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After AIG Rescue, Fed May Find More At Its Door

The AIG logo is shown Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008 in New York. U.S. stocks headed for a lower open Wednesday, with investors still anxious about the financial sector even after the government bailed out the insurer American International Group Inc. and Barclays PLC bought a chunk of Lehman Brothers. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

WASHINGTON - In one $85 billion (47 billion pound) fell swoop, the U.S. Federal Reserve may have wiped out what credibility it won resisting Lehman Brothers' rescue plea and opened its door to countless other companies to come calling for cash.

By providing a massive loan to American International Group on Tuesday, just two days after refusing to use public funds to save Lehman Brothers from bankruptcy, the central bank also invited tough questions on how exactly it determined whether a company was too big to fail.

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