A security guard greets workers outside the AIG headquarters in New York's financial district
A security guard greets workers outside the AIG headquarters in New York's financial district September 15, 2008. Shares of American International Group fell more than 50 percent in early trading on reports that the insurer had turned to the Federal Reserve for $40 billion in bridge financing to ward off a liquidity crisis and ratings downgrades. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES)