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Breaking News at around 11:30 ET Bush, Bernanke Support Stimulus Package Thursday January 17, 11:23 am ET By Jeannine Aversa, AP Economics Writer Bush and Bernanke Back Package to Stimulate Weakening Economy WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday embraced calls for an economic stimulus package to avert recession. Bernanke said such a plan should be quickly implemented and temporary so that it won't complicate longer-term fiscal challenges. ... Link at http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080117/economy_stimulus.html ************************ Merrill Lynch Posts Steep 4Q Loss Thursday January 17, 11:02 am ET By Joe Bel Bruno, AP Business Writer Merrill Lynch Posts Almost $10B Loss in 4th-Qtr on Write-Downs Amid Credit Crisis Fallout NEW YORK (AP) -- Merrill Lynch & Co. on Thursday recorded its biggest quarterly loss since being founded 94 years ago after the world's largest brokerage took almost $15 billion worth of write-downs from bad subprime mortgage bets. ************************ Europe ******** FTSE 100 : 5,902.40 -40.50 (-0.68%) DAX : 7,413.53 -58.04 (-0.78%) CAC 40 : 5,157.09 -68.30 (-1.31%) Dual Listing at 11:59 ET ************** NYSE:TLK : USD 38.92 Equals to IDR 9,197 compares to Closing at IDX --> IDX:TLKM IDR 9,200 NYSE:IIT : USD 38.45 Equals to IDR 7,269 compares to Closing at IDX --> IDX:TLKM IDR 7,250 Best Regards, Patric
