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Stock index futures slid on Monday, putting Wall Street on track to extend a global rout as embattled insurer American International Group's report of a $61.7 billion quarterly loss suggested the financial crisis is worsening.

American International Group Inc posted a $61.7 billion fourth-quarter loss -- the biggest quarterly loss in corporate history -- after reaching a revised rescue deal with the U.S. government that wards off for now the prospect of crippling credit rating downgrades.

The Treasury and Federal Reserve said on Monday that ailing insurer American International Group will get up to $30 billion more from U.S. taxpayers as part of a new government rescue bid.

American International Group Inc reported a $61.7 billion fourth-quarter loss on Monday, the largest quarterly loss in U.S. corporate history, after a revised rescue plan from the U.S. government.

Insurer AIG is set to take a $30 billion lifeline from the U.S. government and HSBC plans to raise up to $18 billion to counter a crisis that is punishing companies and crippling international trade.

Insurer AIG is set to report a $60 billion (42 billion pound) fourth quarter loss and take a $30 billion lifeline from the U.S. government to survive a crisis threatening some of the world's largest companies and crippling international trade.

American International Group's board of directors has accepted a rescue package worth $30 billion, its third government bailout, according to media reports.

The U.S. government will commit another $30 billion to prop up American International Group Inc as the embattled insurer prepares to report the biggest loss in history and struggles to sell assets.

The U.S. government will commit another $30 billion to prop up American International Group Inc as the embattled insurer prepares to report the biggest loss in history and struggles to sell assets.

The U.S. government will commit another $30 billion or so into American International Group Inc as the embattled insurer prepares to report the biggest loss in history and struggles to sell assets.

The U.S. government will pour another $30 billion or so into American International Group Inc as the embattled insurer prepares to report the biggest loss in history and struggles to sell assets.

American International Group Inc's board approved the latest overhaul of a U.S. government rescue on Sunday that includes $30 billion in new equity and other measures aimed at bolstering the struggling insurer, according to a source familiar with the matter.

The board of American International Group Inc was set to vote Sunday on a revised rescue package for the giant insurer that is expected to include an additional $30 billion commitment from the U.S. government, according to a source and media reports.

American International Group Inc is close to a deal with the U.S. government that would ease the terms of its bailout, provide a further equity commitment and help it pay down debt, a person familiar with the matter said on Saturday.

American International Group Inc is close to a deal with the U.S. government that would ease the terms of its bailout, provide a further equity commitment and help it pay down debt, a person familiar with the matter said on Saturday.

American International Group Inc is close to a deal with the U.S. government that would ease the terms of its bailout, provide a further equity commitment and help it pay down debt, a person familiar with the matter said on Saturday.

American International Group Inc is close to a deal with the U.S. government that would ease the terms of its bailout, give a further equity commitment and help it pay down debt, a person familiar with the matter said on Saturday.

American International Group's mounting losses threaten to deepen another vexing problem for the giant insurer -- how to stem an increasing customer exodus.

American International Group Inc may securitize some U.S. life insurance policies and have the interest rate on a government loan lowered, as talks continue to help the insurer deal with its financial problems, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.

The U.S. government may agree to finance some buyers of American International Group Inc businesses, take stakes in assets and ease terms of its aid to the insurer, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

Beleaguered U.S. insurance giant American International Group may allow the U.S. government to take control of certain assets should the sale of stakes in various units fail to produce attractive offers, according to a source close to the matter.

American International Group and U.S. authorities are in advanced discussions over a radical restructuring that would split the insurer into at least three government-controlled divisions in an attempt to keep it afloat, the Financial Times reported on its website, citing people close to the situation.

American International Group Inc may scrap a plan to repay a $60 billion U.S. government loan by selling businesses, after failing to find enough promising bidders, Bloomberg said, citing people with knowledge of the matter.

American International Group, rescued twice last year by the U.S. government, is asking for more aid and bracing for a fourth-quarter loss of roughly $60 billion, a source familiar with the matter said. It would be the biggest loss in a quarter in corporate history.

American International Group Inc and the U.S. government are engaged in talks, as the troubled U.S. insurer faces massive losses due to writedowns on commercial real estate and other assets, according to a source and CNBC report on Monday. AIG, once the world's largest insurer, is expected to post a loss of nearly $60 billion on Monday, when it reports its results, CNBC reported ci...

American International Group Inc. launched the sale of its Asian life insurance unit, American International Assurance Co. yesterday, aiming to rise up to $20 billion that will help the bank repay a $60 billion debt with the U.S. government.

American International Group Inc will give its former chief executive Martin Sullivan a $47 million exit package.

American International Group Inc will accept up to $5 billion in losses from sales of investments from a dozen insurance units after they suffered $13 billion in writedowns linked to the collapsed subprime mortgage market.

U.S. stocks fell on Monday for the first time in three days, giving back some of Friday's gains, after a bigger-than-expected drop in New York state manufacturing and a decline in the dollar cast doubts about the state of the U.S. economy, while oil jumped $4 a barrel.