1 AIG gets multiple bailouts
The business pages were filled with stories about AIG getting billions from the government to prevent a collapse, even while the company paid for a luxury corporate retreat. By year's end, the insurer announced a $1 salary for its CEO and no pay raises in 2009 for top execs, though some received “retention” payouts.

2 Lehman Brothers folds
Refused government aid, 158-year-old Lehman Brothers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in one of Wall Street's most ...