The slump has raised fears that the sector could be on the brink of recession.
He gave warning that several countries seemed to be on the brink of breaking the pact's rules.
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This forgotten skepticism increasingly appears to be on the brink of being validated.
Greece could be on the brink of losing its best and brightest.
Yet again Northern Ireland appears to be on the brink of war.
The latest data will allow retailers a sigh of relief, after recent reports suggested the UK might be on the brink of another recession.
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The evidence is that half of all children in their mid-teens will know how to get drugs, and will be on the brink of experimenting.
Di Luca briefly looked to be on the brink of a famous victory when he got to the first time check fastest of all and five seconds up on Menchov.
Bruce has been at St Andrews for six years, but appeared to be on the brink of losing his job after a difficult start to life in the Championship last season.
The pharmaceutical industry, despite a golden age of biology that has unraveled mysteries of the genetic code and yielded miracle drugs that save thousands of lives, may be on the brink of a backlash.
The city itself seemed to be without any organised defence - a surprise given that it appeared to be on the brink of falling to a surprise offensive by Islamist rebels just days ago.
With growth that could well hit 8% in the fiscal year ending next month, India at last looks to be on the brink of achieving what so many other countries in Asia have managed.
The pharmaceutical industry, despite a golden age of biology that has unraveled mysteries of the genetic code and yielded miracle drugs that save thousands of lives, may be on the brink of getting hit by a backlash.
Also likely to be included in that group, he thinks, are Jones Apparel, Michaels Stores and Foot Locker, all publicly traded companies that appear to be on the brink of being taken private, getting spruced up, then going public again.
In other words, the investment market that had looked to be in full-blown recovery at the end of the second quarter appears to be teetering on the brink of a cold shutdown.
One provision of the Act, Title II, creates an Orderly Liquidation Panel charged with determining if a company on the brink of collapse can be placed into receivership under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
With the global economy already so fragile, and some countries poised on the brink of deflation, the result will be uncomfortable at best and painful at worst.
For companies teetering on the edge of default, though, reliance on alternative investors may be a push over the brink.
The next time a firm the size of AIG finds itself on the brink of failure there will be a plan to pay its creditors.
But the 34-year-old midfielder could not hide his desire to be part of Fabio Capello's England revolution with his national team on the brink of qualification for next year's finals.
"If the public knew that the fire service was on the brink of privatisation, they would be absolutely appalled, " he said.
Before the Moscow announcements, Mr Brahimi himself had been on the brink of resignation as the special envoy for Syria, but that now seems no longer to be the case, our correspondent adds.
Now that Kaepernick has the 49ers on the brink of a title, Smith is unlikely to be back with them in 2013.
Trust me, Mark, many startups, especially those on the brink of losing their media virginity, will derive and be thankful for the considerable benefit a smart PR firm can bring to the mix.
Apart from hoping that most of the bugs that have plagued the new technology have now been sorted out, DoCoMo is also gambling that enough customers will be prepared to sign up to what will be a relatively expensive service, at a time when the Japanese economy teeters on the brink of recession.
Germany is now teetering on the brink of recession some economists think it may already be contracting and its predicament has been likened to Japan.
He could be incredibly brilliant when it came to money, yet his ability to master personal relationships teetered on the brink of disaster.
With Europe still on the brink of collapse and Washington in gridlock, it is understandable that consumers might be worried about the near term future of the economy.
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