By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

LONDON, England - April 5, 2009 - Swiss consumer prices fell 0.4pc in March (year-on-year). Swiss CPI will be minus 1pc at least by July, nearing the level where spending psychology changes. By the time you have a self-feeding spiral, it is too late.

WASHINGTON - April 2, 2009 - A record 32.2 million people - one in every 10 Amerikans - received food stamps at latest count, the government said on Thursday, a reflection of the Depression now in its 16th month.

LONDON, England - April 2, 2009 - G20 Meltdown, the group behind four parades that converged on the Bank of England yesterday, announced a "slow march" would set off from Bishopsgate towards the bank at 12.30 pm.

NEW YORK - April 2, 2009 - The number of new jobless claims in the United States rose more than expected last week to a 26-year high as employers slashed payrolls amid a recession, government data showed Thursday.

NEW YORK - April 1, 2009 - Credit card write-downs soared to record levels in February, representing an all-time high in the 20-year history of the Moody's Credit Card Index, as job losses mounted, the rating agency said Wednesday.

MOUNT PLEASANT, South Carolina - March 31, 2009 - Boat owners are abandoning ship. They often sandpaper over the names and file off the registry numbers, doing their best to render the boats, and themselves, untraceable. Then they casually ditch the vessels in the middle of busy harbors, beach them at low tide on the banks of creeks or occasionally scuttle them outright.

CHICAGO, Illinois - March 31, 2009 - The company that owns the Chicago Sun-Times and 58 other newspapers and online sites said Tuesday it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.