While the discussions have been closely guarded so as not to blow up a potential deal in its infancy, negotiators have examined at least 4 dramatically different deficit reduction plans side-by-side: The Ryan/House GOP Deficit Reduction Plan, President Obama's budget; the President's Simpson-Bowles Commission Plan; as well as the Rivlin-Domenici Deficit Reduction Plan.
But the road to approvals is littered with casualties such as the $800m that Pfizer blew on torcetrapib, a potential treatment for high cholesterol, before giving up in 2006.
But, while Obama and his team viewed the move as a political insult and yet another blow to a potential two-state solution, AIPAC went into defensive mode, sending an e-mail to its members saying that the Administration's criticisms of Israel were "a matter of serious concern".
And last year the state guarantee that backed all loans to EDF was lifted after it was found to contravene European law on illegal state aid.EDF used the gains from its monopoly power to embark on a Europe-wide spending spree, buying smaller utilities in the hope of softening the blow from a potential loss of custom at home.
Imagine how it would blow up potential negotiations with a home market if word got out that Team X had secured a deal to play the 2016 and '17 seasons at the Coliseum.
Since the beginning of the year, the shares have plunged more than 48%, blowing past potential long-term support at their 160-month moving average in the process, a trend line that helped contain the stock's lows in February and April 2000.
The situation is more than a potential blow to Americans' self-image, it could be a blow to the world economy as some central bankers worry about "currency tension," and many countries move trillions of dollars out of their reserves and buy euros instead.
Maersk had been considering a move to Baltimore, Boston or Halifax, a potential blow to the region's shipping industry.
