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To: The Ox who wrote (40672)10/8/2008 1:58:52 AM
From: The Ox  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 95617
 
U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government is preparing a rescue package that will include capital injections for Britain's banks struggling to fund themselves, said three people with knowledge of the situation. As part of the plan, the government may buy preference shares to take partial control of the banks, the people said.

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bloomberg.com

Good idea...why didn't we think of this in the US?