But President Bush has been warned point-blank by the Republican chairman of the House Energy Committee that such a response would be hard to reconcile with his pledge to do his utmost to build up the nation's domestic energy supply.
HTC and RIM look particularly endangered, Gartner warned, pointing out that HTC's shipments dropped to 8.4 handsets, from 12.1m a year before.
Transmission in the country "remains widespread", the WHO warned, pointing out that new cases had emerged in eight different districts across the country, with rising numbers in Freetown, the Western Rural district and in the northern district of Bombali.
Recapitalizing banks is not without its risks, experts warned, pointing to the example of Britain, which announced its program last week and injected its first capital into three banks on Monday.
Children are far more vulnerable to air pollution, Unicef warned, pointing to enduring damage to health and the development of children's brain and urging nations attending a global climate summit next month to cut fossil fuel burning rapidly.
Yet even additional asset sales would not produce spectacular results, Mr. Evanson warned, pointing to the possibility of selling power plants in the Midwest for less than Allegheny paid for them during the boom in energy-related assets of the late 1990's.
(See "Gold Is Just Getting Going").. Strong prices don't automatically mean strong fundamentals, Cooper warned, pointing to modest growth expectations for the overall silver supply although investment demand for silver has been strong, absorbing some of the market surplus and mitigating lower fabrication.
Some equipment has simply piled up in Iraq since combat operations began in 2003 and may not be properly logged, the GAO warned, pointing out, for example, that "units sometimes turn in such equipment without paperwork and have even removed identifying markings such as serial numbers to avoid retribution".
"We're not using this," he warns, pointing out one striking detail.
Businesses are yet to be convinced that stability is on its way, Mr Lambert warns, pointing to Bank of England statistics showing that many companies are hoarding cash rather than investing it.
