... But Liddy disputed that. "I take offense, Sir," he said. "Well you take it rightly. Offense was intended," shot back Lynch. Associated Press writers Jim Kuhnhenn, Jennifer Loven and Stevenson Jacobs contributed to this story.

... Rosenberg. "This is a complicated process that will encumber the economy for many years," Battipaglia said. Associated Press Business Writers Rachel Beck, Tim Paradis, Madlen Read and Stevenson Jacobs in New York contributed to this report.

... further rate cuts beyond the current 1.5 percent, which is already near historic lows. Associated Press writers Stevenson Jacobs and Tim Paradis in New York; George Jahn in Vienna; Louis Watt and Carlo Piovano in London; and Martin Crutsinger ...

... counterparts that AIG is in fact on the road to recovery," he said. AP writer Ieva M. Augstums in Charlotte, N.C., Stevenson Jacobs in New York, Deb Riechmann, Martin Crutsinger and Alan Zibel in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report ...