This year, in similar trouble against Mark Williams and in need of yet further coaxing back to form, Hunter invoked "Plan C".

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"The funding difficulties reported even by blue-chip corporations underscore the extreme conditions facing corporate borrowers, and connote trouble for firms most in need of capital, " Vazza says.

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"I find myself in quite a lot of trouble, so he'd need to be able to stick up for me, " she smiles.

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Both sides will still need each other, especially if the industry hits trouble in future as a result of economic slowdown or further terrorism.

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