Given that in most recent big bank bailouts, non-deposit creditors have been made whole, a huge potential liability for the U.S. government on top of its exposure to deposits insured by the thinly-capitalized Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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Some have argued that stock is a special commodity, imbued with the potential for huge future gains if management is skilled and invests in the right projects.

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With the massive user base they have and the big data they are able to collect, there is indeed a huge potential for breakthroughs.

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Generally, shares of timber companies have underperformed compared to commodities, says Croft, so the potential upside for Weyerhaeuser is still huge.

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We have talked about the potential of collaboration for years, and most of us collaborate with a huge variety of people and organizations to achieve our goals.

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There is huge potential for higher consumption in the countryside as incomes rise: only 30% of rural households have a refrigerator, for example, compared with virtually all urban households.

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The potential market for an obesity med is huge, but the side effects of every drug pharmaceutical companies have come up with so far have kept patients away.

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But for tomatoes to survive long enough to take advantage of that huge potential market, Florida growers have to wage what amounts to total war against the elements.

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