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AIG Shares Fall Below Government Breakeven Price

Shares in bailed-out insurer American International Group dipped below the government’s breakeven price on its 61 percent stake in the company, just days after the U.S. Treasury completed another offering of its stock. AIG fell 6.1 percent to $28.60 in …

Stock Sale Lowers U.S. Stake in AIG to 61%

The U.S. Treasury on Monday said it is trimming its ownership stake in American International Group Inc. to 61 percent from 70 percent by selling more shares of the insurer’s common stock. The U.S. government said it expects to receive …

How AIG Will – or Won’t – Generate a Bailout Profit for Taxpayers

CEO Bob Benmosche says U.S. taxpayers will earn up to $10 billion on the $182 billion rescue of American International Group, the insurance company he runs. Of course, that depends on how one defines “profit.” How much AIG actually borrowed …

AIG CEO Benmosche Says Taxpayers Will Profit on Bailout

AIG expects American taxpayers to end up with a profit of $5 billion to $10 billion on the company’s 2008 rescue when all is said and done, the chief executive of the bailed-out insurer said on Monday. The U.S. government …

AIG Busy Investing Its Cash, May Bid on Bonds

Bailed-out insurer American International Group is working hard to invest cash it had set aside for a failed deal to buy assets from the Federal Reserve, Chief Executive Bob Benmosche said in an interview Tuesday. But AIG is still looking …

AIG Repays $6.9 Billion More to Taxpayers

American International Group repaid another $6.9 billion of its bailout Tuesday, the U.S. Treasury said. With that payment, the Treasury said it has now recovered 70 percent of the $411 billion distributed under the crisis-era Troubled Asset Relief Program, or …

U.S. Treasury Expects $6.3 Billion from AIG’s MetLife Sale

American International Group Inc. sold $9.6 billion worth of MetLife Inc. shares on Wednesday, producing gross proceeds of about $6.3 billion to accelerate its payback of U.S. Treasury bailout funds. AIG and the Treasury said a total of 146.8 million …