Doomsday believers got more signs of the apocalypse on Wednesday, as reports of mass animal deaths continued to emerge around the world.

Dead birds, fish and now crabs. More and more animals are being found dead as the mysterious spate of mass animals deaths have turned into a global phenomenon.

This is a practical business report from Highworth Research which analyses the growth prospects for the wealth management market in Brazil following the global credit crunch. The rising tide of affluence in Brazil makes the country of great interest to private banks wishing to benefit from providing wealth management services to Brazil's 190,000 millionaires. While not immune to the effects of the credit crunch, Brazil is expected to be relatively lightly affected. Growth in 2010 will be positive.

Brazil has emerged as one of the favorable destinations for the real estate developers to tap unexplored opportunities in housing sector, despite gloomy economic environment. This is largely due to the fact that the country is facing massive housing shortage owing to demand-supply mismatch. With recession hurting the economy, low cost or affordable housing units are fast emerging as the next area of growth in the country’s housing sector.