"While I think a lot of people will try to prevent the holding company from failing, I don't think it is too big to fail, " said Thomas Brown, a hedge fund manager at Second Curve Capital and a long-time banking analyst, of Countrywide's situation.

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"When I work with people in my office, I try to help them think through what the consequences will be, " Ms. O'Neill says.

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But again, I think we will continue to try to play a constructive role in helping this process along.

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You would have a much more efficient and effective regulatory system than I think you will have when you try to tell people the exact amount of leverage they can have and try to set in stone numbers for all times.

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But I think Mr Romney will leave that to others and try to rise above the roaring.

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Like all South African teams they will try and be physical but I think the Lions squad is more than physical enough to handle anything the provincial or Test teams throw at them.

BBC: Jeremy Guscott column

But, I think it will be quite useful to have these organization to try to provide a counterbalance to prevent this mismanagement going on.

CNN: ASIANOW - Asiaweek

There is ample liquidity out there and I think, for bond investors in particular, the low interest rate investor will try to find yield elsewhere.

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Craig Brown will do his homework - as he always does - and I think that Scotland should still try to contain then hit them on the break.

BBC: Confidence is key for Scotland

"As Indian consumers become more upwardly mobile and more exposed to foreign brand names, it is inevitable that the Indian consumer will upgrade himself and move up the value chain and try out better brands, so I think that is what UB is trying to prevent, " he said.

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