(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 …

(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 …

(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 …

(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 …

(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 …

(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 …

(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 …

(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 …

(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 …

(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 …