Sunday, October 12, 2008

Merkel urges coordinated financial rescue
BERLIN (AP): Coordinated national rescue efforts for the financial markets are needed to restore confidence in the world economy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in comments published on Sunday.
``Only an act of the state can bring back the needed trust,'' Merkel told Bild am Sonntag newspaper in an interview Saturday after meeting with French President Nicholas Sarkozy.