR Guy. Gary Ginsberg, Murdoch’s PR guy who got... More »

Obama's Secret Weapon: The Hug

4
Nov 16, 09 | 12:30 PM BY Lewis Grossberger

President Obama needs to get the hell out of China as fast as he can, rush back to America and start hugging Republicans. This will... More »

The President Wants You to Know He’s Too Dopey to Use Twitter

19
Nov 16, 09 | 8:01 AM BY Michael Wolff

“First of all, let me say that I have never used Twitter. I notice that young people—you know, they’re very busy with... More »

Does Warren Buffett Know What He’s Talking About?

10
Nov 13, 09 | 6:55 AM BY Michael Wolff

Nobody I know who is smart and rich (albeit much less rich than they used to be) thinks the economy is patched up and ready to roll—except,... More »

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