WASHINGTON, March 18 (UPI) -- Even though no one in his administration wrote contracts leading to the AIG bonus scandal, U.S. President Barack Obama said he was responsible for fixing it.
SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 18 (UPI) -- A consumer group called on the U.S. Justice Department to form a special FBI unit to investigate the controversial bonuses being paid to executives at AIG.
WASHINGTON, March 18 (UPI) -- AIG staffers turned down a request by the insurance giant's new management last year to forgo their controversial "retention" bonuses, sources say.
WASHINGTON, March 17 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama has "complete confidence" in Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, ripped for not blocking an AIG bonus distribution, a spokesman said.
WASHINGTON, March 17 (UPI) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner should have blocked AIG from paying out huge bonuses using taxpayer money, a key Senate Republican said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, March 16 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday he asked the U.S. treasury secretary to "pursue every legal avenue" to block bonuses paid by American Insurance Group.
WASHINGTON, March 15 (UPI) -- Millions of dollars in bonus payments to top executives of bailed-out U.S. insurance giant AIG are "outrageous," an Obama administration official says.
WASHINGTON, March 14 (UPI) -- American International Group Inc., which has received $170 billion in U.S. aid, is handing out millions in bonuses, The Washington Post reported Saturday.
