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The parallel with the current economic crisis is obvious—there will be survivors and victims (and a disproportionate number of these will be from the lower classes).
More generally, the idea of the ship colliding with an iceberg or the sinking ship are commonly used as metaphors for disaster, the iceberg as a metaphor for the cause of a catastrophe, and the lifeboat as a metaphor for rescue.
je vous invite à aller voir ce diaporama interactif réalisé par l’agence Reuters à l’occasion de cette première année passée dans la crise (à la suite, je vous le rappelle, de la faillite de la Banque Lehman Brothers)
Vous y trouverez la chronologie de la crise (Timeline).
Bonne visite !
Nearly a year after the federal rescue of the nation’s biggest banks, taxpayers have begun seeing profits from the hundreds of billions of dollars in aid that many critics thought might never be seen again.
The profits, collected from eight of the biggest banks that have fully repaid their obligations to the government, come to about $4 billion, or the equivalent of about 15 percent annually, according to calculations compiled for The New York Times.
These early returns are by no means a full accounting of the huge financial rescue undertaken by the federal government last year to stabilize teetering banks and other companies.
Read more about this issue in the New York Times
The classic “West Side Story” is enjoying its Broadway revival. Now comes the remix, “Worst Slide Story.”
Regardez cette version détournée de West Side Story sur la crise financière !!
ça se passe ici
Workers at the largest financial institutions are on track to earn as much money this year as they did before the financial crisis began, because of the strong start of the year for bank profits.
read more about it here
Members of President Obama’s automotive task force spent last week in meetings and on conference calls with G.M. officials and its advisers in Detroit and Washington. Those talks are expected to continue this week.
The goal is to prepare for a fast “surgical” bankruptcy, the people who had been briefed on the plans said. G.M., which has been granted $13.4 billion in federal aid, insists that a quick restructuring is necessary so its image and sales are not damaged permanently.
President Obama, who was elected with strong backing from labor, remained concerned about potential risk to G.M.’s pension plan and wants to avoid harming workers.
President Obama, who was elected with strong backing from labor, remained concerned about potential risk to G.M.’s pension plan and wants to avoid harming workers.
read more about his question here
No doubt you’ve heard about him in the news. Watch this short and funny video and I’m sure you’ll finally understand the whole thing afterwards !
Compared with people who are straight-up laid off, those who keep their job but are under a constant threat of losing it suffer a greater decline in mental well-being.
read more about this issue here
Pour les élèves de BTS, mais aussi tous les autres.
Lisez cet article sur la crise économique aux USA
