At the time, his empire was teetering on the verge of collapse weighed down by heavy debts.
At this point in the game, it is not in the ECBs interest to allow the deficit countries to collapse and drag down the entire Western European banking system with them.
In part, the decline was down to the collapse of trade with the Soviet block: new trade with China filled only part of the hole.
Demand for industrial goods will collapse, pushing their prices down.
The other side of banking union is the pooling of national resources to rescue any bank, anywhere in the eurozone, that is close to collapse (or to close down the relevant bank if that seems the better option).
If we attempted to do so, our economy would collapse, public order would break down, and many Greeks would face starvation.
FORBES: A Tax Plan That Will Reverse Greece's Ugly Implosion
Its GDP fell by 1% in the year to the third quarter, dragged down both by a collapse in exports and by weak domestic demand.
"If this industry goes down in a catastrophic collapse, it will be more expensive than a bridge loan, and with the state of the economy it will drive us into a depression, " he said.
It began a collapse which saw four wickets go down for 15 runs and although Cahnadana (13) and Lokuarachchi (18) held Australia up for seven overs, Kasprowicz's three-wicket burst ended the match as a contest.
Yet Uruguay, for instance, has been dragged down by Argentina's collapse and not by inappropriate economic policies.
Regulators are concerned that the massive collapse of a single company could drag down the rest of the markets.
"The probability of a collapse in housing or another significant leg down has diminished, " says Joshua Anderson, a portfolio manager at Pacific Investment Management Co.
Since these countries tend to be populous and relatively poor, the gap between cumulative GDP and population starts to collapse, and the line heads back down.
If enough people think Ackman is right, then the value of MBIA's guarantee will go down and its revenue will collapse, putting the firm into financial straits.
In part, that is because the banks are still weighed down by bad loans after the collapse of a credit bubble.
Not only has the currency's strength helped to hold down American inflation, but a collapse would make it harder for the Fed to slash interest rates if the economy were to slow more sharply than expected.
Thanks in large part to a collapse in prices for lumber, the stock is down 79% since the market's peak.
The lag in property assessments has helped drag revenues down well after the worst of the housing collapse.
Corzine, who stepped down as MF Global CEO soon after the collapse, is the former co-chairman of Goldman Sachs, a former Democratic U.S. senator and the former governor of New Jersey.
It is weighed down by an array of concerns: the collapse of property prices, the tech slump, low consumer confidence and the lack of a decisive U.S. recovery to spur Asia's exports.
In recent months, to combat the collapse in his own share of the projected vote (down from more than 40 seats to about 32 in the 120-member Knesset) Mr Netanyahu has tried to re-establish his right-wing credentials.
But it should be remembered that in 1933, President-elect Franklin Roosevelt refused to agree a bi-partisan deal with President Hoover to stave off the collapse of the entire US banking system, which shut down completely on the eve of his inauguration.
The report asserts that the progressive unraveling of entire marine ecosystems up and down the food chain could lead to the "collapse" of all commercial species, possibly by the middle of this century.
The bank continues to wind down Citi Holdings, the entity created after the mortgage collapse where the bank has isolated its toxic assets.
FORBES: Citigroup Beats Street Estimates But Profit Falls 32%
Unless share prices collapse, the Fed should raise interest rates again to cool things down and to signal that it is not underwriting the market's value.
Lorenz mentioned these four: Silent Sprint by Rachael Carlson , Collapse by Jared Diamond, 1984 by George Orwell, and Mutant Message Down Under by Marlo Morgan.
FORBES: How Skanska Incorporates Sustainability in Their Business Model
Net long position of professional traders shrank dramatically over the last three months, down 43% to its smallest level since just after the collapse of Lehman Bros. in 2008. d.
There, he saw cars "crumpled upside down like tin cans" after being mangled and smashed by the collapse of the bridge.
CNN: I-Reporters capture first images of Minneapolis bridge collapse
The statement comes after years of hardship for Iceland, which suffered the collapse of its financial system in 2008 and a massive 2010 volcano eruption that shut down international travel in the region.
应用推荐