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After months of planning, AIG announced Thursday that it had entered into an agreement with the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York about how it will repay in full its obligations to the U.S. government and regain its independence.

After a decade of stellar growth, Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin will sell five million of the search engine's shares over the next five years, which could net them $5.5 billion at the current share price.