Normally car companies make enough profits in boom years to tide them over when sales slump.

ECONOMIST: Detroit's nine lives

In fact, the region is at the forefront of a rising wave of Type 2 diabetes the more common kind that stems from an impaired ability to use insulin in the body. (Type 1 is caused by destruction of the pancreas cells that make the hormone.) This tide is driven by the two most populous nations in the world.

CNN: A Looming Danger

For those expats at the Guangzhou event swimming against the rising tide of competition, employing a number of techniques is necessary to make it in China -- local connections being one of the most useful.

CNN: What does it take to get a job in China?

And so the rising tide money the Fed supposedly creates inflates asset prices in such a way as to make an index fund vastly preferable to a hedge fund.

FORBES: Why Hedge Fund Big Shots Hate Ben Bernanke

Though Villa could not make the breakthrough, they remain unbeaten at home in the Premier League, while Pompey have stemmed the tide after losing four of the last five away league matches.

BBC: Aston Villa 0-0 Portsmouth

If they can take fewer penalties and be less sloppy, and if Alex Ovechkin can find more space to make an impact after getting shut out in Games 3 and 4, they should be in good shape to turn the tide.

WSJ: History not on Caps' side for Game 5 vs. Rangers