Because we own almost 80 percent of the American International Group, the giant insurer whose collapse was a direct result of derivatives it sold during the late, great credit boom.

因为我们纳税人目前拥有近百分之八十的美国国际集团(aig)，这家巨型保险集团公司倒塌的直接原因就是因为在最近那次伟大的信贷繁荣时期所销售的金融衍生品。

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The giant panda has long languished on the endangered species list, but an international monitoring group finally had some good news for it over the weekend.

大熊猫长期位列濒危物种名单之上，但上周末，一个国际观察组织终于带来了一些有关大熊猫的好消息。

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But his message had to compete for attention with news that the giant insurance company American International Group,or AIG, paid out $165 million in bonuses to employees after the government agreed to bail out the financially troubled company.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

On Tuesday,Geithner told Congress that the government must have the authority to seize non-bank entities, arguing that massive destabilizing dangers can come from financial institutions - a lesson learned from the rescue of American International Group,or AIG, a giant insurer that received a $180 billion taxpayer bailout.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

But even as the fates of Lehman and Merrill hung in the balance, another crisis loomed as the insurance giant American International Group appeared to teeter.

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Insurance: The recent government bailout of insurance giant American International Group quickly changed the perception that the credit crisis was limited solely to the financial sector.

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Willumstad, now chairman of insurance giant American International Group (nyse: AIG - news - people ), would be another logical choice to succeed Prince.

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