The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. February 3, 2010 AIG to Pay $100M in Bonuses --------------------------- The bailed-out insurance giant AIG has announced plans to hand out an estimated $100 million in bonuses today. The firm says the payments are the last in a retention program at its financial products division, whose practices helped bring the firm near collapse before its rescue by the largest government bailout in history. .