A pedestrian walks past the Bank of Canada in Ottawa, Tuesday …
January 3, 2009
(The Canadian Press) - A pedestrian walks past the Bank of Canada in Ottawa, Tuesday Dec. 9, 2008. The central bank cut its trendsetting rate by three-quarters of a point to bring the target for the overnight rate to the lowest level in half a century at 1.5 per cent. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
A pedestrian walks past the Bank of Canada in Ottawa, Tuesday …
A Chrysler sign is seen on the front of the Chrysler headquarters …
January 3, 2009
(Reuters) - A Chrysler sign is seen on the front of the Chrysler headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan in this August 4, 2007 file photo. The company on Friday received an initial $4 billion emergency loan from the U.S. government, two days after the government completed a parallel payout to its larger rival General Motors Corp. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
A Chrysler sign is seen on the front of the Chrysler headquarters …
A Chrysler sign is seen on the front of Chrysler’s Detroit Axle …
January 3, 2009
(Reuters) - A Chrysler sign is seen on the front of Chrysler’s Detroit Axle Plant in Detroit, Michigan December 12, 2008. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
A Chrysler sign is seen on the front of Chrysler’s Detroit Axle …
A logo on the IndyMac Bank corporate headquarters building is …
January 3, 2009
(Reuters) - A logo on the IndyMac Bank corporate headquarters building is seen in Pasadena, California July 8, 2008. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok
A logo on the IndyMac Bank corporate headquarters building is …
An investor looks at the share index at Kenanga Investment Bank …
January 3, 2009
(The Canadian Press) - An investor looks at the share index at Kenanga Investment Bank in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Asian stock markets opened 2009 mostly higher Friday, with Hong Kong’s benchmark up 2 percent, as shares in commodities and telecom companies advanced. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Lai Seng Si
An investor looks at the share index at Kenanga Investment Bank …
A man walks his dog near the yacht ‘Bull’, owned by a company …
January 3, 2009
(Reuters) - A man walks his dog near the yacht ‘Bull’, owned by a company belonging to financier Bernard L. Madoff, which is moored in Port Gallice in Juans Les Pins, southern France January 2, 2009. Authorities have said in court documents that Madoff confessed to running a Ponzi scheme for years that had losses of $50 billion in what would be Wall Street’s largest fraud. REUTERS/Sebastien Nogier (FRANCE)
A man walks his dog near the yacht ‘Bull’, owned by a company …
A worker secures a large Ford sign to a truck after removing …
January 3, 2009
(Reuters) - A worker secures a large Ford sign to a truck after removing it from Al Long Ford auto dealership in Warren, Michigan December 23, 2008. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
A worker secures a large Ford sign to a truck after removing …
Workers wearing T-shirts with company slogans at the Shenzhen …
January 3, 2009
(Reuters) - Workers wearing T-shirts with company slogans at the Shenzhen High-Tech Industrial Park in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen in Guangdong province, November 25, 2008. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
Workers wearing T-shirts with company slogans at the Shenzhen …
Officers and employees of securities companies cast shadows …
January 3, 2009
(Reuters) - Officers and employees of securities companies cast shadows on a sign of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) during a ceremony marking the end of trading in 2008 at the TSE in Tokyo, December 30, 2008. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Officers and employees of securities companies cast shadows …
Nokia Chief Executive Officer Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo listens to …
January 3, 2009
(Reuters) - Nokia Chief Executive Officer Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo listens to a question during the Nokia Capital Markets Day in New York, in this file photo from December 4, 2008. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Nokia Chief Executive Officer Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo listens to …
A bent over sign advertising a home for sale is shown in Daly …
January 3, 2009
(Reuters) - A bent over sign advertising a home for sale is shown in Daly City, California, December 31, 2008. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith
A bent over sign advertising a home for sale is shown in Daly …
A car hauler transports new Dodge Ram pick-up trucks from a …
January 3, 2009
(Reuters) - A car hauler transports new Dodge Ram pick-up trucks from a lot next to the Chrysler Warren Truck plant in Warren, Michigan December 18, 2008. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
A car hauler transports new Dodge Ram pick-up trucks from a …
A shopper stands near sale signs outside the Virgin Megastore …
January 3, 2009
(Reuters) - A shopper stands near sale signs outside the Virgin Megastore in New York’s Times Square, December 26, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Segar
A shopper stands near sale signs outside the Virgin Megastore …
A customer looks at a 2009 Chevrolet Impala sedan at a dealership …
January 3, 2009
(Reuters) - A customer looks at a 2009 Chevrolet Impala sedan at a dealership in Dearborn, Michigan December 29, 2008. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
A customer looks at a 2009 Chevrolet Impala sedan at a dealership …
A stock dealer pauses during the final trading of the year at …
January 3, 2009
(Reuters) - A stock dealer pauses during the final trading of the year at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo December 30, 2008. REUTERS/Issei Kato
A stock dealer pauses during the final trading of the year at …
GMC Envoys sit on the lot at Capitol City AutoMart in Berlin, …
January 3, 2009
(The Canadian Press) - GMC Envoys sit on the lot at Capitol City AutoMart in Berlin, Vt., Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Toby Talbot
GMC Envoys sit on the lot at Capitol City AutoMart in Berlin, …
Car salesman Ray Schaffer (L) shows a customer a 2009 Chevrolet …
January 3, 2009
(Reuters) - Car salesman Ray Schaffer (L) shows a customer a 2009 Chevrolet Impala sedan at a dealership in Dearborn, Michigan December 29, 2008. General Motors and Chrysler are scheduled to each receive $4 billion of loan money today from the U.S. Treasury Department according to the terms of their agreement. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
Car salesman Ray Schaffer (L) shows a customer a 2009 Chevrolet …
General Motors employee Eddie Webster rests his hand against …
January 3, 2009
(Reuters) - General Motors employee Eddie Webster rests his hand against a new Chevy Tahoe as Union members and leadership members address a rally held to support federal aid to the U.S. auto industry at the GM assembly plant in Arlington, Texas, November 18, 2008. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi
General Motors employee Eddie Webster rests his hand against …
General Motors vehicles are seen at a car dealership in Toronto, …
January 3, 2009
(Reuters) - General Motors vehicles are seen at a car dealership in Toronto, December 12, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Cassese
General Motors vehicles are seen at a car dealership in Toronto, …
Buildings are reflected on a Bank of Japan board in Tokyo December …
January 3, 2009
(Reuters) - Buildings are reflected on a Bank of Japan board in Tokyo December 30, 2008. Japan’s government and central bank are considering a $110 billion scheme to buy bad loans and other financial assets from banks to ease a credit crunch gripping the country’s businesses, daily Sankei Shimbun said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Buildings are reflected on a Bank of Japan board in Tokyo December …