Breaking News Alert The New York Times Wednesday, November 12, 2008 -- 11:22 AM ET -----
Paulson Shifts Bailout Focus to Borrowers and Non-Banks
Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. said that the $700 billion financial bailout program would not be used to buy troubled mortgage-backed assets, as originally intended. Instead, capital would be provided directly to nonbank companies as well as banks and financial institutions, and that more would be done to prevent home foreclosures.
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