| October 2008 |
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The U.S. government will buy shares of U.S. banks and financial institutions to help stabilize the economy amid the ongoing global financial crisis, President George W. Bush said on Tuesday. 
The Russian government has vowed to provide $9 billion to the four largest oil and gas companies to refinance their foreign debt, a Russian business daily reported on Tuesday. 