Corporate restructuring is going to happen over a two-to-three-year period, so the employment situation and consumption outlook aren't positive.

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Elsewhere in Europe the situation is more acute, with EU consumption of fish outstripping eastern and central Europe's annual fish supplies by 6 July.

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Intel claims that the PC consumption in Q3 grew at half the season rate and it expects a similar situation next quarter as well.

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We continue to expect annual global consumption to exceed annual global mine production by a significant margin over the next 10 years, a situation that has existed since about 1986.

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Airlines find themselves in a difficult situation, having to juggle high gasoline prices with low pricing power given the weak state of consumption in a fragile economic environment.

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