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epa01491854 Trader works in the S and P 500 pit at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in Chicago, Illinois, USA, 17 September 2008. The United States government hoped to reassure investors today that its unprecedented 85-billion-dollar loan and effective takeover of insurance giant American International Group Inc (AIG) would keep the credit crisis from spreading across the industry. EPA/KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI