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U.S. Weighs Purchasing Stakes in More Firms

Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed found this 11/4/2008 on online.wsj.com

WASHINGTON -- The Treasury Department is considering using more of its $700 billion rescue fund to buy stakes in a broad range of financial companies, not just banks and insurers, after tentative signs of the program's success, according to people familiar with the matter. In focus are ...