Top Business Stories for Tue, Mar 17

Bernard Madoff. Photo/ AP

Top business stories from nzherald.co.nz for Tue, Mar 17:

Bonuses for AIG? No way, says Obama [Obama talks tough on AIG bonuses]
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama today issued a blistering attack on American International Group and pledged to stop the struggling insurance and investment giant from paying out millions in executive bonuses.

Fonterra seeks $17m lawsuit against newspaper
Fonterra is seeking a billion rupee (about $17 million) gagging writ over a Sri Lankan newspaper allegation that its milk products have been adulterated with palm oil or other vegetable oil.

Urgent cash given for NZ winter tourism push
The tourism industry has been given an urgent $2.5 million cash injection in an attempt to get more Australians choosing New Zealand for their holidays.

First big US newspaper goes web only
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, a newspaper which has chronicled the news of the city since logs slid down its steep streets to the harbour and miners caroused in its bars before heading north to Alaska's gold fields, will print its final edition today.

Prosecutors want Madoff's wife left with 'almost nothing'
NEW YORK - Prosecutors probing Bernard Madoff's massive fraud are determined to leave his wife with almost nothing after telling a Manhattan court that they consider more than $100 million in assets, most of it listed in her name, the fruits of her husband's crimes.