yep, that is why we bailed out th' companies, Ya lily livered swabbie!  And as fer China, they have risen so far so fast that it had t' come back t' reality fer a little bit, give it 10-20 more years an' youll see that th' Chinese economy will be stronger than americas.  Oil shot up cause o' speculation not deman', deman' is down in america, Ya horn swogglin' scurvy cur!  The world is just goin' through a wierd time, almost apacalyptic.  Load the cannons!  famine, war, genocide, two bushs, an' bin laden wipin' his ass with our dubloons.  whats next, by Blackbeard's sword?  legalization o' drugs.  If america did that I would fer sure know th' world were bein' comin' t' end.

Analysts said the gains in European markets were largely the result of the announcement by the European Central Bank, Federal Reserve and central banks in Switzerland, Japan, Britain and Canada, to provide as much as US$180 billion in extra dollars to cash-starved banks.

In a statement, the Fed said it had authorized the expansion of swap lines, or reciprocal currency arrangements, with the other central banks, including amounts up to US$110 billion by the ECB and up to US$27 million by the Swiss National Bank.

The Fed also said new swap facilities had been authorized with the Bank of Japan for as much as US$60 billion; US$40 billion for the Bank of England and US$10 billion for the Bank of Canada.

Ahh crap, Soro's is making this issue for sure, and stands ready to reap billions from this