Its housing market has gone from bad to worse, with slow sales of existing homes and falling prices.

ECONOMIST: Amid the gloom

Ten miles away, signal has gone from bad to worse, since a mast was removed from the village of Gortin.

BBC: Rural county sees struggles with speed

Since last year things have gone from bad to worse, as Britain's media have rounded on Heathrow for its embarrassing chaos and squalor.

ECONOMIST: Rafael del Pino's nightmare purchase: Heathrow airport

But of late, bilateral relations have gone from bad to worse.

FORBES: Tehran Turns Up The Heat (On Azerbaijan)

And since that time it's gone from bad to worse.

ECONOMIST: Or, The Men in Grey Suits

Market sentiment somehow has gone from bad to worse.

CNN: Bottom-Fishing in Singapore

The economy has gone from bad to worse.

FORBES: Fed Meeting Brings No Miracle Cure From Dr. Bernanke

Yet things have gone from bad to worse.

CNN: A Milder Lim Fights On

Since ImClone Systems (nasdaq: IMCL - news - people ) was hit with concerns over its cancer drug, Erbitux, and insider trading at the beginning of this calendar year, things have gone from bad to worse.

FORBES: Genentech Loses To Hungry Academics

This week has gone from bad to worse for Musharraf, who seized power in a coup in 1999 when he was serving as army chief and spent nearly a decade in power before being forced to step down in 2008.

NPR: Pakistan's Musharraf On The Run After Arrest Order

But this week's assassination of an Israeli Cabinet Minister changed all that and things have gone from bad to worse ever since and I'm joined on the phone now by the Palestinian Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat who was with Yasser Arafat here this week.

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