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October 10th, 2008 at 8:38 pm

US to take stake in banks, first since Depression (AP)

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, left, talks with Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson during the G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Ministerial meeting, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, at the Treasury Department in Washington.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - The government will buy an ownership stake in a broad array of American banks for the first time since the Great Depression, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said late Friday, announcing the historic step after stock markets jolted still lower around the world despite all efforts to slow the selling stampede.


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