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Thats what he told liz from the "fox business" network. goldman sachs did it because they thought -- it didnt work out. they still took the bail out money. the treasury secretary forced it upon them and the media uncovered the backdoor bail lout. when they bailed out aig -- >> thats the greenburg thing, that it went through. >> gave everybody 100 cents on the dollar. they were made money good by the bailout of aig so it didnt work out. >> neil: fast forward to today. why are some goldman shareho...

>> dana: the other thing they spend money on, you think its easy to privatize the post office. maybe we dont need the usda to make the ads for us. college students are learning how to use a microwave. manual not being able to actually close saturday delivery for the post office, that that is what happened. >> eric: they are going on trips. >> dana: a huge conference. there is conference where there is golf. >> eric: $200 million here, somewhere. spend $2 million -- >> dana: $2 million, $220,000 ...

>> dana: the other thing they spend money on, you think its easy to privatize the post office. maybe we dont need the usda to make the ads for us. college students are learning how to use a microwave. manual not being able to actually close saturday delivery for the post office, that that is what happened. >> eric: they are going on trips. >> dana: a huge conference. there is conference where there is golf. >> eric: $200 million here, somewhere. spend $2 million -- >> dana: $2 million, $220,000 ...

During the height of the crisis. talk about biting the hand that feeds you. this is really clearly it. greenberg, though, hes going at this alone. the company says no, we are not backing your effort because then youve got aigs current chief, hes been very outspoken about the fact that company has paid the government back in full plus almost $23 billion profit on top. his thinking it would be a pr nightmare for the company to turn around and sue for money. carol? >> alison kosik, reporting live f...

Expected to sign it into law. while it legalizes civil unions colorados constitution says marriage can only be between a man and a woman. turning now to your money. hank greenberg, former head of aig, you remember aig? well, mr. greenberg is doubling the size of his lawsuit against the government and oh, by the way, you the taxpayer, to $55 billion. alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange. remind us again why taxpayers might be a little outraged at this. >> first of all, hank greenberg ...

And financial performance. another tech giant made the top of the list as well, that was apple. although coming in at number two, it was at number one last year. but all that disappointing f financial news offset some of the love people are feeling for apples product and services. disney, google, johnson & johnson rounded out the top five. >> someone asked me, and i guessed apple, but, no, number two. cool. so who is at the bottom? >> a huge shocker. are you sitting in financial companies. finan...

>>gretchen: 46 minutes past the top of the hour. quick headlines for you now. the findings are in. the most reputable company in america is amazon. they took the top spot from apple. the study looked at things like product quality and how it treats employees. coming in last? a.i.g. for the fifth straight year. if youre ever hit by a car this would be the one you want hitting you. volvo introducing a pedestrian air bag. it deploys from under the hood. this is the area where most head injuries tak...

Sequester number, were pumping $85 billion into the banking system every month. >> the aig bailout was $85 billion. this is actual leave a good day. defense spending i think will be scary. this is a good day. we areca actually keeping government at a minimum. i think the white house is cracking big time. i i think this blew up in their face. theyre toth used to winning why they scare and they lost today. theyre on their heels. >> how did they lose today?e >> they planned a message strategy that ...

We are pumping $85 billion sequester number, we are pumping $85 billion in the banking system every month. $85 billion in the -- >> dana: the aig bail-out was $85 billion. >> andrea: this is a good day. defense spending i think is scary but this should be a good day. this isnt a scary day. we are actually keeping government at a minimum. i think the white house is cracking big-time. this blew up in their face. they are so used to winning when they scare and they lost today. they are on their hee...

We are pumping $85 billion sequester number, we are pumping $85 billion in the banking system every month. $85 billion in the -- >> dana: the aig bail-out was $85 billion. >> andrea: this is a good day. defense spending i think is scary but this should be a good day. this isnt a scary day. we are actually keeping government at a minimum. i think the white house is cracking big-time. this blew up in their face. they are so used to winning when they scare and they lost today. they are on their hee...