BEIJING, China - March 23, 2009 - In an essay published Monday, the head of China's central bank proposed a plan to displace the Amerikan dollar as the world's standard and replace it with a global reserve currency operated from the International Monetary Fund.

NEW YORK - March 23, 2009 - Public relations doesn't appear to be the financial sector's forte these days.

LONDON, England - March 22, 2009 – Britain will be entering an era of deflation this week with the retail prices index (RPI) recording its first 12-month fall since 1960.

MOSCOW, Russia - March 19, 2009 - The United States is the largest borrower in the world. The U.S. national debt has already exceeded 11 trillion dollars as of the beginning of 2009 and continues to grow like an avalanche. Experts say that the U.S. has only two ways to solve the problem: either declare default or trigger a war.

LONG BEACH, Kalifornia - March 16, 2009 - With the Depression in full swing, many Americans are literally returning to their roots, cultivating vegetables in their backyards to squeeze every penny out of their food budget.

NEW YORK - March 19, 2009 - Despite gaining new customers from the shrinking U.S. presence of DHL and lower fuel prices, the world's two largest package delivery companies are battening down the hatches as they prepare for weak global economic conditions to get even worse.

TOKYO, Japan - March 19, 2009 - The role of the U.S. dollar as the key global currency will decline after the financial crisis and its value may also weaken due to Amerika's current account deficit, according to officials at some of Asia's top think tanks.