Employees of all the banks in Argentina go on strike in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on May 21, 2009. After the breakdown of the talks which were aimed at wage increases, the staff members of all the banks in Argentina held a nation-wide strike to protest against the management of the banks. [Xinhua]

A branch of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) is closed in this photo taken on May 21, 2009, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After the breakdown of the talk which was aimed at wage increases, the staff members of all the banks in Argentina held a nation-wide strike to protest against the management of the banks. [Xinhua]