The Most Gloomy Christmas In The World

According to CNBC12 report 24, the global economy is in the most serious crisis since the Great Depression of last century. The fierce financial crisis made this winter seem very bleak.

In a slump in the market, each country has greeted this year's Christmas.

Bush: Farewell to David camp. According to the US Washington Post, the US President Bush has set out today for David camp, where he spent the last Christmas of his presidency.

For the Bush family, camp David is always the first place to celebrate Christmas.

According to White House spokesman Toni - Bush, he has spent 12 Christmas in camp David this year.

In addition to his eight trip to camp David during his presidency, Bush enjoyed his holiday with former president and his father, George Bush, from 1989 to 1992.

According to media projections, in addition to President Bush and his wife Lara, Bush's father, Bush and his mother Barbara Bush, daughter Barbara and Jeanne, new son-in-law, Hagrid, and many relatives including the governor of Florida, including Mr. Hu, will also go to camp to spend the holidays together.

Fala said, "President Bush will choose camp David every year to celebrate Christmas.

Bush and his family liked it very much. "

After spending the last Christmas in President David's camp, Bush will go to his family's Crawford farm and enjoy a week's holiday there.

UK: the sadness of retailers, according to the Wall Street journal, for British retailers, Christmas this year has not brought any joyous atmosphere. Sales decline has made the market look rather bleak.

According to a survey by a credit record company, the number of consumers fell by 8.7% for the week before Christmas, which is not yet counted as part of online shopping.

Analysts are worried that retailers may be forced to choose a big sale because of increased inventory.

The market is worried that retailers' share prices will fall next Monday.

At present, most British retailers offer a discount of 20% to 50%.

So far, two big retail businesses have declared bankruptcy this year.

And a company responsible for corporate restructuring revealed that in January next year, the UK is expected to have 10 to 15 retail groups at risk.

Cobbler: happy Christmas. At the beginning of this month, an Iraqi journalist threw shoes at Bush to express his dissatisfaction with the US policy.

Surprisingly, the shoes thrown out brought a wonderful business opportunity.

According to Agence France-Presse, a Turkey shoemaker named Serkan Tucker is the master who made the shoes.

He told reporters that the reporter threw shoes incident "we have received 370 thousand pairs of shoes order."

With the expansion of market demand, the shoemaker quickly recruited, and tucker recruited 100 workers in a few days.

The shoe manufacturer owned by Tucker can sell 15 thousand pairs of shoes a year.

But the number of shoe throwing has increased rapidly.

Whether in Iraq or in other countries in the Middle East, many people want to wear a pair of shoes that are similar to those thrown at Bush.

More interestingly, Americans also want to wear such a pair of shoes.

According to Tucker, his shoe company has received 19 thousand orders from the United States.

This originally called "271" shoes are now renamed "Bush shoes".

South Africa: cheers for the police. Recently, people in South China's Horton province have taken Christmas greetings to local police.

Residents praised the work of the police, saying that they would not have a safe Christmas without local police fighting crime.

South African police arrested 34 suspects in two days of Monday and Tuesday and thwarted 4 premeditated robbery cases.

For the Hon Deng Province, the police increased security work before Christmas, and prevented 3 robberies in two days. Two gangsters were killed and at least 13 suspects were arrested.

Sally, a spokesman for the South African police service, said: "the efforts of the police are aimed at protecting the safety of all citizens and organizations and ensuring that our roads, homes and festivals will not be threatened." - Bill

Only in this way, all the South Africans will have a safe Christmas, so that people will truly appreciate the joy of the new year.

Singapore: depressed by the depression, hundreds of thousands of children gather in the Dongling shopping center every night to enjoy the joy of 15 minutes of artificial snow.

But children's happiness can not hide the recession of Singapore's economy.

In Asia's most famous shopping street, Orchard Road, many merchants try their best to attract past people to buy.

However, the recession has made it impossible for people to keep their pockets open.

Cautious consumption has made many retailers welcome Christmas.

A woman in the banking industry told reporters that now she tries not to go to shops that she likes most, so as not to overspend herself carelessly.

A public relations consultant said: "we do not know where Singapore's economy will develop, so I feel it is necessary to save for future generations.

I will only buy those necessities of life now. "

However, gamers do not give up their hobbies because of crisis.

According to statistics, the selling of video games has become the biggest highlight of the Christmas shopping season.

A Microsoft surnamed staff member from Microsoft Asia revealed that Microsoft's XBOX 360 game console is selling well at present.

He thinks that in retrospect of several economic depression times, the game industry will often become the highlight of its performance.

Cuba: Internet dating, according to The Associated Press, Cuba is hoping to seize the opportunity of Christmas to make a profit for a country that has been economically locked for decades.

Recently, the Cuban government cooperated with a Spanish run group to establish a website called mallhabana.com.

Through this website, Cubans in the United States and other parts of the world can send gifts to relatives who are still living in Cuba.

According to reports, through this website, these overseas Cubans can send food, drinks or even flat screen TVs for their relatives.

"This is a good business, allowing overseas Cubans to help families who are still living in their hometown," said Sergio, a senior executive named "Peres" on the website.

According to reports, the Cuban government decided in 1966 not to list Christmas as a holiday, and opposed the open celebration of Christmas.

In 1998, Pope John Paul S visited Cuba and pushed the government to relegate Christmas as a statutory holiday.

In recent years, schools, government agencies, banks and enterprises in Cuba will have a holiday every Christmas.

Yang Jing: editor in charge