Fitch Ratings-Frankfurt/London-27 February 2009: Fitch Ratings has today assigned SPESSART 2009-1 GmbH’s EUR1,637,500,000 class A floating rate notes ( ISIN: DE000A0XE8M0), due 2052, a ‘AA’ rating with a Stable Outlook.

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Taking his economic pitch to an area hard-hit by foreclosures, President Barack Obama promised strong measures to help people struggling with their mortgages and renewed his call for quick passage of fiscal stimulus legislation, saying “the time for talk is over.”

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Taking his economic pitch to an area hard-hit by foreclosures, President Barack Obama promised strong measures to help people struggling with their mortgages and renewed his call for quick passage of fiscal stimulus legislation, saying “the time for talk is over.”

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Taking his economic pitch to an area hard-hit by foreclosures, President Barack Obama promised strong measures to help people struggling with their mortgages and renewed his call for quick passage of fiscal stimulus legislation, saying “the time for talk is over.”

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Taking his economic pitch to an area hard-hit by foreclosures, President Barack Obama promised strong measures to help people struggling with their mortgages and renewed his call for quick passage of fiscal stimulus legislation, saying “the time for talk is over.”