The good ship GM scraped even more icebergs lately, the most recent being an announcement that it would have to restate earnings for 2001, due to improperly booked credits from suppliers.
If this were not bad enough, the neurosurgeon further shocked my family by telling them what life would be like for me if I 13 beat the odds and survived.
To make matters worse, another important source of money for Banks and companies began to dry up, as jittery investors yanked cash out of money-market funds.
Widespread killing by African mercenaries wearing orange construction hard-hats for helmets has further turned popular Libyan sentiment against foreigners.
Inflation has risen in several countries, tied to sustained strong domestic demand and rising food and fuel prices (made worse by drought in Bulgaria and Romania).