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Former Treasury official: AIG no longer 'too big to fail'
Stacey Vanek Smith Sep 10, 2012
The former Chief Restructuring Officer at the U.S. Department of the Treasury says the government could end up making $20 billion on the AIG bailout
U.S. Treasury to sell $18 billion in AIG stock
David Gura Sep 10, 2012
Stock sale would reduce the U.S. government's stake in the once-troubled insurance firm to less than half for the first time since it bailed out AIG in 2008.
Behind the scenes of the bank bailouts
Tess Vigeland Jul 23, 2012
Former TARP Inspector General Neil Barofsky talks about his new tell-all, "Bailout," on what went on during the height of the financial crisis.
Neil Barofsky on the failures of TARP
Jeff Horwich Jul 24, 2012
The Troubled Assets Relief Program -- TARP -- was the formal name for what we often just call "the bailout." In 2008 Congress allocated $700 billion to stabilize the U.S. financial industry. Congress and President Bush assigned one man to build a team, and police all that spending.
New fears of Spanish bailout rise
Stephen Beard Jul 23, 2012
Overseas markets are sliding this morning on new worries about Spain. After last week's bank bailouts, that seemed like an end to the country's crisis, Spain's borrowing costs are up again to 7.5 percent.
What's up, Europe? Protesters in Madrid
Kai Ryssdal Jul 11, 2012
In Spain today, the government announced new austerity measures to meet the terms of the bank bailout early this month: $80 billion worth of tax increases and pay and benefit cuts.
Cyprus requests eurozone bailout
Stephen Beard Jun 26, 2012
The tiny Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus is formally asking for a bailout from Europe. The country says it needs more than $10 billion from its eurozone partners to avoid default.
After Moody's downgrade, will banks need bailouts?
Heidi N. Moore Jun 22, 2012
After U.S. markets closed yesterday, the rating agency Moody's delivered more bad news -- this time to 15 of the world's largest banks, including the biggest American banks. The fine print of the downgrade hints at more bank bailouts down the road.
Spain in trouble as borrowing costs rise over 7%
Jeff Horwich Jun 19, 2012
If yesterday was all about Greece, today belongs to Spain. Concern about Spanish banks has pushed the government's borrowing costs over 7 percent. That's a level that pushed other smaller European countries -- like Greece -- over the edge.
The future of Greece, and other financial crises
Kai Ryssdal Jun 19, 2012
A conversation with Neel Kashkari, the former head of TARP and now head analyst with PIMCO, on what Europe can learn from the U.S.'s own financial storm.
