1.   This is a significant achievement, since four Republican candidates have dropped out of the race, citing fund-raising woes.

2.   Last month, another Malaysian-owned company, Ganad, citing financial woes, announced the indefinite suspension of its English and Khmer-language Cambodia Today newspapers.

3.   Contreras last week entered a naval hospital citing medical woes and Espinoza had been holed up in the army telecommunications command center in Santiago, avoiding arrest.

4.   Renault announced last week that it would close the Vilvorde plant in July, citing economic woes.