To avert an economic collapse, the administration moved forward with a controversial plan to bail out banks deemed too big to fail.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

Donohue was particularly harsh over a proposal by the White House to tax bank transactions in order to recoup some of the money used to bail out troubled banks.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

Majority Democrats in the House and Senate crafted various legislative proposals that would try to recover funds by imposing sharp taxes on bonuses paid by companies that were rescued by government bail out money.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

But his message had to compete for attention with news that the giant insurance company American International Group,or AIG, paid out $165 million in bonuses to employees after the government agreed to bail out the financially troubled company.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

AIG chief Liddy has asserted that bonuses the company paid were necessary to retain the best and brightest talent, an assertion he expressed directly to U.S.Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in a letter, adding that bonus contracts with employees were finalized well before Congress approved financial bail out funds in late 2008.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

"If there's one lesson that we've learned, it's that unfettered market where people are taking huge risks and expecting taxpayers to bail them out when things go sour is simply not acceptable."

VOA: special.2010.04.16

the retention bonuses were put in place at the beginning of 2008, before AIG received any bail-out money.

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

Germany is a major part of the European Union bail-out plan for Greece.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

The Emirate's Central Bank has said it will not give an unconditional bail-out to Dubai World, but look at components of the company to see if they are worth saving.

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

Mr.Obama is making the change amid outrage over record payouts to financial executives, some of whom work at companies that needed Washington to bail them out with billions of taxpayer dollars last year.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

Labor has come under vehement criticism from the opposition Conservatives for the government's bail-out of failing banks and for large public spending that many analysts say will leave future generations with a mounting public debt.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

"We believe he will be confirmed. There is no doubt there is anger and frustration in this country about the direction of our economy, and about what has happened with excessive risk-taking by big banks, and the American people having to lend their hard-earned money to bail them out.

VOA: standard.2010.01.24