FD legal The latest headlines and articles FD Legal Magazine (c) 2005, Ark Group Ltd. All rights reserved. http://www.ikmagazine.com/display.asp?articleid=6AB587AA-23EA-40B2-9904-F8AA37406A95 With all the alarm bells going off about a recession, and our Prime Minister now saying the depressing words about a global recession in parliament (22/10/2008), it seems we should believe the doom mongers. The fact that everyone is talking themselves into this deepening recession is a reflection of the power of the press, TV and other media – and our desire to believe ‘bad news’. Bad news sells – but so does good news, and we all need a ‘drop of hope’ in amongst all this gloom. By Patricia Wheatley Burt 28 November 2008