But, like many of its US peers, Deutsche fared better than expected in the three months to September, eking out a net profit of EURO278m.
The tribal Afar people have inhabited this arid moonscape for centuries, eking out a living by extracting salt from the mineral-laden lakes that dot the Danakil and transporting it across the desert by camel caravans.
Even without product malfunctions, eking out growth in the smartphone market is tough enough at the moment.
According to Lyubomirsky, "pleasure from the house can't come close to matching the pain and worry of eking out monthly mortgage payments.
