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世界保险和金融服务巨头美国国际集团AIG,自金融危机以来,已累计吸收美国政府的救助金约1730多亿美元,但据公司此前与高管签定的合同,AIG有义务在3月15日前向其金融产品部门职员支付1.65亿美元奖金。AIG首席执行官亦曾就此致信美国财长盖特纳。但AIG逆市派发巨额奖金的消息却引爆民怨。16日美国总统奥巴马怒斥这一“鲁莽而贪婪”的事件。18日AIG首席执行官接受国会“拷问”。本文据此写就,既写出事件相关者的种种表现,又写出奥巴马新政府应对此事的困境以及该事件所造成的对日后美国金融救助计划的拖累后果。本文标题极为生动,文中从implode-o-meter、downgrade-o-meter到outrage-o-meter的用词,令人过目难忘。
AIG, the global insurance and financial services giant, has absorbed about US $ 173 billion of assistance from the U.S. government since the financial crisis. However, according to previous contracts with senior management, AIG is obliged by March 15 Pay 165 million U.S. dollars in bonuses to its financial products staff. AIG CEO also wrote to the U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner. However, AIG Adversity has sent huge bonuses news has detonated popular resentment. On the 16th, U.S. President Barack angrily denounced this “reckless and greedy” incident. CEO of AIG on the 18th to accept the Congress “torture ”. This article is written accordingly, both write down the performance of the parties involved in the incident, but also write down the plight of the new Obama administration to deal with this incident and the resulting drag on the future of the U.S. financial aid program. This article is extremely vivid, the article from implode-o-meter, downgrade-o-meter to outrage-o-meter words, memorable.