The display of leashes looks like high-end stuff. There is not only leather but carpincho -- the tanned hide of a capybara -- something I would like for a belt.
With the latest lawsuit, taxpayers might again ask why the Federal Reserve was so eager to bail out all of AIG's deals linked to problematic CDOs at 100 cents on the dollar. The largest beneficiary of that largess was Goldman Sachs.
On Sunday, the New York Times wrote another story about the relationship between Goldman Sachs and AIG. Their theories are contradictory and many of the supporting "facts" don't stand up to serious scrutiny.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York paid French banks 100 cents on the dollar to settle trades with American International Group Inc. in November 200...