American International Group Inc

NYSE: AIG
$76.31
+$0.54 (+0.7%)
Closing Price on November 18, 2024

AIG Articles

AIG (AIG) managed to lose 60% of its market value today. At one point the stock was off 70%. A partial rescue came in the form of permission from New York State for the huge insurance company to loan...
The collapse of the stock market, particularly shares in large financial companies, will have immediate effects on small businesses. Now that it is clear the the government will not help large...
After a savage day in which one Wall St. firm closed and another was sold, perhaps there might have been an evening’s respite. Lehman (LEH) has more than 25,000 employees, 20,000 of which could be...
At one point Merrill Lynch (MER) was up to $22.68 because of Bank of America’s (BAC) buyout offer of $50 billion. Merrill closed at $17.05 on Friday. Wall St. is now so afraid for the future of...
Lehman (LEH) is bankrupt. Its stock plunged to $.15 from $67.73. AIG (AIG) fears that it will be the next to fail. It drops to $3.50 from a 52-week high of $70.13. Axcelis Technologies’ (ACLS)...
Covering financial stocks on a day like today is sort of like watching the Chinese ping pong championship.  It’s all action, happens faster than most can see, and no one really knows who the...
AIG (AIG) plans to sell its auto insurance unit, annuity operations, and aircraft leasing division. It sounds a lot like Lehman’s (LEH) plan to spin-off its commercial real estate pool and sell a...
Covering financial stocks this morning looks a bit like an assassination happening live on television.  Futures are being pulled sharply lower by the financial stocks melting down.  We are going to...
AIG (AIG) may lose over $20 billion for the trailing four quarters ending with the current period. It says the unprecedented credit crisis bought on by the failure of Lehman (LEH) requires it to ask...
According to Reuters, Lehman (LEH) will seek Chapter 11 protection. Reuters reports that Bank of America (BAC) will buy Merrill Lynch (MER) for $50 billion. Reuters reports that AIG (AIG) is facing a...
AIG (AIG) is seeking a short-term loan from the Fed in the amount of $40 billion. The Insurance firms says it will pay that back shortly from asset sales. In the current crisis, that might be a...
AIG (AIG) will sell several divisions to raise the capital it needs to stay independent. According to The Wall Street Journal the big insurance company "plans to disclose a comprehensive...
American International Group (AIG) Market worries that balance sheet is tearing to pieces. Down to $11.49 from 52-week high of $70.13. Lehman Brothers (LEH) Going out of business sale. Drops to $3.17...
AIG (AIG) as taken its turn in the penalty box today, joining Washington Mutual (WM), Lehman (LEH), and Merrill Lynch (MER). After after three quarters of significant write-offs, AIG is down 25%...
There are hundreds of thousands of jobs at stake if the current trends continue in the financial services sector.  When you tally up the employment just at five troubled firms noted below, there are...