U.S. Said to Invest $125 Billion Between Nine Banks

"The Bush administration will announce a plan to rescue frozen credit markets that includes spending about half of a total of $250 billion for stakes in nine major banks, according to people briefed on the matter.

Banks are Citigroup Inc., Wells Fargo & Co., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley, State Street Corp., and Bank of New York Mellon Corp., said the people. One of the people also said Merrill Lynch & Co. will receive an investment."

Source: By Robert Schmidt and Peter Cook of Bloomberg