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...Bill Herbert, an analyst at Simmons, said “there really isn’t a whole lot of daylight, or visibility for any meaningful improvement in the near term”....
...Eighteen North American services companies filed for bankruptcy protection in the first six months of the year, according to Texas law firm Haynes & Boone — a number widely expected to rise....
...They’re price takers and they’re volume takers,” said Bill Herbert, an analyst at Simmons Energy....
...Ms Simmons admits that European property prices are unlikely to continue to achieve the explosive growth of the past five years....
...Robert Haynes, one of the West Indies’ selectors, has already handed him the black spot. “There will come a time when we decide this bowler has had enough and we need to look at someone new,” he said....
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