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burythehatchet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-05 08:59 PM
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Spitzer claims veteran’s scalp
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=3&ObjectID=10115642

The shit that AIG was doing must be far worse than what is presently known to the public. Hank Greenburg is a legend in the insurance and was at one time considered for CIA director.

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During a conference call last month, Greenberg accused overzealous regulators of "turning foot-faults into murder charges".

Those retorts were a mistake by Greenberg and AIG, says Damon Silvers, associate general counsel of the Washington-based AFL-CIO labour federation, whose member unions control funds with assets of about US$400 billion.

"Where have these guys been the last four years?" says Silvers. "Don’t mess with Eliot; that’s certainly true. The most important thing about Eliot is that he’s afraid of no one."
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glitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-20-05 09:07 PM
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1. What the hell is with these really offensive headline writers?
They couldn't think of another way to say it? This goes for the original story as well as the NZ Herald pick up.
Pissing me off, and the editors who let the headlines pass should be fired too.
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Wilms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-21-05 03:57 AM
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