Because English-speakers can't pronounce French very well without anglicising it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayday

Ewen

m' aidez (french for help me)

Interesting to see that the investigation by the banks themselves yielded more cases than originally estimated (by whom?)

I guess the banks will try to blow up the situation to such large proportions that politics either will give up and help to bury the scandal (either by ignoring it or furnishing some convenient legislation in a longwinded legislative process) or rally financial support for the banks.

Smart strategy

/Twan