WaMu Said to Approach Blackstone as Bailout Debated

``We doubt that any sale will occur without massive assistance from the
FDIC, which normally waits until a failure,'' Egan-Jones Ratings Co. wrote
in a report yesterday. ``Without timely assistance, WaMu will fail.''

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