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Treasury planning a program to attract private capital alongside public capital to financial institutions.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Friday that the U.S. government was working on a plan to buy stock in financial institutions by using part of the $700 billion authorized by Congress to stabilize the financial system.
“We are [...]

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The troubled automaker issues a statement saying that it is not considering bankruptcy, after its shares sank 31% in Thursday trading.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — General Motors is not considering bankruptcy, the company said in a prepared statement Friday. The announcement was in response to the automaker’s precipitous stock price decline the previous day, a spokesman [...]

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