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SEC extends short sale ban to give Congress time (Reuters)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081002/bs_nm/us_financial_sec_extension"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081002/2008_10_01t201203_307x450_us_sec_short_sale.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=bPnEWb4XkgF3nJwlhFvh.w--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="A trader watches screens as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, September 29, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. securities regulators on Wednesday extended an emergency ban on short selling in more than 950 financial stocks to give Congress time to finish legislation to rescue the financial system.</p><br clear="all"/>