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Nikkei lost 62 points. stocks fell monday as investors locked in gains on the rally. traders held off on big bets. news americans cut back their credit card use in july underscored the economy. several firms slashed price target. aig fell 2% after the u.s. sold $18 billion worth of its stock. bp is selling oil fields for just over $5.5 billion. leapfrog tumbled 9% after toys "r" us announced planss to launch their own educational tablet next month. hp will play off more people bringing the total...

Stock at aig is jumping up. the stock of all of the financial planners off their lows. we are in good shape. it was all worth it, what do you think? >> i say no. i think the notion of too big to fail is something the mentality in this country kneel whether it be especially in the bigger business of the aigs of the world the bank of americas is this notion now in the united states that someone will bail me out. i think that that runs counter intuitive to what capitalism is. >> the europeans rescu...

Be the gleareen energy has push away from that opportunity and set this country back. if he would have worked with the energy industry he would have created more jobs and been with energy today. >> my energy policy wont be made by oil companies. it is the solyndras either. we have had a policy that has been created that. >> always good seeing you. thank you. >> aig wins. reaction right now from the president announcing he sold aig stock. making the tax pier minority shareholders for the first ...

Months of negotiating the union and the school district failed to reach a midnight deadline on a new contract. at issue, everything from pay raises to class size to the role of standardized testing. >> im not an expert on such things, but i would guess teachers going on strike at the beginning of the school year probably not a good pr move for teachers. sorry. sorry. its not going to work out well for them, willie. >> i was in chicago over the weekend. this is a huge story there, obviously. a fr...

On. the government is loosening up. bailed out aig. here to explain lauren simonetti from the fox business network. thank you for joining us. >> u.s. treasury selling 18 billion in public shares. it will make them a minority shareholder for the first time in four years. treasury state gets reduced to 20 percent. >> so students having trouble paying back their student loans. 1 in 6 falling behind. >> 76 billion defaulted last year for perspective. that is greater than the annual tuition for all s...

Armageddon. theres a sort of toetology. you saw what happened with lehman. aig was next. goldman sachs would be gone, morgan stanley would have been gone, city bank would have been gone and some would have said, hey, that might have been a good system. but as you said, a condition for this bailout getting passed because it wasnt passing before hand wasnt just to pour a bunch of money into the banks because of their irresponsible bets going into the crisis. it with us going to help it was going p...

virginia. ryan monroe is the editor of cnnpolitics.com. hes joining us from our washington bureau. sources telling cnn that it will be paul ryan. what do you think? what do you think he brings to the ticket? >> this is either going to be his boldest move or probably his riskiest mistake. paul ryan is a galvanizing force. for conservative republicans, hes seen as the voice behind conservatism. he is the voice that wants to get rid of medicare. if either of those are truthful, it will be...

romneyryan.com already running this morning. and it says, heres a chance to meet your comeback team. links to romney/portman and romney/rubio dont go anywhere. they will make the announcement in norfolk, virginia, at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. thats where hes kicking off a bus tour. brian monroe is the editor of cnnpolitics.com. hes joining me from our washington bureau. good morning. sources telling cnn, the v.p. pick will be paul ryan. what do you think? what would ryan bring to the tic...

Go if government, key positions and go back to goldman sachs. they put instruments out there, they knew were bad. sold to the client. then they bet against it getting insurance. you knowing a, the big insurance company -- you know aig, the big insurance company. the first money bail out for the government is $150 billion. goldman got the first check to take care of those losses. not only that, the bush administration, the secretary of the treasury was goldman ceo. if these guys are the worst of ...

That sponsored manchester united was aig, so i rest my case. [laughter] >> you know what, brenda, per susans point, why arent they sponsoring a chinese sports team or something. and own peugot and-- >> and manchester united. >> we dont tell them how to advertise. we have a right-- >> and they got taxpayer money and-- >> its football. >> thats got to be the last word, guys. thanks so much. and thanks to susan very much for joining us, we appreciate it. winning goals cost athletes serious grown fr...