Stocks collapse in the wake of the government bailout of AIG: A trader covers his face in the S&P 500 options pit at the Chicago Board Options Exchange on September 17, 2008 in Chicago. The S&P 500 closed down 57 points at 1,156.39 and the Dow lost nearly 450 points closing at 10,609.66 amid investor anxieties about the financial system following the government's bailout of insurer American International Group, Inc. on Tuesday. (UPI Photo/Brian Kersey)
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