With many traditional banks on the verge of collapse, hysterics on the right and left once again said that if the federal government didn't save them from their mistakes, the economy would grind to a halt thanks to a disappearance of credit.
The year: Stock fell 83% from its peak, hit bottom last November amid reports Softbank was on verge of collapse.
Portugal government on verge of collapse.
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The deal was on the verge of collapse before a last-gasp meeting between the Qataris and Glencore on September 6th, a day before the new deadline.
Only a few hours earlier, the talks had appeared on the verge of collapse.
The mini studio had seemed on the verge of collapse a few years ago.
Many observers were suggesting that the whole process was on the verge of collapse.
On the day I took office, our auto industry was on the verge of collapse.
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At the time, his empire was teetering on the verge of collapse weighed down by heavy debts.
Remember, it was just a few years ago that our auto industry was on the verge of collapse.
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The Russians were pretending to be weak, she said, that their soldiers were on the verge of collapse.
Two decades ago the breakup of the Soviet Union left Russia's defense industry on the verge of collapse.
Last year the numbers dictated piling into bond insurers, investment banks and other industries on the verge of collapse.
On the day I took office, it was on the verge of collapse.
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As in other OCED countries whose populations are aging rapidly, Germany's pay-as-you-go state pension plan is on the verge of collapse.
Further, the public has not forgotten that these firms were on the verge of collapse and needed to be bailed-out by taxpayers.
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The country is buried under a mountain of debt and has long been on the verge of collapse, kept afloat by European loans.
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Mr. VOISIN: If it wasn't for the guest-worker program, our business would be on the verge of collapse, the processing part of our business.
Our entire auto industry was on the verge of collapse and, all told, the prospects of us going into a full-blown depression were very real.
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If Mitt Romney had been President when the auto industry was on the verge of collapse, we might not have an American auto industry today.
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As things stand today, the group that positioned itself as Obama's chief defender in the American Jewish community is teetering on the verge of collapse.
"Western civilization is on the verge of collapse and downfall because of contradictions, lack of logic, coercions and lack of care for human principles, " he said.
Should a bank be on the verge of collapse, authorities can seize savings deposits and other healthy parts and transfer these assets to a third party.
However, the individual market the market that serves vulnerable people who are unemployed, or freelancing, or starting their own businesses is the one that is on the verge of collapse.
Even in the highly competitive, highly disruptive tech industry, old giants like Microsoft and IBM, though hardly trendy any more, are not sitting on the verge of collapse.
One year ago, I took office amid two wars, an economy rocked by a severe recession, a financial system on the verge of collapse, and a government deeply in debt.
At this time last year, amidst headlines about banks on the verge of collapse and job losses of 700, 000 a month, we received another troubling piece of news about our economy.
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