Truly share everyone's disquiet at the dreadful business cycle we are pretty much all in. 40-45% of the world's wealth has been destroyed in the past 18 months as has been recently commented in the financial press. Normally, the rich do ride the turbulence better in relative terms but this time round they've taken a fare old amount of icing to let them climb anywhere near a jet stream to piggy-back home quickly. It's not all doom and gloom; innovation and yes even greed can't be capped for long. Human nature is what it is and entrepreneurialism will turn this round in due course. In the same way the media IMHO haven't helped and only speeded up the slow down; when the reverse eventually comes those glimers of hope will be transmitted (hopefully) nearly as quickly around the globe. It's not so obvious but even in these ugly times opportunities will eventually prevail. Chin up all!