The general malaise in the economy, high gasoline prices and trouble in the financial sector of the economy have had an impact on the automobile business in Paris.

The surge of daily bad economic news is upon us. Believe me, the media will play it for all it’s worth, because we all know that bad news sells. Three players make up the general story. All three have something in common. And this is good news.

Stephen Harper, Conservative party OTTAWA: Photo opportunity at local business at 8:30 a.m. Location not provided. News conference at 10 a.m. Conservative Party of Canada Campaign Headquarters. 2713 Lancaster Road Photo opportunity at 2:15 p.m. Canada Rec

For some 33 months, as Iran's economy minister, he was either silent or supported the president's economic policies. But on April 22, in a farewell speech that ended in tears, outgoing Economy Minister Davud Danesh-Ja'fari blamed President Mahmud Ahmad

And because of that, the local economy could hold up well. The economic news in recent months has been consistently bleak: stock market volatility, the mortgage crisis, record-high gasoline prices, layoffs. The list goes on and on.