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Outcry Continues Over AIG Bonuses
Lawmakers vowed Tuesday to all but strip AIG executives of their $165 million in bonuses as expressions of outrage swelled in Congress over eye-catching extra income for employees of a firm that has received billions in taxpayer bailout money. ...more
March 18, 2009
Iowa Senator Backs Off On AIG Suicide Remark
Sen. Charles Grassley wants AIG executives to apologize for the collapse of the insurance giant — but said Tuesday that "obviously" he didn't really mean that they should kill themselves. ...more
March 17, 2009
Administration To Challenge AIG Bonuses
Responding to growing public outrage, President Barack Obama reversed course Monday and ordered his administration to "pursue every legal avenue" to challenge $165 million in bonuses recently paid to employees of insurance giant American International Group Inc. ...more
March 17, 2009
Nation Probably Won't Be Fully Repaid By AIG
Pressure is mounting on the government to revise its bailout of AIG to ensure that taxpayers are repaid as much as possible of the $170 billion lent to the troubled insurer. ...more
March 17, 2009
Obama Tries To Loosen Credit For Small Businesses
President Barack Obama freed billions of dollars to help the nation's small businesses on Monday, hoping to get credit flowing again to Main Street, not just Wall Street. He heaped praise on the little guys of American industry, often overshadowed in the blitz of government bailouts. ...more
March 16, 2009
Crist Reaffirms Commitment To Open Government
Crist says Journalists must continue to hold politicians and government officials accountable ...more
March 16, 2009
Frank Assails AIG's Executive Bonus Plan
Rep. Barney Frank charged Monday that a decision by financially strapped insurance giant AIG to pay millions in executive bonuses amounts to "rewarding incompetence." ...more
March 16, 2009
Recession Inspires New Words
From furlough to frugalista, the recession is changing the way we speak. ...more
March 16, 2009
No More Doom And Gloom For Innisbrook
The Transitions Championship, Tampa Bay's annual PGA Tour stop, begins play this week at Innisbrook Resort, the fifth time in nine years the event will carry a new title-sponsor's name. ...more
March 14, 2009
Proven Record
Valerie Iengo of Port Richey believes Washington, D.C., has a proven record of wasteful spending. The American people are capable of doing better, she writes. ...more
March 14, 2009
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