<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081103/bs_nm/us_financial6"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081103/2008_11_03t041841_450x317_us_financial6.jpg?x=130& y=91&q=85&sig=_LtPS4iliVRxtqdrCHTC3w--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A customer leaves a branch of Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) in the City of London October 13, 2008. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Corporate results and outlooks worsened on Monday, and automotive companies from Japan to Italy to Detroit said October sales were the weakest in about 20 years as economies continued to weaken and consumer credit, and available cash, dried up.</p><br clear="all"/>

View the entire article: Recession rears ugly head, global auto sales shrink
(Reuters)