Corporations are sitting on record cash, some $1 trillion.
Mr. Greenberg reported record cash flow for A.I.G. of $3.58 billion, up from $2.5 billion a year ago.
Domestic revenues in 2013 total $2.76 billion, down 11.2 percent from where business was at last year, when Hollywood took in record cash.
"Companies clearly have had record cash on the books for a year and a half now," said Alec Young, an equity strategist at Standard & Poor's Equity Research.
"We had another impressive quarter with strong earnings growth, record cash flows and solid returns to shareholders through dividends and share buybacks," said Randall L. Stephenson, AT&T's chief executive.
Amari urged Japanese firms to use their record cash holdings to raise wages and increase capital spending to generate sustainable growth led by the private sector, instead of relying on government to always take the lead.
It is a notable reversal of fortunes from a few years ago, when the US and European economies were struggling to bounce back from recession while big business were sitting on record cash piles.
The company has reported publicly that it had record cash flow in 15 of the last 16 years, though it is not clear whether that is partly due to expansion by acquisition.
It is the second-biggest class-action agreement to stem from the financial crisis, behind Bank of America's $2.4 billion settlement with aggrieved investors last year.Moody's Investor Service reported that non-financial companies in America had amassed a record cash pile of $1.45 trillion at the end of 2012, much of it because of the swelling coffers at tech companies.
equities rather than grab some of the record cash contributions corporate America is offering shareholders.
NAB, Australia's fourth-largest bank by market value, reported a record cash profit of A$5.9bn last year.
