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From our Economic Editor: Dow Up 413 On Signs Of Recovering Credit Market — Momentum Builds For New Package To Boost The Economy — Merrill Lynch To Cut Thousands Of Jobs — Bush Advisor Says “Parts of U.S.” Are In Recession —Turmoil May Make Americans Savers, Worsening ‘Nasty’ Recession — Options Pointing To $50 Per Barrel Oil — Banks Braced For Lehman Bros. Insurer’s Deadline — US Highly Inflationary Monetary Growth Will Lead To Dollar Implosion — China’s Growth Rate Falls As Economic Gloom Spreads East — South Korea’s $130 Billion Guarantee May Not Be Enough — Do Our Rulers Know Enough To Avoid 1930s Replay? — Baby Boomers Go Bust As Retirement Savings Tank — Gobbled Up By The Derivatives Monster (The Mogambo Guru) — Is The Catharsis Yet To Come?