Charlotte Edwards remains as captain, and should have a squad strong enough to beat a traditionally weak Sri Lanka unit, despite the absence of key bowlers Brunt and Colvin, and wicketkeeper-batter Taylor.

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Weakness in the performance chemical unit had to do with weak market demand across the globe.

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Weak financial markets and continued poor performance from the unit have kept that initiative in limbo.

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Company opened banking unit and is expanding overseas to counter weak consumer spending at home.

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Construction unit sales in Japan hurt by tighter regulations and a weak economy.

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But it has lots of weak businesses as well, including its declining consumer long-distance unit and its failed mobile-telecoms arm.

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"The manufacturing sector continues to underperform the rest of the economy, reflecting its exposure to difficult overseas trading conditions and the weak euro, " said Ruth Lea, head of the IoD's policy unit.

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In 2009, a weak market forced Toll to cut prices by 25% on three-bedroom units at its massive 450-unit Northside Piers in Brooklyn, N.

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That rather obvious problem accounted for 185 of the cases, with damage to the unit by the offender, problems with the black box in the offender's home, and a weak signal rounding out the technical difficulties.

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