For me, these people represent a "let-down generation" - the victims of a terrible double-whammy.
The clever Onion article actually captures the double-whammy of the outsourcing of automation itself to Asia.
Big institutions, however, are increasingly inclined to invest directly, saving the double-whammy in fees which helps to drag down net performance.
As was widely predicted, banks are scrambling to find ways to recover revenue after the double-whammy of massive loan losses and massive regulatory upheaval.
The reason Bunge stock plunged before is that the markets saw its earnings were going to be battered by a double-whammy in the fertilizer business.
Many workers potentially face an unexpected double-whammy or even a triple-whammy.
In the case of the U.S. economy now, the double-whammy of wealth shocks from the real-estate bubble and the stock-market crash has made consumers understandably cautious.
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The double-whammy sent shares of the tech giant plummeting 10% and resulted in a trading halt that lasted roughly two hours and 15 minutes until 3:20pm EST.
The UK has arguably exacerbated its own problem by cutting public investment in infrastructure at the same time as private demand was so low, creating a double-whammy on the industry.
Non disclaimer: Keller would claim I have a double-whammy.
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And given that the krill (tiny crustaceans) that penguins feed on are also dependent on the ice for their own existence (they feed on algae on the ice) - some colonies affected by eroded floes could face a double-whammy of high fledgling mortality and restricted food resources.
The situation was more grave for value-based retailers such as Aeropostale as it was facing a double-whammy on its margins, first from the increase in production costs due to rising cotton prices and second from the increase in promotions due to stiff competition in challenging retail environment.
It didn't help that we were smack in the middle of the Depression and Prohibition. (Talk about a double whammy-first, you lose your job, then you can't even get a drink.) I remember a lot of potato soup at home, along with canned peas, canned pears, canned everything.
Meanwhile, several states have managed to find a sour spot--that double whammy of low household incomes and high insurance premiums.
But they know the political costs would be huge - there would be the double whammy of breaking a promise and hitting the grey vote where it hurts.
This could result in a double whammy for the United States -- adding a new dimension to the threat we face and encouraging competition for overseas arms sales upon which the American defense industrial base is already unduly reliant to maintain vital production capabilities.
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Here's the double whammy: Beginning with the 2001-02 season, players will be slapped with a penalty tax if the owners spend more than 55% of the NBA's revenues on player salaries.
If they then spend some of that drive time at the drive-though window, that's a double whammy.
Folks with trusts, and that includes widows and the disabled, not just the ultra-wealthy, have been hit with a double tax whammy this year.
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In its bid to keep Big Blue's lead in the server market, IBM has launched the fastest-ever microprocessor and computer server, with the double whammy of being energy efficient, and thus relatively cheap to run.
That the double whammy of age (bias) and no advanced degree are non-issues?
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