Word: bankrupting
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...losing his magic touch." As the Internet craze mounted through the '90s, Buffett had become a renowned technophobe. But consider this feat: during the past three grueling bear-market years, Berkshire stock has soared nearly 40%. Those remarkable returns came during a period when hundreds of companies went bankrupt and millions of investors, including honchos like Bernie Ebbers at WorldCom, were wiped...
Would a war in Iraq deal a crippling blow to America's already limping airline industry? According to a new study commissioned by a major airline and obtained by TIME, half of America's large airlines could be bankrupt within a year if war--even a brief one--breaks out in Iraq...
...weeks ago, American, the world's largest airline, announced that it lost a record-setting $3.5 billion in 2002--a loss even larger than the one posted by bankrupt United. In a classic airline-industry understatement, American called its losses "unsustainable." --By Sally B. Donnelly
...what’s the problem? It’s about time we stop exterminating innocent unborn children based on the casual whims of morally bankrupt men and women quick to gratify carnal desires yet too selfish, lazy, and cold to take responsibility for their actions...
During reading period, Ryan wrestled with the decision. While he didn’t have moral qualms with the act of sex on film, he worried that others would perceive him as “morally bankrupt.” He was particularly concerned that starring in a gay porn flick would give his unsuspecting mother a clue that he was gay. After friends assured him the experience would be “hot,” however, Ryan signed a contract. “I thought it would probably be a liberating experience,” he says...