American International Group

Working poor didn't cause crash

2013-05-03 12:45:00

I must take issue with letter writer Stanley Glinka's assertion that it was "the policy of forcing banks to give loans to people who could not afford them" that led to our current financial mess ("Stop blaming Bush," May 1). First of all, we need to...

Thank you, AIG?

2013-01-08 11:46:00

Periodically, one comes across a jaw-dropping example of lawsuit abuse. The Good Samaritan gets sued for preventing a suicide, the robber takes the store clerk to court for fighting back, the B-list starlet sues because nobody watched her sex tape...

Dulaney Valley Apartments to be torn down and redeveloped as luxury units

2012-12-03 13:02:00

Dulaney Valley Apartments in Towson have been sold and will be torn down and redeveloped as luxury apartments with triple the density at a cost of $100 million, the seller and buyer have confirmed. But Baltimore County Councilman David Marks, who...

Ten Maryland banks remain in TARP, while Treasury winds down program

2012-11-16 16:17:11

Delmar Bancorp has no regrets about taking a $9 million investment from the federal Troubled Asset Relief Program, even though some banks have rushed for the exit. "We did it as an abundance of caution," said Ed Thomas, president of the parent of Bank of...

Robert B. Reich: How Wall Street is trying to avoid U.S. oversight

2012-06-27 00:00:00

While all eyes are on the Supreme Court and Obamacare, a quieter battle is being waged against the president's other major initiative, the Dodd-Frank financial reform act. Wall Street has already watered down or delayed most of Dodd-Frank. Now it wants...

Will Wall Street prevail?

2012-10-08 03:00:00

Corporate-sponsored groups have launched a campaign of litigation in the lower federal courts challenging the legality of the second major piece of President Barack Obama's legislative program, one that received a lot of attention in last week's first...

Obama's faith-based liberalism

2012-02-20 07:55:00

Rick Santorum's assertion that President Barack Obama's agenda is not about the quality of life or jobs but "some phony ideal. Some phony theology" may not be an appropriate characterization of his religious views. However, it is an accurate description...

T. Rowe Price needs a few good women

2012-04-05 08:15:00

The Board of Directors ofT. Rowe Price Group, Inc, a company worth over $16 billion, have given us investors the opportunity to vote for or against only one woman to join their Board of Directors at their annual meeting on April 17. Worse, there is...

Local thrift officer accused in stock fraud by SEC

2012-04-16 17:05:47

Federal securities regulators allege an executive at Eastern Savings Bank in Hunt Valley participated in a fraudulent short-selling scheme involving his personal brokerage firm, according to a complaint filed Monday. In an administrative case, the U.S....

Reich: European debt crisis proves Wall Street has learned nothing

2011-10-12 03:00:00

It's impossible to know whether Occupy Wall Street will coalesce into a political movement, but there's little question Wall Street is still up to its old tricks. Right now the Street is dedicating all its lobbying power to water down regulations...

You don't need to occupy Wall Street to know it's out of control

2011-11-02 03:00:00

This week, President Obama travels to Wall Street, where he'll demand -- in light of the Street's continuing antics since the bailout, as well as its role in watering down the Volcker rule -- that the Glass-Steagall Act be resurrected and big banks be...

Community banks deserve support, too

2011-11-15 11:15:00

I read with interest Peter Yarrow's recent opinion piece in The Sun ("Tell the banks 'no thanks,'" Nov. 4).Though I certainly get his point about providing the public sound options in support of their banking needs, he threw smaller community banks...

Danny Sreenan has joined Skender Construction as senior superintendent. Sreenan will oversee field operations and track the progress on a variety of projects for the company.

2013-01-15 00:00:00

People pass the AIG building, in New York, Tuesday. American International Group Inc. won�t be joining a $25 billion shareholder lawsuit against the U.S. government over the terms of its bailout at the height of the financial crisis.

2013-01-09 13:14:00

A banner for American International Group Inc (AIG) hangs on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange. AIG announced it would consider joining a multi-billion dollar suit against the U.S.

2013-01-09 11:04:36