In late 1930, however, a rolling series of bank panics began.

Meanwhile, they' re only scheduled to work three more weeks between now and the end of the year.

In April the central government urged the whole country to finish issuing the certificates by the end of 2012.

Now, both will tackle the holiday shopping frenzy between Thanksgiving and the end of the year -- a busy season for receipts if there ever was one.

At the end of 2002 the deadly SARS virus broke out in China, and for a few terrifying months, as dozens of people died, no one knew what it was or how to treat it.