And so, more errors of these emergency bailouts begins: Once committed to the initial $85 billion dollars, what choice does nation have but to throw good money after bad.
Down the rathole:
AIG is asking the US government for a new bail-out less than two months after the Federal Reserve came to the rescue of the stricken insurer with an $85bn loan, according to people close to the situation.
AIG’s executives were on Friday night locked in negotiations with the authorities over a plan that could involve a debt-for-equity swap and the government’s purchase of troubled mortgage-backed securities from the insurer.
People close to the talks said the discussions were on-going and might still collapse, but added that AIG was pressing for a decision before it reports third-quarter results on Monday.
AIG’s board is due to meet on Sunday to approve the results and discuss any new government plan, they added.
The moves come amid growing fears AIG might soon use up the $85bn cash infusion it received from the Fed in September, as well as an additional $37.5bn loan aimed at stemming a cash drain from the insurer’s securities lending unit.
AIG has drawn down more than $81bn of the combined $122.5bn facility. The company’s efforts to begin repaying it before the 2010 deadline have been hampered by its difficulties in selling assets amid the global financial turmoil.
Un-frickin-believable . . .
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Source:
AIG in talks with Fed over new bail-out
Francesco Guerrera
FT, November 8 2008 00:36
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1b1b2622-ad2c-11dd-971e-000077b07658.html
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