My article is about how Chrsyler shut down 30 of their U.S. plants for around a month, roughly adding 2 extra weeks to their employees layoff. They say that this is because of slow consumerism and that this should help them with their buys.
Here is a link to the article.
http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/17/autos/chrysler_shutdown/index.htm?postversion=2008121722

This is not good. This shows that even the big wigs, like the Big Three, are having problems with the economy these days.

My article is about how the mortgage rates dropped to 5.19%, the lowest rates in 37 years. this is the seventh week in a row that the rates have been dropping.
Here is a link to the article.
http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/18/real_estate/Mortgage_rates/index.htm?postversion=2008121811

I think that this is really good and bad because it is going to make buying houses easier, but it shows how bad the economy is curently.

My article is about how a 13 year old kid named Jonathan King, hung himself in his school in Georgia. He was put into a "time out room" that the schools has. This room is equivilent to solitary confinement in a prison and is used for children that have ADHD or autisim.
Here is a link to the article.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/17/seclusion.rooms/index.html

I think that the whole room thing is ridiculous. They should not have those rooms for children. I mean come on, they're little kids! They shouldn't have these rooms for little kids. I think that they should've talked to Jonathan more and maybe that would've helped with his depression.

My article is about how major computer companies are looking at the climate change problems and how they are going to help stop it. I got my article from CNNMoney.com.
Here is a copy of the article.
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200812111243DOWJONESDJONLINE000833_FORTUNE5.htm

I think this is good because it will show the rest of the world that the big wigs are starting to care about the environment.

My article is about how the Big Three auto making companies may not be able to come back up even after the bailout from the government. They are saying that they will have to make more loan proposals so that they can connect the loans and bailouts together. This will help the economy because they will help make sure that the Big Three will come back up.
Here is an attachment of the article.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/02/nerad.auto/index.html

I think that this is good because it will help the economy if they can bring them back up. The economy will not be able to recover if these companies crash.

My odd article of the week is about a man that was sent to jail for cutting the ears off of dogs. While he was in jail though, he got into a fight with another inmate and had his ear bitten off by the inmate. The man that was charged with animal cruelty was named Rony Salman. He lived in Windsor.
Here is a link to the article.
http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=eb154c11-791d-433a-86db-9ab124a64917

I think that his is really funny and ironic.

My article is about how the federal bailout may include the Big Three car companies (General Motors, Ford Motor and Chrysler LLC) or if it won't. This article includes seven different questions that are being asked by the public about the plan.
Here is a link to the article.
http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/18/news/companies/detroit_faq/index.htm?postversion=2008111804

I didn't even know that these three companies are starting to go down hill. It is crazy to think that these major companies are suffering as bad as everyone else. I don't think that they should accept them because that's just more money that the US is in debt and it doesn't allow them to help bail out other companies. Also, the companies could combine with other companies and that could help with both of their debt.