<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081104/bs_nm/us_financial_treasury_firms_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081104/2008_11_04t005700_450x386_us_financial_treasury_fi rms_usa.jpg?x=130&y=111&q=85&sig=VMz_heMhxl_b2U612 .whuA--" align="left" height="111" width="130" alt="Secretary of Treasury Henry Paulson talks about financial markets and the Market Stability Initiative in the Cash Room of the Treasury Department in Washington, October 14, 2008. (Larry Downing/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The U.S. Treasury Department is considering using more of its $700 billion rescue fund to buy stakes in a broad range of financial companies, not just banks and insurers, after tentative signs of the program's success, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.</p><br clear="all"/>

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(Reuters)