And it's not as bad off as Detroit, so living there can't be gritty and cool.

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"We thought deliveries would go up before the end of the year in order to be eligible for the tax break--but that's just not doing it, and that may be because profits are so bad that companies can't get an additional tax break, since there's nothing to write off against, " Wyss said, adding that the inability to attain financing is also a factor.

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So Citi has to go it alone, and it's not all that bad.

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And turning now to Israel, events so far in the negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian authority have not so far come together so fortuitously, it's been a bad week in the Middle East?

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