Industrial unrest, spiralling costs and competition from budget airlines have combined to force Alitalia to the brink in recent years.
Graham Bell, from Edinburgh Chambers of Commerce, said the tram project should be completed as soon as possible, despite spiralling costs.
"The continuing difficult market conditions and spiralling costs mean that we now have an urgent need to restructure our operations at Llantrisant, " said Mr Drew.
There have been years of bitter rows, as well as reports of spiralling costs and delays, and resignations and threatened walkouts by performers and electricians alike.
At worst, identity cards will embarrass the government rather as did the Millennium Dome, an architectural folly in east London that suffered spiralling costs and media ridicule.
Labour peer Lord Hoyle told peers that 83% of the public supported a compulsory scheme, whilst Liberal Democrat Baroness Parminter argued it would help local authorities deal with the "spiralling costs" costs of kennelling stray dogs.
American managed care was hearty while it devoted itself to big employers fed up with spiralling insurance costs.
Rio Tinto Alcan chief executive Jacynth Cote said the smelting plant was no longer a "sustainable business" because of spiralling energy costs.
Some suggest that spiralling campaign costs and the decline of party membership have forced fundraisers to take money from whatever source they can.
In 2010, MSPs said the public agency's failure to take account of risks to the running of the funicular railway led to "spiralling" costs.
In January, it announced moves to freeze and cap incentives to green electricity generators amid growing political concern about spiralling energy costs ahead of September elections.
Union leaders point to low pay, spiralling housing costs and intense job insecurity as the corrosive cocktail which led their members to opt overwhelmingly for industrial action.
Mosley said there was a very real threat that some of the smaller independent teams would be forced to withdraw from the sport because of spiralling running costs.
The Rome government was faced with spiralling borrowing costs in the bond markets, while the country's banks were forced to turn to the European Central Bank for emergency loans.
Defined contribution may not be a panacea for America's spiralling health costs, but the new approach could be a useful step towards transferring more of the burden away from hard-pressed employers.
Until recently, candidate states would not have dared to question openly the rules underpinning the single currency, lest the markets send their currencies plunging and their borrowing costs spiralling.
Mr Osborne presented a united front with Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, following reports the Treasury wanted to scrap the work and pensions secretary's new Universal Credit over fears costs and complexity were spiralling out of control.
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The decision came amid fears the costs of fitting necessary equipment were spiralling out of control.
Costs of supplies and services are said to be spiralling and restrictions on movement of animals for sale and slaughter are leading to severe cash flow problems.
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