Eventually, however, gravity ensues and the constraints outlined herein raise their head, resulting in a collapse to point C.

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He took the job as head of the FSA two months before the collapse of Northern Rock in 2007, which was followed by huge government bailouts for two leading banks, Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds TSB.

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Where Davidow has gone since we talked is to locating Internet-type connectivity in the context of other reinforcing feedback loops, including the growth of the automobile, the collapse of East Germany, and the career of Head-On Joe Connolly, who made a career of staging train wrecks before the enthusiastic masses.

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If we learned one thing from the 2007-2008 market collapse, it is that investors who keep a cool head and are opportunistic in their purchases can make nice tidy profits as stocks recover.

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Amrullah Saleh, then the head of the national intelligence service, told Karzai that the bank was on the brink of collapse.

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Abdul Latif Siddiqui, head of special Cabinet committee to inspect garment factories that was formed days after the Rana Plaza collapse, said the government has closed 18 garment factories in recent days for failing to meet work and safety standards.

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And talk about keeping your head--in 1970 the Penn Central railroad went bankrupt, at that point the most spectacular corporate collapse in history.

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