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US to take stake in banks, first since Depression
Friday October 10, 7:36 pm ET
By Jeannine Aversa, AP Economics Writer
US will take stake in private banks, first time since Depression; word follows new market jolt
WASHINGTON (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.