US reaches bailout deal in bid to stem crisis - Reuters

<font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><br><div style="padding-top:0.8em;"><img alt="" height="1" width="1"></div><div class="lh"><table border="0" align="right" cellspacing="0" style="font-size:100%;font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><tr><td width="80" align="center" style="padding-left:6px;" valign="top"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/0-0i-0&fd=R&url=http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html%3Fid%3De3e921d3-daea-40fb-8f12-15070354311c&cid=1249676026&ei=QpffSKvnPIfK8ATjiajmDw&usg=AFQjCNFh7qaebdmrKK9D7hjNDfv1TTKbag"><img src="http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=MRcw_XB7xCAJ&imgurl=a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/media.canada.com/4bffca32-8393-4582-a216-f2db7777bafd/bailout27.jpg%3Fsize%3Dl" width="80" height="80" alt="" border="1"><br><font size="-2">Canada.com</font></a></td></tr></table><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/0-0-0&fd=R&url=http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE48R0KA20080928&cid=1249676026&ei=QpffSKvnPIfK8ATjiajmDw&usg=AFQjCNEsR6xsTcnzsogYXXwJF6sKEiciKQ"><b>US reaches bailout deal in bid to stem crisis</b></a><br><font size="-1"><b><font color="#6f6f6f">Reuters -</font> 7 hours ago</b></font><br><font size="-1">By Kevin Drawbaugh and Donna Smith WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US lawmakers on Sunday were set to sign off on a deal to create a $700 billion fund to buy bad debt from ailing banks in a bid to stem an escalating credit crisis that!
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