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Note: Graham Griffith is on assignment this week, by which we mean, he’s enjoying a richly deserved vacation. The benefits package here at The Mediavore is the envy of the industry.
AIG has announced a stunning loss of $62B in the latest quarter, and yes, that’s a record. All Things Considered will update the story today, as well as the government’s new infusion of $30 billion.
There’s been a lot of talk about what a government-created bad bank would look like. Marketplace flips the question and talks to the fascinating behavioral economist Dan Ariely (we featured one of his talks recently) about what the opposite – a good bank – might look like.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is promising $900B in aid to the Palestinians, but the promise raises a number of questions. The World looks at how the U.S. will deliver this aid with Hamas in power, and an Israeli blockade still in effect.
