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Indonesia asks state businesses to buy back shares

By Associated Press
Thursday, October 9, 2008 -

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia’s president urged state companies Thursday to buy up their own shares to quell a stampede of selling that sent the main stock index skidding more than 20 percent this week.

A trading freeze imposed on the Jakarta Stock Exchange on Wednesday in response to sudden, steep loses is to be lifted Friday, said Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati.

 
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A trader makes a phone call on the empty trading floor as the market is suspended at Indonesia Stock Exchange in Jakarta, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008.

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