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A.I.G.’s board has rejected a plan to sell its Asian life insurance arm to Prudential, which would have provided the U.S. government with its first major bailout repayment. The New York Times finance reporter, Louise Story, explains why A.I.G.’s shareholders are holding out and what this means for the taxpayer.

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