The Swiss banking giant agreed to buy back nearly $20 billion in auction-rate securities from investors, a day after Citigroup reached a similar settlement with regulators.

Wall Street rises on oil slide and financials (Reuters)

Reuters - Stocks rebounded on Tuesday, rising more than 2 percent on another sharp slide in oil prices and after Merrill Lynch's latest write-down and share sale hinted at a possible turning point in the credit crisis.

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