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02 Mar 2009 17:52

Asset corrosion

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The insurance giant got less onerous terms on its bailout package and is hiving off businesses. But even as it tries to wind down bad assets, its plans for isolating the financial products division – the main source of its $99bn loss in 2008 - are still clear as mud.

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