Some of the worst-offending cards are those targeted to borrowers with weak credit, the most vulnerable group.
The group blamed the weak UK economy, uncertainty over the global economic outlook and a delay in fulfilling an order for 1, 000 taxis from Azerbaijan.
In every case, they say they were fleeing not only the drought but also conflict between Somalia's weak government and the al-Shabab Islamist militant group.
Pepsi Bottling Group struggled against the weak economic conditions in the United States as consumers cut spending on discretionary items, including bottled water, as the cost of fuel and other food pressed on their wallets.
But the broad group it is trying to assemble may be too weak to unseat the coalition.
Like the banks, MF Global reported to a patchwork of regulators, from CME Group to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, historically a weak regulator held captive by the futures industry in other words, by CME Group ( CME).
"We expect the second half of 2008 will be more challenging than the first half as weak economic conditions and the consumer credit crunch continue, " said, Jim Farley, group vice-president for marketing.
He said the group's fundraising difficulties reflect a weak economy.
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South Africa's Business Day has criticized African governments for downplaying the Sudanese government's responsibility at the new UN Human Rights Council created this year, saying the Africa group did no more than offer a weak draft resolution.
But critics like the Environmental Working Group say the test that products must pass to receive the "broad spectrum" label is weak.
"Overall sentiment continues to remain weak, " said S. Sandilya, the group's president.
The surprisingly weak results are pushing enterprise software and hardware stocks lower after hours, and could weight heavily on the group on Wednesday.
Avnet said the weak profit forecast reflects the lower revenue in the technology solutions group, lower profits margins in the Western regions in electronics marketing due to a weaker sales environment, and a greater-than-expected mix shift in electronics market, with better sales in the lower-margin Asia region more offset by weaker sales in higher-margin Western regions.
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The semiconductor industry was hit with a double whammy on Monday as the National Bureau of Economic Research said the U.S. has been in a recession since December 2007 and an industry trade group said it's anticipating weak chip sales into the next year.
"The quarterly results were weak, " said Clayton Moran, an analyst at Stanford Group.
The age group also suffered from "continuing staffing turbulence", particularly unqualified or weak teachers, or frequent changes of staff.
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The weak performance of the Dow Jones Banking index should be less surprising, as the group is down 13.6% over the past three months.
The Islamist group Al-Shabaab, which has been waging war against Somalia's weak transitional government, claimed responsibility for the bombing via Twitter.
Times have been tough for the PC industry, as falling prices, weak demand and high competition have already forced Lenovo Group into a loss, while Dell has found that IT spending by large companies is weak.
If Christie held up under the pressure, he would appeal to working class Democrats (a group where Obama is already weak) and put into play Blue states such as New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
Platinum group metals, meanwhile, are also burdened by a continuing weak labor market in the U.S. that means softer car sales, Lewis added.
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Most of these banks, like Lloyds Banking Group ( LYG) and the Royal Bank of Scotland ( RBS), have looked weak since since early in the year and are already down over 50% year to date.
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