US Treasury to sell $4.5 bn of AIG shares

The US Treasury Department announced Friday it will sell $4.5 billion of its American International Group shares, with AIG lined up to buy up to $3.0 billion of them.

AIG, which received more than $180 billion in a government rescue amid the 2008-2009 financial crisis, has been buying back shares as it recovers profitability.

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