Insiders say that Upsu Trading Limited had been losing money consistently for a number of years and despite a £6.2m relaunch of the union's buildings in 2003, paid for by the university, it has not been able to stem its losses.
Alitalia, Italy's largest airline, might need to consider liquidation because it has not been able to stem losses, its auditor, Deloitte & Touche, said.
"I may not have been able to stem the flow as it happened so long ago," he says, "but I sure as hell can help the next generation of workers feel less of the sting".
Let's hope that mankind is smart enough to avoid another world war, is able to stem global warming before it is too late, and that the 2012 prophecy is just another Y-2-K; a simple transition of time where mankind finds themselves needlessly worrying about nothing.
Finally, the question is not whether Germany is able to stem the burden of saving Europe and lead it out of its crisis.
"With the proper city administration," she said sternly, "possibly it may be able to stem the tide".
Even though VIA Rail introduced new equipment and improved services, it was not able to stem the tide of declining railway passenger travel.
But the bank was able to stem a net outflow of money while its investment banking performance continued to disappoint.
The committee is asserting that by asking the SEC to turn it up a notch, investigators will be able to stem large-scale fraud cases before they grow to look like the current crop.
"If we were able to stem the supply of drugs anywhere, you would think that maximum-security prisons would be the place," it says.
Not even the patronage of Gordon Brown has been able to stem the ebbing tide.
