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Alan Blinder, an economist and former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, discusses why he thinks the government doesn't get enough credit for saving the U.S. economy from a much worse fate.

AIG's board must consider the shareholder lawsuit, because it is charged with acting in the best interests of its shareholders.

AIG board mulls whether to join a former CEO in suing the U.S. government for shortchanging shareholders in a $182 billion financial crisis bailout.

The government is on track to lose money on the GM bailout. But would doing nothing have cost more?

Sure, AIG's rescue turned a profit, but what about the rest of the bailouts?

It looks like the U.S. government’s rescue of insurance giant AIG is coming to an end. And, amazingly enough, it’s a happy ending: The government is selling the last of its AIG stock — for a profit.

The Spanish government is suspending foreclosures for the neediest homeowners just a week after a woman there committed suicide when officials arrived at her apartment to seize it.

The Federal Housing Administration may need taxpayer money as delinquencies mount on loans it guaranteed for first-time home buyers.

Yesterday, the Greek parliament pushed through an extensive package of cuts and tax increases — its most aggressive austerity budget so far — in order to receive their next bailout payment.

European finance ministers are meeting today in Brussels to decide whether Greece will receive its next scheduled bailout payment of $40 billion.