Senator Grassley's Bid for AIG Seppuku?! and More AIG Bailoutrage and More for Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Senator: ‘Follow the Japanese example’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29733519/

Senator Charles Grassley

http://grassley.senate.gov/

Seppuku

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seppuku

Economic crisis sets back water utilities: World Bank

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52g37o-us-water-crisis/

Banks' bad assets rise 149 percent

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29619163/

As U.S. rivals shrink, 4 Canadian banks crack North American top 10

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/03/17/canada-banks.html

Web guide to the stimulus plan

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29660507/

Treasury to rework AIG aid to recoup bonuses

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52f602-us-aig/

Dodd suggests tax to recoup AIG bonuses

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/17/aig.bonuses/index.html

AIG likely won’t be able to pay taxpayers back

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29728732/

Congress played major role in AIG mess

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29724816/

Could Be Worse: How Your $165M to AIG Could Have Been $330M

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=7097759&page=1

Banks Giving Back Bailout Money?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/16/eveningnews/main4870208.shtml

US new homes increase by quarter

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7948376.stm

US law sparks Mexican trade row

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7947428.stm

GM bondholders: Our plan best chance for automaker

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52g06b-us-gm-bondholders/

Caterpillar lays off more than 2,400 workers in three states

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1044650

Madoff Victims Get Relief From IRS

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/17/business/main4871276.shtml

Luxembourg seeks Madoff deal

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52g1nk-us-funds-summit-madoff/

Josh's journey: Surviving a layoff

http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/17/news/economy/josh_hager_one_year_later/index.htm?cnn=yes

Survey: Sick skipping care because of cost

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/16/health.care.survey.deloitte/index.html

Downsize your life in one of these cities

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29723949/

As economy falters, interest in teaching surges

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29732200/

Can't sell? House swapping gaining momentum, brokers say

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1044633

US firm to close branch due to lack of employees

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090316/ts_alt_afp/useconomyjobscompany;_ylt=AqBGbSsPksh9jwSs4UIOe2Ks0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFhNHVyMjFtBHBvcwM0BHNlYwN5bl9tb3N0X3BvcHVsYXIEc2xrA3VzZmlybXRvY2xvcw--

Sykes Enterprises

http://www.sykes.com/

North Korean premier arrives in China

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/17/nkorea.china.visit/index.html

Bomb lobbed at police station in China's west

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090317/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tibet;_ylt=AjH8dydm2tHPSUeNtDqQvY6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFibmJudjd1BHBvcwM0MwRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3dvcmxkBHNsawNib21ibG9iYmVkYXQ-

1st Lebanese Embassy Opens In Syria

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/17/link/main4870624.shtml

UK PM in new Iran nuclear warning

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7947285.stm

China seeks export carbon relief

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7947438.stm

Madagascar president 'to resign'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7948196.stm

Arab League will not arrest Sudan's president

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090317/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_arabs_sudan;_ylt=AkZoDUuzWhjJvaPUOthE61Ss0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFiMXR0azAzBHBvcwM0NQRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3dvcmxkBHNsawNhcmFibGVhZ3Vld2k-

Russia announces rearmament plan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7947824.stm

Inside Russia's new military hardware

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/7943129.stm

New Moon shot Russian space officials unveil plans for a rocket that could carry cosmonauts to the Moon


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7946689.stm

Sending Out Internet Warnings For Outages, Viruses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316075847.htm

'Map Of Science' Shows Scientists' Virtual Trails Through Online Services

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311124024.htm

Doesn't Anyone Want A Hybrid?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/17/link/blog/main4871275.shtml

Hybrid Vehicle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_Vehicle

DNA 'Patch' For Canine Form Of Muscular Dystrophy Developed, First Treatment For Human Muscular Dystrophy In Sight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316101426.htm

A few states buck stem cell trend with bans

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52g0rp-us-stemcells-states/

'Shocking' hospital caused deaths

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/7948293.stm

Report says 3 percent in DC have HIV or AIDS

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090316/ap_on_he_me/dc_aids_epidemic;_ylt=AoeYcOP39SE2_abj5fDgiROs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkNjQwMmtuBHBvcwMxMzkEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA3JlcG9ydHNheXMzcA--

President to appear on NBC's 'Tonight Show'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29718457/

Gay West Point Grads Form Support Group

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/17/national/main4871216.shtml

Newsweek: Why eyewitness ID is unreliable

http://www.newsweek.com/id/189294

What If Dream Home Was a Horror House?

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=7095995&page=1

Lost luggage count rising: airline consumer group

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/03/17/baggage.html