[Charles_Harding]

Financial institutions around the world are feeling the effect of the downturn in the USA economy.

The latest news from Japan indicates that:

Ø The Bonsai Bank is cutting its many branches.

Ø The Origami Bank has folded.

Ø The Sumo Bank has already gone belly up.

Ø There is something fishy going on at the Sushi Bank where the customers think that they are getting a raw deal.

Ø The shares in the Kamikaze Bank have nosed dived.

Ø The Directors of the Hari-Kari bank have fallen on their swords.

Ø The Karaoke Bank is being sold off for a song.

The only good news so far is that the Oki Koki Bank reckons that it is going to turn itself around.

Charles H.