Hyperinflation and high interest rates embroiled Brazil a year later, and CBD teetered on the edge of bankruptcy.

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By 1494, the bank had been forced to close almost all its branches and was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.

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Now teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, Greece was first sanctioned for violating the European growth and stability pact in 2005.

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It was soon obvious the Japanese had overpaid, and the property spent most of the early 1990s on the edge of bankruptcy.

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Meanwhile, United Airlines is still emerging from bankruptcy, while American Airlines has been teetering on the edge of bankruptcy for a while.

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Still another major CCX shareholder was ShoreBank, a small Chicago bank that once teetered on the edge of bankruptcy due to failed subprime mortgage investments.

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When he took office, the city was a violent place, teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, and he and New York Gov. Hugh Carey did more than anyone else to revive it.

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Meanwhile, United Airlines (nasdaq: UAUA - news - people ) is still emerging from bankruptcy, while American Airlines (nyse: AMR - news - people ) has been teetering on the edge of bankruptcy for a while.

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