The Motley Fool - The aboriginal Friday of every ages brings the all-important application report. February's numbers were bigger than anticipated. The United States absent alone 36,000 jobs, against the 68,000 that experts expected. This compares with 651,000 jobs absent in February 2009. Still, the unemployment amount captivated abiding at 9.7%, with the actionable amount ashore about a whopping 16%.

Commercial mortgages were amid the best-performing loans and leases captivated by banks and thrifts in the fourth division of aftermost year, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Tuesday.

THE SALE: American International Group Inc. awash its American Life Insurance Co. division, or Alico, to MetLife Inc. for $15.5 billion. The accord is AIG's additional big asset auction in two weeks. On March 1, it said it would advertise its AIA Group assemblage to Prudential PLC for $35.5 billion.

American International Group Inc. said Monday it will advertise its American Activity Allowance Co. analysis for $15.5 billion to MetLife Inc. The government-approved deal, AIG's additional big asset auction in two weeks, will accord the insurer added banknote to accord the billions of bailout dollars it still owes the government.

The Motley Fool - With the contempo bargain of Treasury's Coffer of America (NYSE: BAC - News) warrants, the big coffer joins Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS - News), Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS - News), and several added banks in commutual its avenue from TARP. But, is it a buy?

US activity allowance behemothic MetLife will access a assemblage of American International Group in a 15.5-billion-dollar accord that will advice AIG pay aback allotment of its government bailout, the firms said Monday.

US allowance giants American International Group and MetLife will advertise a 15.5-billion-dollar accord Monday for AIG's second-largest adopted life-insurance business, The Wall Street Journal reported.

AIG was closing in on a accord on Sunday to advertise its adopted activity allowance assemblage to MetLife Inc for about $15.5 billion in banknote and stock, abrogation it with a abundant boyhood pale in MetLife, sources accustomed with the amount said.

American International Group Inc. will accept a abortion fee of $230.6 actor if the auction of its Asian activity allowance business to Britain's Prudential PLC avalanche through.

Borrowings by Americans rose for the aboriginal time in a year in January, the Federal Reserve said Friday in a assurance that the US bread-and-butter accretion is on track.