"How do you make sure you are designing a system where you are going to constrain risk taking, you can prevent crises from spreading,and -- if a major institution managed itself to the edge of the abyss -- that we are able to put them out of their misery."

VOA: special.2010.04.16

And so we want to make more loans. We have to find a way to qualify more people and not put ourselves at risk."

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

The practice, known as proprietary trading, generally shifts the risk to taxpayers while banks make money.

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

Mahecic says thousands of desperate Somalis continue to risk their lives and use unscrupulous smugglers to make the perilous journey across the Gulf of Aden.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

Kaplan's agency is redoubling its efforts to identify obese women early in their pregnancies and to make sure their health care providers treat them as high-risk patients.

VOA: standard.2010.06.23

"That will put in place stronger, global standards across the system that provide the right balance between stability, preserving the capacity for innovation, make sure we reduce the risk of future crises."

VOA: standard.2010.05.26