An inauguration date of January 20 can seem arbitrary when a country is facing its worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

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Without the specialist expertise to ferret out the next fraud or impropriety, these agencies will risk facing the wrath of disgruntled investors when the next financial crisis begins to unfold.

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Maybe a few years from now when t he next financial crisis hits the agencies will be facing similar charges for their role in it once again.

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President Bush joined that chorus Wednesday, when he complained about Congress' inaction on handling the energy crisis facing the nation.

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McCaw did rather abruptly resign from the Clearwire Board at year end so one can conjecture that maybe he is facing a similar crisis now and that is why he left the Board when he did in the way that he did.

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In many ways, the debt crisis confronts euro-zone leaders with a dilemma similar to that facing governments when the banking sector crumbled in 2007 and 2008.

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