NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government is selling more of its shares in insurer American International Group Inc., in a move that should decrease its holdings below a majority stake for the first time since the $182 billion bailout in 2008.
The sale is the latest step to recoup taxpayer money spent on the largest bailout of the financial crisis.
AIG said Sunday that the Treasury Department is selling $18 billion worth of its common shares to institutional investors.
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