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Clarify a story heard on French news
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Only got the last bit of a story tonight that some people from some company that was bought out by the US govt., spent a week at the most expensive hotel in California - at the tax payers expense. Apparently the bill for massages during their week for these executives was 30,000€.
Does anyone have any further info, I've been Googling but cannot find anything.
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OK found it, AIG.
Some details here.
The figures quoted in the French news aren't the same as the articles though. Whats a couple of thousand dollars in todays news anyway.
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I'm not really interested in the article, but what I do think is neat is that the stock figures in the article have real time updating without having to refresh the page.
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I envision a commercial with a bunch of execs in a room moping around.
Bob: *crying* If we don't get that bailout, I wont be able to buy that second yacht and 8th summer home.
Joe: Tough break, Bob. I had to tell the wife to only spend $40,000 on designer purses this week. We had to cut back.
Guy: Ouch! Joe, you're in the servants' quarters tonight. That can't be easy. *pats Bob on the back* Come on Bob, buck up. *hands Bob a $100 bill to blow his nose on*
TV: Today the nearly $1 trillion bailout bill passed...
Execs: Severance packages! BOOYAH! *high fives all around*
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Appropriately, AIG is the company that plasters its logo across the kits of Manchester United.
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And it seems that AIG just got some more money today. Maybe the hotel wasn't up to scratch?
Seems that Barclays employees are also having some fun.
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