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AIG on hook for $400bn credit default swaps

AIG was about to go bankrupt because it had promised over $400 billion to people holding credit swap defaults with them on, among others, Lehman Bros—$400bn that the company didn't have.

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AIG on hook for $400bn credit default swaps
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