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The American government made its biggest intervention yet in the credit crises by taking control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The government sponsored enterprises have financed around 80% of all mortgages in the America this year, with a larege part of their $5 trillion debt and mortgage backed security owned by Central Bank and investors outside the United States. Hank Paulson the treasury secretary reiterated that the both companies are so large and so interwoven in the American financial system that the failure of either one will cause great turmoil in world markets.

Stock market briefly rallied on the news of Fannie's and Freddie's rescue, however stock brokers in the city lost millions of pounds in potential commision when the London Stock Exchange suspended trading because of a computer failure.

Lehman Brothers suffered another rocky week. The Investment Bank predicted another huge quarterly lost and unveiled more measures to boost its capital including a sale of property assets, earlier its share price tanked when Korea Developmented Bank pulled out of talks about buying a stake. Credit defaults swaps on Lehman's debt led to level higher even than in March when the market were in turmoil preceding the bailout of Bear Stearns.

Washington Mutual ousted its chief executive. Kerry Killinger has led the Seattle based bank since 1990, turning it into one of the America's leading mortgage lenders.

The Pentagon suspended a controversial competition for a $35 billion contract to build new flying tankers. The airforce had awarded the contract to an aircraft made jointly by EADS and Northrop Grumman, but boeing complained about the procedure for accessing the bids and in July the whole process was reopened. Robert Gates America's defence secretary now thinks a cooling off period is needed.

Altria the parent company of Philip Morris USA agreed to buy UST in an $11.7 billion deal. UST makes America's leading brands of smokeless tobacco, Copenhagen and Skoal. Although there are fewer somkers in the America the number of people chewing tobacco has shot up. It is particular popular in the south.

OPEC ministers revised their complex yield allocations which the cartel's president said amounted to a cut of 520,000 barrels a day in output based on what member countries actually produced. Some OPEC members are keen not to let the oil prices fall too far. They have dropped to almost $100 a barrel from higher of more than $145 in July.