Scandal Watch: AIG
Ever since the Federal Reserve rescued AIG from bankruptcy with two big loans totaling $123 billion, the company has been fielding complaints about its spending on executive payouts, fancy retreats and lobbying. To make matters worse, the company has already burned through three-quarters of the government’s loan and may need even more. Given the uproar, we’ve slotted in AIG at number two on Scandal Watch. Read the backgrounder here.
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