ECONOMIC MELTDOWN: The bad news kept coming - collapses of Wall Street giants;huge stock market losses;plummeting home prices and a surge of foreclosures;desperate times for U.

• 坏消息接踵而来：华尔街崩溃，股票市场损失巨大，房价垂直下降，美国汽车行业陷入绝境等。