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US considers $85bn AIG rescue

Fed to give AIG $85 billion loan and take 80% stake

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After Hours Summary
AIG -29.3% (Fed to give AIG $85 bln loan and take 80% stake - NY Times)

Companies trading higher in after hours in reaction to earnings
ADBE +3.7%...
Companies trading lower in after hours in reaction to earnings
MS -3.5%...
Companies trading higher in after hours in reaction to news: SNDK +52.7% (receives $26 bid from Samsung; Samsung announces proposal for combination with SanDisk in letter to Board of Directors; Board unanimously rejects Samsung's unsolicited proposal); HOKU +11.3% (Tianwei commits to additional $227 Million of polysilicon from Hoku)...
Companies trading lower in reaction to news
AIG -29.3% (Fed to give AIG $85 bln loan and take 80% stake - NY Times); VSE -16.7% (announces that it has commenced a 20 mln share common stock offering); COIN -9.9% (announces redemption of Class A Warrants); MNI -8.8% (reports revenues in August '08 decreased 15.7% and advertising revenues fell 17.8% from a year ago); WB -5.0% (names Kenneth Phelan Chief Risk Officer); ABK -4.2% (confirms limited direct exposure to Lehman Brothers Holdings and its subsidiaries); GILD -3.7% (receives complete response letter from U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Aztreonam Lysine for Inhalation, an investigational treatment for cystic Fibrosis); MDRX -1.6% (Update on Allscripts-Misys transaction; Lehman committed to a $305 mln term and revolving credit facility agreement).

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POT, DD, AGU, CF, TRA, PX, APD at Credit Suisse Chemical Conf.

PRGN, TDW, KEX, TBSI, SSW, SFL at Jefferies & Co. Shipping, Logistics & Offshore Services Conf.

VRS at UBS Global Paper & Forest Products Conf.

WIN, Q, EQ, ATVI, FRP, AMT at Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conf.

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