Two banks financing a buyout of the Huntsman Corporation have backed out of the $6.5 billion deal, which grew increasingly rancorous as the economy worsened.

The Swiss government said it would take a 9 percent stake in UBS and provide it with $5.36 billion in capital.

UBS will receive a lifeline worth as much as $60 billion from the Swiss National Bank.

The two leading Swiss banks said they had emergency support totaling some $14.1 billion, from the authorities or from outside investors.

The two leading Swiss banks said they had emergency support totaling some $14.1 billion, from the authorities or from outside investors.

The two leading Swiss banks said that they had secured emergency support totaling some $14.1 billion, either from the Swiss authorities or from outside investors.

Amgen’s experimental bone drug reduced the risk of spinal fractures in women with osteoporosis by 68 percent in a pivotal clinical trial.

The collapse of Lehman has sent creditors scrambling to protect their assets.

An indicted former Credit Suisse broker was in custody Thursday to face charges over deceptive sales of subprime-related auction-rate debt, the F.B.I. said.

Two former brokers at Credit Suisse have been indicted on fraud and conspiracy charges in connection with the sale of auction-rate securities, federal prosecutors said.